Biography of Michael Jordan
Name: Michael Jordan
Birth Date: February 17, 1963
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: basketball player
Michael Jordan
Basketball superstar Michael Jordan (born 1963) is one of the most successful, popular, and wealthy athletes in college, Olympic, and professional sports history.Michael Jordan was born on February 17,1963. He did not make the high school basketball team as a sophomore in his native Wilmington, North Carolina, but did make the team as a junior. After high school he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina where he played under head coach Dean Smith. In his first season at Carolina he became only the second Tarheel player to start every game as a freshman and was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year (1982). In his freshman year he played on the ACC championship team and made the clutch jump shot that beat Georgetown University for the championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He led the ACC in scoring as a sophomore in the 1982-83 season …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…moral courage, poise, and personal charisma. He credited his family and faith for his success. As the twentieth century came to a close, this African-American hero was a cultural and sports icon around the world. Associated Organizations Further Reading Hang Time, Jordan's biography, written with Bob Greene (Doubleday, 1992) and Rare Air: Michael on Michael, edited by Mark Vancil (Collins Publishers, San Francisco, 1993) are good general accounts of his life through 1992. Taking to the Air: The Rise of Michael Jordan by Jim Naughton ( Warner Books, 1992) and Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael Jordan by Bob Greene (1992) are both good general biographies. For a critical look at Jordan see The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith (1992). For more on the Olympic "Dream Team" see The Golden Boys by Cameron Stauth (1992). See also Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan--from Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again by Sam Smith (HarperCollins, 1995).
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