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Larry Bird: A Biography
Title: Larry Bird: A Biography
Category: Recreation & Sports
Details: Words: 1474 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Larry Bird: A Biography
Larry Bird
One of the greatest basketball players of all time emerged from the small town of French Lick, Indiana. With a
population of 2,059 people, around 1,600 of them came to watch the Valley High basketball games, especially the
blond-haired shooting whiz with a funny smile named Larry Joe Bird.
Following a sophomore season that was shortened by a broken ankle, Bird erupted as a junior. Springs Valley went
19-2 and young Larry became a local celebrity. …showed first 75 words of 1474 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1474 total…Price, Rick Barry, Calvin Murphy, and Scott
Skiles.
Larry Joe and his wife Dinah have two children: Connor and Mariah. He has four brothers and one sister; his
mother's name is Georgia. Bird is an avid outdoorsman and has a passion for country music, auto racing and the St.
Louis Cardinals. He also owns "Larry Bird's Boston Connection," a hotel/restaurant in Terre Haute, where a street
was named in his honor on August 4, 1984.
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