Larry Bird Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

June 29, 1998
Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Along with Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens, Harlem Globetrotter Marques Haynes, longtime NBA/ABA coach Alex Hannum, 13-year NBA veteran Arnie Risen, University of Texas women's coach Jody Conradt and European coach Aleksandar Nikolic, he will be inducted into the Hall, in Springfield, Mass., on Oct. 2.