Larry Bird is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on December 7, 1956 in West Baden Springs, Indiana, United States. Boston Celtics forward known as “Larry the Legend,” who won three NBA MVP awards, three NBA Championships, and played in 12 All-Star games. He is widely considered one of the greatest players in NBA history.
He won 3 NBA championships playing alongside Robert Parish on the Celtics.
Bird received a scholarship to play college basketball for Indiana University in 1974. After less than a month on campus he dropped out of school, finding the adjustment between his small hometown and the large student population of Bloomington to be overwhelming. He returned to French Lick, enrolling at Northwood Institute (now Northwood University) in nearby West Baden, and working municipal jobs for a year before enrolling at Indiana State University in Terre Haute in 1975. He had a successful three-year career with the Sycamores, helping them reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history with a 33-0 record where they played the 1979 championship game against Michigan State. Indiana State lost the game 75–64, with Bird scoring 19 points but making only 7 of 21 shots. The game achieved the highest ever television rating for a college basketball game, in large part because of the matchup between Bird and Spartans’ point guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a rivalry that lasted throughout their professional careers. Despite failing to win the championship, Bird earned numerous year-end awards and honors for his outstanding play, including the Naismith College Player of the Year Award. For his college career, he averaged 30.3 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game, leading the Sycamores to an 81–13 record during his tenure. Bird also appeared in one game for the baseball team, going 1-for-2 with 2 RBI. He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.
In 1975, Bird married Janet Condra. They remained married for less than a year. Following an attempted reconciliation, Bird and Condra had a daughter, Corrie, in 1977.
He married his high school sweetheart Janet Condra after enrolling at Indiana State, but then divorced her before going to the pros. He then married Dinah Mattingly in 1989 and he has three children, a pair of daughters named Corrie and Mariah and a son named Connor.
