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Born
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Son of Deloris and James Jordan. -
College
Michael Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to The University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill in 1981. There he was elected to the NCAA All American 1st Team in both his Sophmore and Junior seasons. -
Player of the Year
Won the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards. -
Olympics
Won the gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics -
The Bulls
Selected by the Chicago Bulls -
rookie of the year
NBA Rookie of the year -
sneakers
The Air Jordan I pair of sneakers,a breakthrough in basketball shoe design,was introduced by Nike. -
defensive
NBA defensive player of the year -
married
Married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989.They have two sons named Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James and a daughter named Jasmine. -
franchises title
Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1,to win the franchises title. -
gold medal
Won the gold medal in the 1992 Olympicsl -
retire
October 6, 1993 Michael Jordan stuns the basketball world by retiring but this is short-lived -
White Socks
February 7,1994 he signs a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox -
space jam jordan
Space Jam Jordan stars opposite Bugs Bunny -
one of 50 greatest
voted as one of the 50 greatest players in the NBA -
valuable player
final most valuable player -
ESPY
Won ESPY athlete of the century award -
out of retirement
Came out of retirement to play for the Washington Wizards -
managing
managing member of Basketball Operations Charlotte Bobcats -
divorce
He and Juanita divorced on December 29, 2006
