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Larry Bird Autographed Legends Sports Magazine Cover 1993 Boston Celtics NBA HOF
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Description
Larry Bird Autographed Legends Sports Memorabilia Magazine Cover (Jan/Feb1993)- Front & Back cover only - not the entire magazine
Born December 7, 1956 (age 60)
West Baden Springs, Indiana
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Springs Valley
(French Lick, Indiana)
College Indiana State (1976–1979)
NBA draft 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career 1979–1992
Position Small forward / Power forward
Number 33
Coaching career 1997–2000
Career history
As player:
1979–1992 Boston Celtics
As coach:
1997–2000 Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
As player:
3× NBA champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986)
12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988)
All-NBA Second Team (1990)
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
3× NBA 3-Point Shootout champion (1986–1988)
2× 50–40–90 club (1987, 1988)
AP Athlete of the Year (1986)
No. 33 retired by Boston Celtics
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
National college player of the year (1979)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1978, 1979)
Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1977)
2× MVC Player of the Year (1978, 1979)
As coach:
NBA Coach of the Year (1998)
NBA All-Star Game head coach (1998)
As executive:
NBA Executive of the Year (2012)
Career NBA statistics
Points 21,791 (24.3 ppg)
Rebounds 8,974 (10.0 rpg)
Assists 5,695 (6.3 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006
Medals
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Men's Basketball
Representing the United States
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia Men's Basketball
World Invitational Tournament
Gold medal – first place 1978 United States Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Men's Basketball
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since retiring as a player for the Boston Celtics, he was a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, but stepped down from the position of president following the first-round of the 2017 Eastern Conference playoffs.
Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable front courts that included center Robert Parish and power forward Kevin McHale. Bird was a 12-time NBA All-Star and was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) three consecutive times (1984–1986). He played his entire professional career for Boston, winning three NBA championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards.
He was a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team[1] in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[2] in 1998 (and was inducted again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team").
He served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of President of Basketball Operations for the Pacers, holding the position until retiring in 2012.[3] After a year away from the position, he announced he would return to the Pacers as president of basketball operations in 2013.[4] In addition to being part of the 50–40–90 club, he is the only person in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.[5]