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Test your knowledge of His Airness with our Michael Jordan quiz and see if you can "Be Like Mike."Michael Jordan was born to James and Delores Jordan on Feb. 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York.
Michael Jordan attended Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jordan's family moved to Wilmington when he was a toddler.
As a high school sophomore, Michael Jordan began to show signs of his basketball prowess but was still assigned to the junior varsity team as opposed to the varsity team. Laney High basketball coach Clifton "Pop" Herring said underclassmen, like the 15-year-old Jordan, were rarely selected to play varsity.
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Michael Jordan played for the University of North Carolina under future Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith.
Michael Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the No. 3 overall pick in the 1984 NBA draft.
Retired NBA player, coach and executive Elgin Baylor said of Michael Jordan, "If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan."
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Michael Jordan won his first NBA championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1991. The 1991 win was also the first NBA championship title for the franchise.
Michael Jordan won six championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998), all with the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan was first named the NBA's Most Valuable Player in 1988. Jordan went on to receive the award a total of five times during his career.
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Michael Jordan's middle name is Jeffrey.
Michael Jordan wore No. 23 on his jersey. Jordan once had to wear No. 12 during a game after discovering his jersey had been stolen.
On March 28, 1990, Michael Jordan scored 69 points for the Chicago Bulls when they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Michael Jordan wore his University of North Carolina practice shorts under his jersey for good luck.
Michael Jordan has two older brothers, one older sister and one younger sister.
Michael Jordan actually played in the Olympics twice, on the 1984 and 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball teams. The U.S. team won the gold medal both times.
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Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade delivered the line in an interview about growing up in the Chicago suburb of Robbins, Illinois.
Michael Jordan's highest points-per-game average was 37.09, and it occurred during the 1986-87 NBA season.
Michael Jordan has five children. Three children are from his first marriage to Juanita. He also has twins with his second wife, Yvette.
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Gatorade launched the "Be Like Mike" campaign featuring Michael Jordan in 1992. In 2015, Jordan narrated a new generation of commercials for Gatorade.
Michael Jordan and the Tar Heels defeated the Georgetown Hoyas for the 1982 NCAA championship.
In 1985, Nike and Michael Jordan teamed up for a line of basketball shoes and the Air Jordan I was born.
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Michael Jordan played for two different teams in the NBA, the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards.
In 1993, Dr. Stanford Shulman named a previously undiscovered strain of the bacteria, Salmonella mjordan.
Michael Jordan played college basketball for three years. Jordan left the University of North Carolina after his junior year for the NBA draft.
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In a 2010 interview with Larry King, Cleveland Cavaliers' player LeBron James delivered the admission, "I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up." Although he and Jordan were not in the NBA at the same time, that hasn't stopped fans from debating who would win a match-up.
Michael Jordan paused his NBA career to play for the Birmingham Barons baseball team during the 1993-94 season. He retired from baseball in 1995 and returned to the NBA.
Michael Jordan first retired from the NBA after winning his third NBA championship with the Chicago Bulls.
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Michael Jordan wore jersey No. 45 while playing minor league baseball.
Michael Jordan became the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets in 2010.
Michael Jordan's career point total is 32,292. As of January 2016, Jordan ranks fourth on the NBA career points list.
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