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The Biography of
Michael Jordan
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What is a Biography?
A biography is a detailed description or account of a person's life.
A biography has the following characteristics:• It describes a real person • It informs us about their childhood, important
events in their life and their personality • It shows that the writer knows a lot about this
person
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Why Michael Jordan?
• He is an interesting sport star
• My godfather has always admired him.
• I enjoy playing basketball.
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Childhood
• Michael Jordan was born on February 17,1963 in Brooklyn, New York.
• Before he reached his first birthday his parents: James and Deloris moved the family to Wilmington, where Michael’s father built a basketball court in the backyard of the new house in Wilmington.
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Childhood
• Michael Jordan had two brothers –Larry and James and two sisters – Delores and Roslyn.
• As a child he played three different sports: football, basketball and baseball.
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College Career
• Michael Jordan’s basketball skills in high school drew the attention of University of North Carolina coaches. The coaches made sure that Jordan attended Dean Smith’s basketball camp in 1980.
• Dean Smith was so impressed with Jordan that he offered him a scholarship.
• This meant that Jordan didn’t have to pay any college fees.
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NBA Career• In 1984, Michael Jordan joined a team
called the ‘Chicago Bulls’.
• He was the best player on the team and averaged over 37 points each game!
• Michael helped the ‘Bulls’ to win their third championship in a row.
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Career
• He retired from basketball in 1933, just 62 days after his father was shot during a robbery!
• Jordan was very close to his dad so this was a particularly difficult time for him.
• Then he decided that he wanted to try baseball because it was his father’s favourite sport.
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Career• Michael Jordan signed a
contract with the Chicago White Sox and played professional baseball for one year.
• In 1995 he returned to basketball and played with the Chicago Bulls again.
• They won their fourth title on father’s day and Jordan dedicated the championship to his father.
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Career
• In 1998, Jordan retired from basketball for a second time – this time for 3 years!
• Maybe he decided he was too young to retire so he then joined a basketball team called the Washington Wizards.
• He played for two years and then he truly ended his basketball career.
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Olympic Hero
• Jordan also competed at Olympic Level!
• He played on the USA Olympic team in two different Olympic Games (1984 in L.A and 1992 in Barcelona)
• They won the Gold medal very easily both times.
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Nike
• Jordan signed many contracts with companies such as Nike, Mc Donald’s and Gatorade (a popular sports drink).
• He designed his own runners called ‘Air Jordan’ that made millions of Dollars for Nike and himself.
• The runners had a logo with Jordan jumping in the air with a basketball in his hand.
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Nike
• The runners were called ‘Air Jordan’ because people were saying that he could fly through the air.
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Personal Life• In 1989 Jordan married his girlfriend and
the couple had three children: Jeffrey, Marcus and Jasmine.
• Unfortunately in 2006 after 17 years together, they got divorced.
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Where is he now?
• Now Michael Jordan is 50 years old.• He remarried earlier this year in Florida at
a big wedding surrounded by many celebrity friends.
• He still earns $80 MILLION every year and is one of the most highly paid athletes in the world.
• He gets the money from Nike, Gatorade, Hanes, Upperdeck and 2K sports.
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Where is he now?
• He also owns a few restaurants, a car dealership, a motorsports team and a basketball team called the ‘Charlotte Bobcats’.
• He lives in this gated mansion in Illinois, U.S.A
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• Thanks for listening to my presentation
• I hope you find Michael Jordan interesting and I hope you enjoyed listening.
• I will finish by showing you a short video of Jordan doing what he does best.