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Michael Jordan Biography
Birth Name:
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profession
Basketball player, baseball player, sports team executive
Fast Facts
- Was cut from the high-school varsity basketball team in his sophomore year
- Claimed his trademark tongue-wagging habit came from watching his dad stick his tongue out while working on the family car
- Won six NBA championships and was named MVP of the NBA Finals six times
- Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times
- Named MVP of the NBA five times
- Is a 10-time NBA scoring leader
- Won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and 1992
- Named Athlete of the Century by ESPN in 1999
- Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009
- Became the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats in 2010
- He is the first former player to become majority owner of an NBA team
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2016
Relationships
- James R. Jordan Jr. -- Brother
- Larry Jordan -- Brother
- Jasmine Mickael Jordan -- Daughter
- Victoria Jordan -- Daughter
- Ysabel Jordan -- Daughter
- Juanita Vanoy Jordan -- Ex-wife
- James Jordan -- Father
- Deloris -- Sister
- Roslyn -- Sister
- Jeffrey Michael Jordan -- Son
- Marcus James Jordan -- Son
- Yvette Prieto -- Wife