#ICRA labels From Information Please Back to Fact Monster Home Page Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia Help * Home * World & News * U.S. * People * Word Wise * Science * Math & Money * Sports * Cool Stuff * Games & Quizzes * Homework Center * Fact Monster Favorites + HALLOWEEN! + Halloween Hangman + Lemony Snicket + Phobias! + 300 Million Americans + Harry Potter Banned?! + Harry Potter Playlists + Diwali + Ramadan + Quiz: Little Women + Charlotte's Web + Fact Monster Movie Guide + Pluto Demoted! + New Dwarf Planet Named + Math Games + Sudoku! + Geography Guide + Longitude Latitude Finder + Trains, Planes, and Automobiles + Names--Meanings & Origins + Daylight Saving Time + Calendars & Holidays + 2006 Calendar * Reference Desk + Atlas + Almanacs + Dictionary + Encyclopedia * FunBrain * Site Map Search __________ Go People--Biographies--Sports Personalities--G - J Michael Jordan Born: Feb. 17, 1963 Basketball G College Player of Year with North Carolina in 1984; NBA Rookie of the Year (1985); led NBA in scoring 7 years in a row (1987-93) and also 1996-98; 10- time All-NBA 1st team; 5-time regular season MVP (1988,91-92,96,98) and 6-time MVP of NBA Finals (1991-93,96-98); 3-time AP Male Athlete of Year; led U.S. Olympic team to gold in 1984 and `92; stunned sports world when he retired at age 30 on Oct. 6, 1993; signed as OF with Chi. White Sox and spent summer of `94 in AA with Birmingham; struggled with .204 average; made one of the most anticipated comebacks in sports history when he returned to the Bulls lineup on Mar. 19, 1995 but Bulls were eliminated by Orlando in 2nd round of playoffs later that season; led Bulls to NBA titles for the next 3 years for 6 titles in all (1991-93,96-98); retired in 1999; became pres. of Wash. Wizards before unretiring again in 2001 and returning to play with Wizards for 2 seasons. Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Roy Jones Jr. G - J Florence Griffith Joyner * Page Tools: + Cite + Print More on Michael Jordan from Fact Monster: * Michael Jordan - Michael Jordan basketball player, actor, endorser, mass-media phenomenon Born: 2/17/1963 ... * NBA Season Preview 1999 - Short Season, Tall Task Can the NBA maintain its edge without his Airness? by Gerry Brown NBA ... * Year in Review 2001 | Sports Moments - Important moments in sports this year * February 17 Birthdays: Michael Jordan - February 17 birthdays: Michael Jordan, Thomas John Watson, Sr., Jim Brown, Samuel Sidney McClure, Arcangelo Corelli * Michael Jordan - Basketball Player, born 17 February 1963, Superstar guard for the Chicago Bulls Click Here · · · AD · · · [pageid=1] Link to Fact Monster | Add Fact Monster search to your site | Awards and Press Contact Fact Monster | Advertise with Us | Rights | Privacy | Terms of Use Brought to you by: Information Please © 2000-2006 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster [pageid=1]