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American Heroes: Michael Jordan
Biographic Information
1963
February 17th- Michael
Jeffrey Jordan born to Deloris and James Jordan in Brooklyn New
York. Michael was the fourth of five children.
1975
The Dixie Youth
Association named Michael Jordan "Mr. Baseball" amont
North Carolina's 12-year-olds. Michael was a really good Little
League Baseball player. He played shortstop and pitcher.
1978
Michael was saddened
when he failed to make the varsity basketball team at Emsley A.
Laney High School. He played basketball during two high school
seasons and part of his senior year. He made the varsity team in
his junior year and played as a senior.
1982
March 29th, Michael made
himself known for the first time in the sports world when he led
the Tar Heels to the NCAA title victory against Georgetown by
scoring a jump shot with 17 seconds left on the clock.
1984
After his third season
with the Tarheels, Michael was named Sporting News'
Player of The Year for the second year in a row. He got the
Naismith and Wooden awards. Michael left high school in his
junior year.
June: The Chicago Bulls picked up Jordan in the NBA draft. He was the third choice.
August: The summer before entering the pros, Michael Jordan co-captained the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, which won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
1985
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Jordan captures his first season with the Bulls as the NBA's Rookie of the Year. He played in his first All-Star game. |
1987
Jordan scored a total of
3,041 points, higher than any other guard and third highest in
NBA history for a single season.
Michael won the NBA's slam-dunk competition.
Michael was named to the first All-NBA team.
1988
Michael was named the NBA's
Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the year.
He was named to All-NBA first team and All-Defensive team, a double honor repeated the following year.
Jordan won a second consecutive Slam-dunk championship.
Juanita and Michael's first son, Jeffrey, was born.
Michael Jordan signed his second contract with the Chicago Bulls, for $25 million over eight years.
1990
January 26th, Jordan
surpassed former Bull Bob Love's record for total number of
points, 12.623, in a game against Philadelphia. Michael scored 31
points that night.
March 28th, In a victory for the Bulls over Cleveland, Michael scored 69 points and made 18 rebounds.
1991
June: The Bulls with
Michael Jordan win their first NBA championship, defeating the
Los Angeles Lakers in five games. Michael was named Most Valuable
Player in the finals.
1993
July 23rd, James Jordan,
the father of Michael Jordan, was murdered in his car parked off
a North Carolina road late at night. He was returning to his home
in Charlotte after attending the funeral of a friend.
1994
February 7th, Michael
signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago White Sox. The next
month he was assigned to the team's Double-A affiliate.
1995
March 19th, Michael
resumes his NBA career, playing his first game with the Bulls
against the Indiana Pacers.
1996
Michael led the Bulls to
the top. The team finished a regular season with a record-making
72-10, the best in the history of the NBA. The team took its
fourth NBA championship by defeating Seattle in the finals.
The live-action/cartoon Space Jam, Jordan's first Hollywood film, was released.
1997
Michael Jordan is
named one of the NBA's 50 greatest all-time players.
June: The Bulls beat the Utah Jazz in the finals to win their fifth NBA title.
November 30th, Jordan scored his 25,000th career point, on his last play in a game against the San Antonio spurs.
1998
June: The Bulls defeat
the Utah Jazz in the NBA finals to get their sixth NBA
championship title.
1999
January 13th, Michael
Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA.
2001
Michael Jordan resumes his
basketball career and starts playing for the Washington Wizards.
By: Allen S.
Last updated: 12/13/01