{"id":62310,"count":466,"description":"\"The Hick from French Lick\" is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-executive-stunned-pacers-making-15-straight-shots-practice\/\">only person in NBA history<\/a> to win the NBA MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year. In 2017, Larry Bird stepped down from his last official NBA role after a 13-year NBA career and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-locked-down-indiana-pacers-head-coaching-job-after-1-brief-meeting\/\">25 years in administrative roles<\/a> with the Indiana Pacers.\r\n\r\nBird first <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-coach-indiana-state-discovered-legend-playing-basketball-resort-kitchen-staff-convinced-him-join-sycamores-one-simple-phrase\/\">rose to basketball prominence<\/a> during the three years he spent with the Indiana State Sycamores. The forward became the \u00a0Naismith College Player of the Year en route to the 1979 NCAA championship game. The Boston Celtics <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/ranking-the-5-players-taken-ahead-of-larry-bird-in-the-1978-nba-draft\/\">drafted Bird No. 6 overall<\/a> in the 1978 NBA Draft. As the NBA Rookie of the Year, he brought the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals.\r\n\r\nOver the next 12 years, Bird became a three-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, and earned the overall MVP two more times. Bird will be remembered for many things, including his <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-was-so-shaken-magic-johnson-hiv-diagnosis-he-didnt-want-to-play-boston-cletics-next-game\/\">legendary rivalry with Magic Johnson<\/a>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Birthday:<\/strong> December 7, 1956<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> French Lick, Indiana<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>College:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-felt-mistreated-by-college-teammate-when-arrived-in-nba-went-out-of-way-to-mercilessly-humiliate-every-opportunity\/\">Indiana State University\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Height:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-worked-everything-said-he-had-3-god-given-traits\/\">6'9\"<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Spouse:<\/strong> Dinah Mattingly\u00a0(m. 1989),\u00a0Janet Condra\u00a0(m. 1975\u20131976)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Children:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-was-a-great-basketball-player-and-a-not-so-great-dad\/\">Corrie Bird,\u00a0Connor Bird, and Mariah Bird<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Jersey:<\/strong> No. 33<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Number of NBA championship wins:<\/strong> three<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Number of NBA championship appearances:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-boston-celtics-missed-chance-4th-nba-title-after-demoralizing-series-altering-loss-to-the-los-angeles-lakers-in-1987-finals\/\">five<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<em>Visit Larry Bird's profile on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/birdla01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basketball-Reference.com<\/a>.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Read the latest articles about Larry Bird:<\/strong><\/em>","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/larry-bird\/","name":"Larry Bird","slug":"larry-bird","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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