Basketball

  Baskteball Nation!!
Color a picture of the bird that represents Larry bird and read the biography below!

printablecolouringpages.co.uk/?s=larry%20bird

Basketball is a sport that Indiana was known for! We have had many fabulous basketball athletes come from Indiana! One of the greatest basketball players in Larry Bird!

-Larry Bird was born December 7, 1956 in West Baden, Indiana. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics after his junior year at Indiana State (1978) but did not play professionally until the 1979–1980 season. Over the course of his 13 seasons with the Celtics, he cemented his legacy as one of the greatest players in NBA history. He retired in 1993 and became head coach of the Indiana Pacers in 1997.