Larry Bird + The Hick from French Lick

Larry Bird, The Hick from French Lick, Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. 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 frontcourts that included center Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale. Due to chronic back problems, he retired as a player in 1992. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. 

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, which he currently holds. Larry Bird, known as "a hick from French Lick," is anything but. He proved it as an overachieving basketball player, and he's proving it still as a successful, unassuming NBA coach. Bird was one of those rare athletes who made everybody around him better. His uncanny passing, deadly shooting and anticipation defensively transformed losers into winners.

The 6-foot-9 forward overcame a severe case of what is referred to in the NBA as "white man's disease," an inability to jump high, to leap into the echelon of basketball greats.

Larry Joe Bird (Larry Legend, The Hick from French Lick)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: December 7, 1956 (Age 55) in West Baden, Indiana
High School: Springs Valley in French Lick, Indiana
College: Indiana State University
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1979
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1998 (Full List)
As Coach: 3 Yrs, 147-67, .687 W-L% (Full Record)
As Executive: IND franchise, 2003-2011 (Full Record)

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