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Larry Bird

High School:

Springs Valley High School (French Lick, IN) (1970-74)
High School Playing Highlights:

Averaged 30 ppg and 17 rpg during his senior year

In one particular game, scored 54 points with 38 rebounds

College:

Indiana University (1974-75)
Indiana State (1975-79)

College Playing Highlights:

Played three years at Indiana State (1976-79)
The Sporting News College Player of the Year (1979)

Naismith Award winner (1979)

John R. Wooden Award winner (1979)

The Sporting News All-America First Team (1978, 1979)

Led Indiana State to the 1979 NCAA championship game against Michigan State

Led Indiana State to an 81-13 record, including a 50-1 record at home

Holds 30 Indiana State records, including most points (2,850), steals (240) and rebounds (1,247)

Graduated as the NCAA's fifth all-time leading scorer (30.3 ppg)

U.S. Team member, World University Games (1977)
Pro:

NBA Boston Celtics (1979-92)
Pro Playing Highlights:

NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)

NBA Most Valuable Player (1984-86)

All-NBA First Team (1980-88)

All-NBA Second Team (1990)

NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982-84)

Twelve-time NBA All-Star (1980-88, 1990-92)

NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)

Long Distance Shootout Winner (1986-88)

NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)

Scored 21,791 points (24.3 ppg) in 897 professional games, including a career-high 28.1 ppg in 1987

Scored a career and team-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks in New Orleans on March 25, 1985

Led the NBA in free throw shooting (1984, 1986, 1990)

NBA championships with the Boston Celtics (1981, 1984, 1986)

In a 12-year time span, Bird teamed with Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to form
one of the greatest frontlines in professional basketball history
The trio compiled a 690-276 record, won nine Atlantic Division titles and five
Eastern Conference championships

NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)

Member of gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team (1992)
Named Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations on July 11, 2003
Pro Coaching:

NBA Indiana Pacers (1997-2000), 147-67 (.687)

Pro Coaching Highlights:

NBA Coach of the Year (1998) following an 58-24 season
Led Pacers to the 2000 NBA's, first such appearance in school history
Bio:

In a storybook career that began in the small Indiana town of West Baden, where he led Springs Valley High School to the state sectional championship, and concluded with his number 33 jersey being retired by the Boston Celtics, Larry Bird enjoyed a legendary 13-year professional career with the Celtics. In 1979, when Bird joined the Celtics, he launched an era both in Boston and throughout the NBA that may never again be duplicated. At a time when the league and the Celtics needed a boost, Bird and fellow rookie sensation Earvin "Magic" Johnson provided the spark. By the time Bird retired in 1992, he held or shared 27 Celtics' records and had brought three more NBA championship banners to Boston in 1981, 1984 and 1986. On two other occasions (1985 and 1987), the Celtics reached the NBA Finals.