Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1963 and grew up in North
Carolina. He is said to be the greatest all - around basketball player in history.
As a freshman ( University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ), he made the
winning basket in the 1982 National Championship Game and was named
College Player of the Year in his sophomore and junior terms.
Leaving shortly thereafter to lead the U.S. basketball team to Olympic
gold 1984 ( Los Angeles ). In that same year he was drafted by the Chicago
Bulls and led the league in scoring, being named Rookie of the Year.
Jordan was named the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player
five times and in the 1995 - 1996 season Jordan led the Bulls
to a 72-10 regular season record, the best in the history of the NBA.
Jordan announced his retirement after the 1997-98 season.
Here are two different high quality plastic color telephone cards featuring
Michael Jordan issued by World Comm in April & May of 1996.
The 20 minute variety shows him jumping for a shot along with 2 other
background views. The 30 minute type shows Jordan holding the basketball
( with a bandaged finger ). On the reverse of both cards,
instructions are featured in English, German, Spanish & French.
These fully licensed cards are in brand new ( although expired - with PIN # still hidden beneath the protective patch ) condition.