The Biography of

Michael Jordan

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

Why Michael Jordan?

• He is an interesting sport star

• My godfather has always admired him.

• I enjoy playing basketball.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nike

• The runners were called ‘Air Jordan’ because people were saying that he could fly through the air.

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.

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.

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

• 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.