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Short biography of michael jordan for kids In a surprising move, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball in to pursue a career in baseball. In Jordan became part-owner and president of basketball operations of the Washington Wizards. The Sporting News named him college player of the year for both years. Read Change Change source View history.

Michael Jordan

Jordan in

PositionOwner
LeagueNBA
Born () February 17, (age&#;61)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6&#;ft 7&#;in (&#;m)
Listed weight&#;lb (98&#;kg)
High schoolEmsley A.

Laney
(Wilmington, North Carolina)

CollegeNorth Carolina (–)
NBA draft / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career–, –, –
PositionShooting guard
Number23, 12,[a] 45
–,
–		Chicago Bulls
–Washington Wizards
  • 6× NBA champion (–, –)
  • 6× NBA Finals MVP (–, –)
  • 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (, , , , )
  • 14× NBA All-Star (–, –, , )
  • 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (, , )
  • 10× All-NBA First Team (–, –)
  • All-NBA Second Team ()
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year ()
  • 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (–, –)
  • NBA Rookie of the Year ()
  • NBA All-Rookie Team ()
  • 10× NBA scoring champion (–, –)
  • 3× NBA steals leader (, , )
  • 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (, )
  • No.

    23 retired by Chicago Bulls

  • No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
  • 3× AP Athlete of the Year (–)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year ()
  • NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • NCAA champion ()
  • Consensus national college player of the year ()
  • 2× Consensus first-team All-American (, )
  • ACC Player of the Year ()
  • 2× First-team All-ACC (, )
  • ACC Rookie of the Year ()
  • No.

    23 retired by North Carolina Tar Heels

  • 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (, )
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom ()
Points32, ( ppg)
Rebounds6, ( rpg)
Assists5, ( apg)
Stats at
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, ) is a former Americanbasketball player.

Biography of michael jordan: He is a great man and a great role model so I will look up to him for years to come. When I truned eleven my dad got me a basketball hoop and a basketball for my birthday. The Air Jordan quickly proved very popular, and it continues to be a best-seller for the apparel maker more than 30 years later. We made him want to play basketball again.

He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time.[5][6][7] He won six championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. Jordan led the Bulls to a then-record wins in the –96 NBA season.

Jordan earned the nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping ability, which was illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests. Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, famously playing on the Dream Team. During the early part of his college career, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to this year.

Jordan is a billionaire, his net worth is estimated at $3 billion as of He is also the founder of Air Jordan shoe brand.

Family and early years

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, in&#;Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and&#;James R.

Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor. His family moved to&#;Wilmington, North Carolina&#;when he was a toddler. Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. He wanted to win every game he played.

Jordan is the fourth of five children. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn.

Jordan's brother James retired in as the&#;Command Sergeant Major&#;of the&#;35th Signal Brigade&#;of the&#;XVIII Airborne Corps&#;in the&#;U.S. Army.

Early career

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As a sophomore at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan did not make his school's varsity (main) basketball team.

This inspired him to work harder,[8] and he made the team the next year. In , he went to the University of North Carolina to play. He averaged 10 points per game his freshman year, and 20 points per game his sophomore year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was allowed to average more than 20 ppg.

North Carolina won the national championship in , Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made the winning shot with 18 seconds left in the championship game. After Jordan's junior year in college, he said that he would be leaving college to play in the NBA. The Chicago Bulls chose him with the third pick in the NBA draft.

Short biography of michael jordan So from starting from 11 to 17 years old I been playing basketball for almost all my life now and you know what, even tho im 4,8 and 17 years old I can still folow my dream as becoming a basketball player. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Commons category link from Wikidata Articles using sports links with data from Wikidata. I always wanted to play him one on one! Jordan made a big splash as the lead actor in the movie Space Jam.

He never served as a team captain in college.

NBA career

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In , after winning three NBA championships in a row, Jordan said that he would retire and switch to a career in minor league baseball.[10] He played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league team in the Chicago White Sox's system, but hit only one home run during his whole baseball career.

In , Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA with a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back in time to play for the Bulls in the playoffs, but the Bulls lost in the playoffs before reaching the NBA Finals. However, the next three seasons after that, the Bulls won the championship. This included the season, when the Bulls won 72 games in the regular season and only lost In , he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam as himself.

Jordan retired for a second time in , but was still not done playing. He would buy part of the Washington Wizards basketball team, and played for the Wizards from to , and ended his playing career after that.

Game-winning shots

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During his NBA career, Jordan had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals or free throws when deciding a game in the last 30 seconds of the game.

In addition to well-documented instances, he made a pair of free throws in a road game at New Jersey, on March 16, [12][13] While making the free throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice water in his veins".

Short biography of michael jordan basketball player Player Profile [ change change source ]. Carolina shorts under his bull uniform for good luck. Drafted by the Chicago Bulls, he soon proved himself on the court. For More Information Greene, Bob.

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan played mostly shooting guard. Other than a brief spell in April during which he played point guard, Jordan almost always played shooting guard during his time with the Chicago Bulls. He was widely heralded as the most skilled and accomplished basketball player of all time.

After retiring

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Jordan is now the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets.[14] He was chosen to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in

References

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  1. ↑Strauss, Chris.

    Short biography of michael jackson Although the seventeen-month experiment showed that he was not a major league baseball player, the experience and time away from basketball provided a much-needed rest and opportunity to regain his love of basketball. They have three children. Few who watched will ever forget how Jordan sank to his knees, head bent over the winning ball, in a moment of bittersweet victory and deep sadness. In its initial contract, Nike gave Jordan a generous 25 percent in royalties.

    "The greatest No. 12 that no one is talking about", USA Today, December 12, Retrieved December 12,

  2. ↑Smith, Sam (February 15, ). "Magic has the Bulls' number: Catledge leads rally; Jordan scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
  3. ↑Men's Tournament of the Americas – , USA Basketball. Retrieved December 6,
  4. ↑Ninth Pan American Games – , USA Basketball.

    Retrieved December 6,

  5. ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 15,
  6. ↑Michael Jordan: A tribute: Praise from his peers, NBA's 50 greatest sing MJ's praisesArchived at the Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated, February 1, Retrieved January 15,
  7. ↑Top N. American athletes of the century, ESPN.

    Retrieved May 3,

  8. ↑Schwartz, Larry. "Michael Jordan transcends hoops". .

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  12. ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & ABA Statistics". . Archived from the original on May 9, Retrieved April 22,
  13. ↑"BULLS: History of the Chicago Bulls". .

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  19. ↑""I'm Back" - Top 10 Michael Jordan Moments - TIME". . Archived from the original on April 11, Retrieved April 21,
  20. ↑"National Basketball Association - Bulls vs. Nets". 10 February Archived from the original on
  21. ↑LamarMatic (24 October ). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs.

    Nets ()" &#; via YouTube.

  22. ↑"Michael Jordan Owner Press Conference". . Retrieved April 21,

Notes

  1. ↑Jordan wore a nameless No. 12 jersey in a February 14, game against the Orlando Magic because his No. 23 jersey had been stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 points, setting a franchise record for players wearing that jersey number.[2]

Other websites

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Media related to Michael Jordan at Wikimedia Commons