Power of Caring
  presented by CIGNA

Nov. 28, 1977 Staff writer Kent Hannon introduced the country to this surprise superstar, describing Bird's first shot for Indiana State—"a rampaging slam dunk at the end of a fast break"—and writing that he "displayed wall-to-wall talent and the finest all-round game in the country" in his first season in Terre Haute. photography by Lane Stewart