Olympic Gold Medal
And rounding off an already impressive career, in 1992 Magic won an Olympic gold medal playing for the so-called “Dream Team” of the U.S. – a team that included the top world-class players such as Charles Barkley, and longtime enemy of Jordan and Magic the player Bird. Taking all of this into account, then, it is not difficult to see how he ultimately became a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Yet since his rise to basketball fame, the life of the Lakers star hasn’t been entirely charmed. In fact, he would face an intensely public and personal hurdle in the early 1990s.
Olympic Gold Medal
Tested Positive
Following a medical examination prior to the 1991-1992 season of the NBA, Magic was tested HIV positive and the player publicly announced in November 1991 not only his diagnostic test but also his immediate withdrawal from basketball. He would finally humbly confess he had slept with several women before finding out about his HIV status. But while this shocking news raked the nation, sports fans gathered around the athlete.
Tested Positive
