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The Bird’s Star Conquests
Date: 1991
Celtics legend Larry Bird wiped the bottom of his Converse Star Conquest shoes during a game in 1991, the year before he hung up his jersey for the last time. Teammate Kevin McHale offered this on Bird’s impending retirement: “Something’s really going to go out of this franchise when Larry leaves…[The Celtics are] really going to lack a guy like that, somebody who’s got that something special, you know?” Bird’s “special” traits helped the Celtics win three NBA World Championship titles in the 1980s.
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