#7: A Young Marriage and Early Fatherhood

In 1975, around the same time he briefly enrolled at Indiana University, Larry Bird married his high school sweetheart, Janet Condra. The relationship, however, was short-lived—they separated within a year. Despite the split, their union brought a daughter, Corrie, born in 1977.

In his early career, Bird struggled to maintain a close relationship with Corrie, and the two had a strained connection for many years. This lesser-known chapter in his life reveals the difficulty of balancing rising stardom with personal responsibility.