Laurence Oiseau

No one in sports has ever presented himself, or seen by others as, less cosmopolitan than Larry Bird. Nobody's ever appeared as down-home All-American who would never have any interest in namely-pamby things such as Europe or such.

And yet...

He has 2 connection to France (of all countries): he grew up in a place called French Lick, and went to college in a town with a French name, Terre Haute ("high ground").

Interesting...