Larry Bird One of the greatest basketball players of all time emerged from the small town of French Lick, Indiana. With a population of 2,059 people, around 1,600 of them came to watch the Valley High basketball games, especially the blond-haired shooting whiz with a funny smile named Larry Joe Bird. Following a sophomore season that was shortened by a broken ankle, Bird erupted as a junior. Springs Valley went 19-2 and young Larry became a local …showed first 75 words of 1302 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1302 total…Mark Price, Rick Barry, Calvin Murphy, and Scott Skiles. Larry Joe and his wife Dinah have two children: Connor and Mariah. He has four brothers and one sister; his mother's name is Georgia. Bird is an avid outdoorsman and has a passion for country music, auto racing and the St. Louis Cardinals. He also owns "Larry Bird's Boston Connection," a hotel/restaurant in Terre Haute, where a street was named in his honor on August 4, 1984.