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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
Andrew,
Thanks! The Lakers/Celtics rivalry of the 1980's was really one of the greatest of all time. Your boy Larry Bird is another guy I would like to have had an opportunity to meet. If you ever meet him, I hope that your encounter is as nice as the one that I had with Magic.
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I was lucky enough to get to meet up with Larry many times during his playing days. He was never super talkative, but most of the time would stop and sign an autograph. He often would sign just "Bird" or sometimes "L Bird", but usually was good for some sort of autograph.
Here's a pic I have of me with Larry Legend, circa 1992 I think. (I look pretty foolish here, esp. wearing "Jordan 23" shorts for the picture with Larry!) The 8x10 in my hand signed by Bird and Red Auerbach is still hanging on my sports room wall!