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Michael Jordan has his parents, Deloris and James R. Jordan, Sr., to thank for getting him started in sports.

Considered the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. They made history as the only team at the time to complete two "three-peats," winning three consecutive championships from 1991 to 1993 and 1996 to 1998. Michael's parents supported him through all of his milestone moments and were the ones who insisted that he sign up for local sports as a child.

In his 2020 ESPN docuseries The Last Dance, Michael recalled in the first episode how his parents were always "trying to keep me busy" and encouraged all their children to play organized sports to teach them "more about life."

"We had five kids, and both the wife and I both worked, and we would worry at times about the kids being home," James said in archival foot

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The year 1993 was a big one for NBA great Michael Jordan. It marked his third-straight year that he was named NBA Finals MVP, a first in the league's history. 

But it was also a time of immense grief for the Chicago Bulls superstar. His father and biggest supporter, James Jordan Sr., was brutally murdered on July 23, 1993, a death that led to Michael's brief retirement, which spanned from October 1993 to February 1994. 

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James' death would irrevocably change his son's life, altering his career path and the way Michael carried himself for the rest of his years. As Michael told the New York Times in 1994, "You never know, someone might be following you. I'm very aware of that. It's second nature now." 

What happened to James Jordan Sr.?

James had been driving home from a friend's funeral in the early morning hours of July 23, 1993, when he decided to pull over for a nap

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James R. Jordan, Sr.
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Born	July 31, 1936
Died	July 23, 1993 (age 56)
Occupation	NBA father
Known for	father of Michael Jordan

James Raymond Jordan, Sr. (July 31, 1936 – July 23, 1993) was the father of basketball and baseball player Michael Jordan, and the grandfather of University of huvud Florida players Jeffrey Jordan and Marcus Jordan.

Biography[]

James Jordan was born in Wallace, North Carolina on July 31, 1936. He met Deloris Peoples after a basketball game in Wallace, North Carolina, in 1956. She was fifteen, and he was going off to the Air Force, but he told her he would be back some day to marry her. She eventually went off too, to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, but she returned home soon, homesick. Not long after her return, they were married.

Working for General Electric as a forklift operator, James eventually worked his way up the company ladder to supervisor. However, in 1963 he and his family moved