ISU Sets Unveiling For ‘Larry Legend’ Statue
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndiana State University has announced plans to dedicate a statue honoring one of the school's most famous figures. A ceremony is slated for November to unveil a Larry Bird statue that will stand outside the Hulman Center on the Terre Haute campus. The event will take place before ISU hosts Ball State University November 9.
A Larry Bird Scholarship Dinner is set for the previous evening. The university will launch a fund then to help pay for student-athlete scholarships.
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Wabash Valley artist Bill Wolfe is crafting the anonymously-funded sculpture. Wolfe is using multiple images from the university's archives to capture Bird's likeness.
The Larry Legend Foundation, a student group that initially stoked the effort, has stated “the statue will be taller than Magic Johnson's statue in East Lansing, Michigan.”
Sources: Indiana State University, The Larry Legend Foundation, Inside INdiana Business