Michael Jordan

Birth Name:

Michael Jeffrey Jordan

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer

Was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009
Won two Olympic gold medals in 1984 and 1992 as a member of the U․S․ basketball team
Majored in cultural geography while attending the University of North Carolina
Although he was a baseball fan during childhood, he began playing basketball because his older brother Larry, whom he idolized, was playing
Left the University of North Carolina in his junior year when he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984 NBA Draft
Quote: "I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent․ I believe greatness is an evolutionary process ․․․ Without Julius Erving, David Thompson, Walter Davis and Elgin Baylor there would never have been a Michael Jordan․ I evolved from them․"
Became the owner and executive of the Washington Wizards in 2000 and played for them for two seasons
Retired in 1993 to play baseball with the White Sox-affiliated Birmingham Barons before returning to the NBA
Was cut from his high school varsity basketball team
Had a clause in his contract called the "love-of-the-game clause" that allowed him to play basketball at anytime during the off-season, unlike most other NBA players
Starred in the film "Space Jam" in 1996, which mixed live action and animation to team him up with the likes of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

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