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He was born in Brooklyn, NY and was the son of James R. Jordan, Sr. and Delores Jordan. He was the fourth of five children.
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After attending Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina he received a full ride for basketball.
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Jordan left the University of North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the draft, but he returned to complete his degree in 1986.
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Playing on the presitigous U.S. national basketball team, Jordan led his starpowered team to an undefeated season and a gold medal.
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Selected as the rookie of the year along with many of the greats in basketball history such as Lebron James and Kobe Bryant.
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A breakthrough in basketball shoe design was introduced by Nike and released to the public, quickly becoming the most popular shoe in history and remains the most succesful shoeline ever created.
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He only won this accolade once but he did win NBA first team defensive player a stunning 9 times. This is more than anyone else has gotten to date.
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Averaged 33.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists to lead the Bulls to a 4-2 victory over the Utah Jazz for his sixth NBA Finals MVP. He made a buzzer beater shot while his team was down by one point that is considered to be the greatest shot in history.
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The most prestigious award given to a proffesional athlete, Jordan won this award and was procalimed the most stand out athelete of the 20th century.
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Jordan went into retirement in 1993 but it didn't last long as he came back. In 2003 he actually retired though playing his last game on this date in a 107-87 loss to the 76ers.
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In the class of 2009, Jordan was inducted into the hall of fame with Jerry Sloan, John Stockton, C. Vivian Stringer and David Robinson during festivities in Springfield, MA.
