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Michael Jordan
American basketball player
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Michael Jordan (born February 17, 1963, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) American collegiate and professional basketball player widely considered to be one of the greatest all-around players in the history of the game. He led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (1991–93, 1996–98). (Read James Naismith’s 1929 Britannica essay on his invention of basketball.) Jordan grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, and entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. As a freshman, he made the winning basket against Georgetown in the 1982 national championship game. Jordan was named College Player of the Year ...(100 of 623 words)