LOVE
1975-81
| SEASON | Games | R | A | PTS |
| 1980-81 | 23 | 12 | 6 |
27.8
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1975-81:
Summer 1975
Dixie Youth Baseball Association names Jordan Mr. Baseball among North
Carolina 12-year-olds...
June 1977
Jordan is named Outstanding Athlete at Trask Middle School and receives
certificates of achievement in football and basketball...
Fall 1978
The 5'9" Jordan, a sophomore, is the last cut from the Laney High
School varsity basketball team. Coach Clifton (Pop) Herring elects to
go with 6'8" sophomore Leroy Smith. (Jordan will grow five inches
before the next season.) ...
Spring 1980
Jordan, a righthanded pitcher and centerfielder for the Laney varsity
baseball team, throws 42 consecutive scoreless innings. ..
July 20, 1980
The first of Jordan's many, many paychecks is for the modest amount of
$119.76, compensation for 47 hours of maintenance work at El Barta Restaurant
and Motor Inn in Wilmington...
April 11, 1981
At the McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Game in Wichita,
Kansas, Jordan hits a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left to give
the East a 96-95 victory. He finishes with 30 points-a game record that
still stands...
| HIGHLIGHTS |
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A Western
Australia Michael Jordan Society presentation. Michael Jordan, the
best there ever was, the best there ever will be...