ultimate ppt of michael jordan's biography

1. CAREER POINT UNIVERSITY
Gagan Vijay’s
Presentation
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DEPARTMENT
The Biography
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Michael Jordan

2. Why Michael Jordan?
 He is an interesting sport star.
 I enjoy playing basketball.

3. Childh d
 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.
 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.

4. 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.

5.  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 to win their third
championship in a row.

6. 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.

7. Baseball
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.

8. 2nd 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.

9. MOVIE FOR GIVING HIM
RESPECT.

10.  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.

11. ACHIEVEMENTS
THESE ARE THE
GREAT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OF MJ

12. 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.

13.  The runners were called ‘Air Jordan’ because
people were saying that he could fly through
the air.He could stay upto 3 seconds in air.

14. 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.

15. Where is he
now?  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.
 He also owns a few restaurants, a car
dealership, a motorsports team and a
basketball team called the charlotte wizards.

16. “Home ground” of
MICHAEL
JORDAN where
he shoots 100%
of 3 POINTERS.
“23”
Main gate of
MICHAEL
JORDAN’S
home.

17.  Thanks for watching my presentation 
 I hope you after this you will like Michael
Jordan and I hope you enjoyed listening.