The 1984 Olympic Games, circa 1985.
The 1984 Olympic Games, an item dated about 1985 and credited to Michael Jordan (born 1963). Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 517.87.
Local figure
Michael Jordan
Jordan played all three of his Carolina seasons, from 1981-82 through 1983-84, in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill, scoring in double figures in 90 of his 101 games for UNC. He was a two-time consensus first-team All-America selection and the 1984 National Player of the Year.
Source: University of North Carolina Athletics: Celebrate Carolina: Jordan in Carmichael
1963– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
22 works about Michael Jordan are indexed here, as is one work by Jordan.
Life and Orange County connections
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- Michael Jordan plays his Carolina career in Carmichael Auditorium Jordan played all three of his Carolina seasons in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill and scored in double figures in 90 of his 101 games for UNC. He was Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and National Player of the Year in 1984. People: Dean Smith Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Carmichael AuditoriumSearch the index · University of North Carolina Athletics: Celebrate Carolina: Jordan in Carmichael
- UNC men’s basketball wins the 1982 NCAA national championship UNC defeated Georgetown, 63–62, to win the national title. People: Dean Smith, James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Matt Doherty Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I men’s basketball · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, March 30, 1982, p. 1; The Daily Tar Heel, April 29, 1982, p. 8
- Michael Jordan returns to UNC and earns his geography degree Jordan left Carolina with a year of eligibility left to enter the 1984 NBA draft, then returned to the university and earned a bachelor of arts degree in geography in 1986. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · John R. Wooden Award: Wooden Award Flashback: Michael Jordan joins rarefied air at North Carolina
- The Dean E. Smith Center is formally dedicated at a pro-alumni basketball game The $34 million Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, open since January, was formally dedicated with a game among former Tar Heels who had played professional basketball, held after the Citadel football game; the dedication had been put off so more of Smith's former players could come. The jerseys of national players of the year Phil Ford, James Worthy, Michael Jordan and Lennie Rosenbluth were retired and eight others honored, and proceeds from more than 21,000 tickets at $5 went to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Athletes Against Crime. People: Dean Smith, Roy Williams, Phil Ford, James Worthy, Michael Jordan Place: Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, Chapel Hill · Also named: Lennie RosenbluthSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 4, 1986, p. 5
- Michael Jordan expands the Jordan Brand partnership with UNC athletics Jordan announced an expansion of his Jordan Brand partnership with North Carolina Tar Heels athletics in March 2017, saying that it is always great to come home. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: 225 years of Tar Heels: Michael Jordan
People named in the same events
People named in the same dated entries as Michael Jordan, those sharing the most entries first. Each line links one of the shared entries in the chronology, where its source is cited. A shared entry shows these people in the same event, not how well they knew each other.
- Dean Smith 2 entries, including Michael Jordan plays his Carolina career in Carmichael Auditorium (1981–82 through 1983–84)
- James Worthy 1 entry: UNC men’s basketball wins the 1982 NCAA national championship (March 29, 1982)
- Matt Doherty 1 entry: UNC men’s basketball wins the 1982 NCAA national championship (March 29, 1982)
Indexed works
Works about or by Michael Jordan. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
By Michael Jordan
About Michael Jordan
Gone Pro North Carolina: Tar Heel Stars Who Became Pros
Tim W. Jackson profiles Tar Heel athletes from the university at Chapel Hill who went on to professional careers, from the best-known names such as Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Vince Carter, Lawrence Taylor and B. J. Surhoff to many less familiar Tar Heels across several sports. Published by Clerisy Press in 2014, 242 pages with illustrations.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Facing Michael Jordan : players recall the greatest basketball player who ever lived
Interviews with players, coaches and writers who faced Michael Jordan, arranged in five sections running from his early days to his legacy, with Walter Davis, Charles Barkley, Dennis Rodman and Ray Allen among those speaking. The Chapel Hill connection is Jordan's years with the University of North Carolina. Sports Publishing, 2014, xii and 212 pages with illustrations.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jordan, Michael, 1963-.
North Carolina flashback : #1 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. #2 Virginia Cavaliers : January 9, 1982.
Full broadcast of the January 9, 1982 basketball game between top ranked North Carolina and second ranked Virginia, as NBC originally aired it, released on videodisc in 2005 by Computer Group of Hilliard, Ohio. Subjects include Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins for Carolina and Ralph Sampson for Virginia. About ninety-seven minutes in color.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jordan, Michael, 1963-.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dean Smith Center, Carolina Memorabilia Room
Exhibit text for the jersey Michael Jordan, a former Carolina player, wore on the American Dream Team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, shown in the Carolina Memorabilia Room at the Dean Smith Center. North Carolina ECHO project photograph, 31 May 2002.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dean Smith Center, Carolina Memorabilia Room
Michael Jordan's jersey from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he played on the American Dream Team, displayed in the Carolina Memorabilia Room of the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill. Photographed 31 May 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Playing for keeps : Michael Jordan and the world he made
David Halberstam's biography of Michael Jordan, published by Random House in New York in 1999. Topics include Jordan from Wilmington, North Carolina, through his years with the North Carolina Tar Heels at Chapel Hill to the Chicago Bulls, and they file the book with the history of basketball in the United States.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jordan, Michael, 1963-.
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Dean Smith University Award ceremony, 1998
Hugh Morton's 1998 color photograph of former Tar Heel players Michael Jordan and Charlie Scott with coach Dean Smith at the Chapel Hill ceremony giving Smith the University Award. Another frame from the same evening, on 35 mm color roll film.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Dean Smith University Award ceremony, 1998
Group portrait by Hugh Morton of Michael Jordan standing with Dean Smith and Charlie Scott at the 1998 banquet in Chapel Hill where Smith, the longtime Carolina basketball coach, received the University Award. One 35 mm color roll film negative.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Dean Smith University Award ceremony, 1998
Dean Smith and Michael Jordan pose together in Chapel Hill in 1998, at the ceremony where the former Carolina coach was given the University Award. Color negative by Hugh Morton.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Dean Smith University Award ceremony, 1998
Hugh Morton color negative of Michael Jordan with Woody Durham, longtime radio voice of the Tar Heels, at the Chapel Hill ceremony where Dean Smith received the University Award in 1998.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Dean Smith University Award ceremony, 1998
Michael Jordan at the podium during the 1998 ceremony in Chapel Hill at which basketball coach Dean Smith received the University Award. Color 35 mm negative by Hugh Morton.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Dean Smith University Award ceremony, 1998
Michael Jordan with an unidentified man at the 1998 ceremony in Chapel Hill where Dean Smith received the University Award. Color negative by Hugh Morton.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
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- Carmichael Auditorium (Carmichael Arena) University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
- Dean E. Smith Center University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
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- NCpedia: Michael Jordan Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
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Picture: Michael Jordan, 2014. Public domain. Photograph by DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen; www.defense.gov; via Wikimedia Commons
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