Happy Birthday Michael! 23 Things about #23

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL! 50 23 THINGS about #23 MICHAEL'S HUMAN SIDE Some rights reserved by jmassel MICHAEL IS JUST A REGULAR GUY tttt wwwww Born on February 17, 1963 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN 2. 2 HE DIDN'T MAKE THE VARSITY TEAM He didn't make the varsity as a sophomore at Laney High School in Wilmington, N.C. LANER "It was embarrassing not making that team.' Michael Jordan HIS JERSEY WAS STOLEN During the 1990-1991 season, in a Bulls vs Magic game after an arena employee stole his uniform JORDAN WORE #12 ONLY ONCE "That has never happened to me before, it's pretty irritating..." 12 Michael Jordan Photo. Nathaniel S. Butier NBAE/Getty Imoges 4 HE CRIED IN PUBLIC With his father James at his side in 1991 He openly cried while cradling the Larry O'Brien trophy after the Bulls won their first championship HE HURTS CHICACO BLLLS Jordan lost his father to an act of violence at the end of the '92 - '93 season He retired from basketball the next year. Photo: notqualifi 9. HE ISN'T ABNORMALLY TALL Neither of Jordan's parents were very tall. Both less than 5.9" 5'3" 16'6" 7'7" Michael Jordan Shortest NBA Player ever Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues Tallest NBA Players ever Manute Bol & Gheorghe Mureşan HE IS SUPERSTITIOUS During his time with the Chicago Bulls He wore his University of North Carolina shorts under his uniform in every game. (He believed they brought him luck) THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE "LONG SHORTS" TREND IN THE NBA Photo: Getty Images 8. O HE WAS DISLIKED ALL-STAR Jordan was voted in as an All-Star starter by the fans in his rookie season. This led to a so called "freeze-out" on Jordan, where players refused to pass him the ball throughout the game. ULLS SeriesB 6. 9 HE WAS NOT FAT 10 15 20 4% Jordan's body fat was once measured at Average professional athlete's body fat 7-8% Average American male's body fat 15-20% 10 HE LOVES on Christmas Eve, 2011 He proposed to his long time girlfriend, Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto. 11 HE WORKS HARD Michael spent his off seasons taking hundreds of jump shots per day, until it was perfected Photo: mediaoutrage.com Photo: nba.com MICHAEL'S CAREER WINNERS 12 COLLEGE YEARS Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina Jordan majored in cultural geography. 13 NBA RECORDS # of POINTS Average per game 30.12 Holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average Highest career playoff 33.45 14 OVER 3,000 POINTS IN A SEASON 1986-87 became the only player besides Wilt Chamberlain to score more than 3,000 points in a season, HALTO scoring 5. 3,041 32 POINTS 15 STARRED IN A CARTOON Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. 16 GREATEST ATHLETE? Named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN in 1999 BULLA second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. 17 HALL OF FAME Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. 18 5x winner 8 NBA MVP Photo: Jim Rogash/Getty Images of NBA'S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD 19 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVERS RED ROSES FOR THE LADY oparts usated NBA PLAYOFFS Appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record of SKY HIGH 49 times CNICAgO's 33 20 BASEBALL As a 31-year-old rookie with no professional baseball experience Michael Jordan drove in 51 runs stole 30 bases 6 outfield assists had 7 game-winning hits 21 RETIRING On January 13, 1999 at 35, Michael Jordan retired - again. Photo: Chuck Solomon/SI MICHAEL'S FINANCES 22 DIVORCE The Jordan's divorce topped Forbes magazine's "The 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces" with an estimated settlement of 168 MILLION 23 INCOME Yearly income from the endorsements estimated to be over $40 MILLION $178,100 a day, working or not If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there. He makes $7,415 per hour more than minimum wage. If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours. presented by: Sources: http://www.22facts.com/michael-jordan http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/habits_030815.html http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016048.html http://www.sneakerfiles.com/michael-jordan-childhood-years http://www.biography.com/people/michael-jordan-9358066?page=3 http://hoopeduponline.com/2011/02/24/michael-jordan-the-college-years http://www.mensfitness.com/leisure/sports/10-most-superstitious-athletes http://mediaoutrage.com/2011/03/31/michael-jordan-yvette-prieto-coupled-up http://www.businessinsider.com/16-people-who-worked-incredibly-hard-to-succeed-2012-9?op=1 http://notqualifiedtocomment.com/2009/10/top-ten-darkest-moments-in-chicago-sports-history.html http://coedmagazine.com/2011/02/17/23-things-you-didnt-know-about-michael-jordan-on-his-birthday top10onlinecolleges.org DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING