<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1992 Barcelona </Td> <Td> Men's Basketball </Td> </Tr> <P> Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since retiring as a player for the Boston Celtics, he was a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, but stepped down from the position of president following the first - round of the 2017 Eastern Conference playoffs . He has been described as one of the greatest basketball players of all time . </P> <P> Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish and power forward Kevin McHale . Bird was a 12 - time NBA All - Star and was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) three consecutive times (1984--1986). He played his entire professional career for Boston, winning three NBA championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards . </P> <P> He was a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics . Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All - Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998 (and was inducted again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team"). </P>

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