French Lick, Indiana: Larry Bird Statue

Larry Bird accomplished a great deal in his basketball career. One of his accomplishments was to put the little town of French Lick, Indiana, on the basketball map.

Bird grew up in that part of Southern Indiana, and "The Hick from French Lick" showed rather quickly that genius can come from anywhere. A pilgrimage there is necessary for many hoop fans.

French Lick doesn't overdo it. A street is named after him. In fact, the high school is on that street - the road that Larry used to walk and dribble his way to school each day. A bust of Bird is placed on the front of the teen center near Larry Bird Blvd.

You can look at the outside of Bird's childhood home and some other places with connections to him - such as the spot where the Converse commercial with Magic Johnson was filmed. Still, you'd have to say that French Lick really should have a Larry Bird Museum.

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