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The Little Bird of French Lick
Date: 2000s
The pride of French Lick, Indiana, Larry Bird spent his entire professional career with the team that selected him sixth overall in the 1978 NBA Draft. He won three NBA World Championship titles in 1981, 1984 and 1986, and was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1984 and 1986. Legendary Celtics Coach Red Auerbach said of Bird, “If I had to start a team, the one guy in all history I would take would be Larry Bird. This is the greatest ballplayer who ever played the game.”
( C ) NBA/Celtics (photo by Heritage Werks)