MICHAEL JORDAN #23
- NICKNAME-MJ,His Airness,Sum people call him GOD
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. When he was still very young, Michael and his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. Michael is the secondest youngest of five children. He has two older brothers, Ronnie and Larry, an older sister named Delores, and a younger sister, Roslyn. Michael's Dad, James, worked at an electric plant, and his mother, Deloris, worked at a bank. The family lived in a two-story house in Wilmington, a quiet town on the Cape Fear River. Michael's parents worked hard to provide a comfortable life for their family. Michael learned about hard work and the value of money. He didn't get his first bike until he was 16!. Michael faced some racism growing up. In a dispute over a seat on a school bus, a white girl called him "nigger" and spat on him. Michael hit her and was suspended from school. Michael's parents did not blame him. They explained to him that there was racism in the world but that his job was to rise above it. As a kid, Michael played baseball, basketball, and football. His favorite was baseball. Michael also spent hours playing basketball in his backyard on a court his dad had built. Michael played a lot of one-on-one games against his brother Larry, who was taller, a year older, and more talented than Michael. Larry always won. That made Michael determined to become a better player. Michael played three sports as a ninth-grader at D.C. Virgo Junior High School, Wilmington. He pitched and played in the outfield on the baseball team, played quarterback on the football team, and was a guard on the basketball team. Michael's first dunk came during a junior varsity game. He was 5' 8" tall at the time. He just took off, and the dunk happened so fast that he wasn't sure what he had done. But he sure loved the feeling!