Hodges began his spiel, explaining that he wanted to talk about playing for the Sycamores. For most of Larry’s playing career, she was photographed in attendance in a nice dress, expensive jewelry, quiet and hidden in the crowd.He was briefly married to his high-school sweetheart Janet Condra from 1975-76 and the two had has a daughter named Corrie with her.
When I left Indiana State, I put that aside and concentrated on Boston. “She’d come in one week for the money and be back the very next to pay it off,” says Wayne Ferguson, who worked for the bank. He wasn’t even considered one of the top players in Indiana—the 1974 Mr. Basketball title was shared by two other boys; Bird, who had signed to play with the Hoosiers over Purdue and Indiana State, was only a third-team all-state selection. As we mentioned above the Iconic NBA player has an estimated net worth of $ You stay.”The coaches weren’t about to let Bird go anywhere. “Hang off the back of a garbage truck all of your life?”The player sniffed—he liked the job and his co-workers—and Hodges wisely steered the subject back to basketball. He pled guilty to a few of the charges and got the sentence deferred (essentially dropped). Though the world swirled around him—college, money, his father’s passing—the game remained a fixed point.“I sort of always felt my dad gave up on not only himself, but us kids,” says Bird. I knew that—but once I got there, it took way more than I ever imagined it would. There was just so much going on, but, really, the outlet was basketball. I definitely didn’t ever dream of playing in the NBA. “He said you won’t let him play.”King explained to Bird that the reason he limited his minutes in practice was to save his starters from humiliation—the other players needed to win sometimes.“To hell with them,” Bird answered. Spending his older days on the arms of his second wife, Larry married Dinah Mattingly in 1989 and they’ve been together ever since – leading many to wonder about the secret of their marriage.Unlike her husband, Mrs. Dinah Mattingly always shied away from the spotlight and respects her privacy. He married to Janet Condra and soon gave birth to a daughter whom he named, Corrie. Larry owns a hotel called Larry Bird’s Boston Connection.
Larry Bird's wife Dinah Mattingly is his second wife after his first marriage with a woman named Janet Condra. School was already well underway, and there wasn’t money available for a scholarship, Bledsoe told the pair, but he wasn’t about to turn away a player of Bird’s caliber.
Only an image of the backboard preserved on the wood remains, Hoosier basketball’s Shroud of Turin.Alone with Bird, Hodges handed him paperwork.
I always figured if things didn’t work out, I’d go into construction.”No, with the blessing of hindsight, it’s clear Bird couldn’t quit basketball then any more than he can now. First off, their adopted son Conner got into some trouble for driving his car at his ex-girlfriend on the campus of Indiana University. They had a daughter named Corrie age 42.
The couple have adopted two children named Conner and Mariah.
I'll get to them in a moment. Larry Bird was married to Janet Condra from 1975-76, and has been estranged from Condra and their daughter Corrie (born 14 August 1977) ever since. “For me, it’s always been about looking forward. But the former Bird home is no different than the others clustered there. And sometimes, even the on-court transition to Terre Haute proved tumultuous.Bird, who had to sit out of games for a season because of his transfer from IU, came to see Hodges one afternoon after practice, complaining that head coach Bob King had begun sidelining him during scrimmages against the starters.“Larry’s quitting, Coach—going back to French Lick,” said Hodges, indulging Bird. 58-year-old Dinah Mattingly aka Dinah Bird was born on November 16, 1954, she is currently married to the NBA legend Larry Bird. And when he retired, they bronzed his likeness or carved it out of stone, and put his image on display in places from Boston to French Lick.