Corrie Bird is a private individual, and this page has been rewritten to treat her as one. She is Larry Bird’s daughter from his first marriage. She holds no public office, performs nothing and sells nothing. She has never sought attention of any kind.
The story people are actually looking for is not hers. It belongs to Larry Bird, who is a public figure and who has spoken about it himself, at length and on the record. That is what this page covers, in his words.
Last updated: 21 October 2026. Rewritten to remove personal details about a private individual — what was taken out, and why, is set out at the end.
What this page does and does not publish
- Publishes: what Larry Bird has said publicly, in his own words
- Publishes: the documented outline of the estrangement and reconciliation
- Does not publish: her address, her children, or her husband’s name
- Does not publish: her precise date of birth or her employer
- Does not publish: a net worth figure — there is no such thing here
- The reason: she is not a public figure
What this article covers
Who She Is, in the Terms That Are Fair
Corrie Bird was born in August 1977, after the brief marriage between Larry Bird and Janet Condra had ended. That much is established by Bird’s own published account and has been reported consistently for decades.
Beyond that, she has lived an ordinary private life. She has given no interviews of substance, holds no public role, and has no public social media presence. Every detailed personal profile of her online — the dates, the family details, the invented net worth figures — is assembled by people who have never spoken to her, about someone who never asked to be written about.
How It Began
The documented facts, from Bird’s own account:
- Larry Bird and Janet Condra married briefly and the marriage ended quickly.
- Corrie was born in August 1977, after the separation.
- Bird initially denied paternity. A test confirmed he was her father and he acknowledged it.
- After he was drafted into the NBA, he set up an account for her that she could not draw on until she turned 18.
- He was not present for her childhood, which he has since said plainly and without excusing.
What Larry Bird Has Said
This is the part of the story that genuinely belongs in public, because the public figure put it there himself.
“I can’t honestly say I’ve had much to do with her life because of my differences with Janet.”
“I think about Corrie all the time, but what can I really do now? I can’t go back and relive the first five or six years of her life.”
“To tell you the truth, I’ve never really known how to handle the situation, but I love her and anytime Corrie needs anything, I will be there for her.”
Larry Bird, as reported in basketball coverage of the relationship.
It is worth noticing what those quotations do. He attributes the distance to his own relationship with her mother, not to Corrie; he does not claim the time back; and he does not present himself well. For a man who built a reputation on competitive certainty, it is an unusually unguarded set of statements.
The Reconciliation
The turning point is reported as 1998, at the Indiana Pacers’ last home game of the 1997-98 season — Bird’s first year coaching them.
- Dinah Mattingly, Bird’s wife, arranged for Corrie to be given tickets. Accounts say she had encouraged him to make contact for years.
- Father and daughter talked properly for the first time.
- Corrie has said she does not know her father as well as she would like — one of very few things attributed to her directly.
- What the relationship is today has not been made public by either of them, and this page is not going to speculate about it.
The Adoption Confusion
A recurring question, with a simple answer. Corrie is Larry Bird’s biological daughter from his first marriage.
The confusion arises because Bird and Dinah Mattingly adopted children together. Both things are true and they are separate facts about separate people — and his adopted children are also private individuals who get written about for the same bad reason, which is why they are not detailed here either.
Why This Page Is Shorter Than the Others
Worth being direct about, because the change is deliberate.
| What was on this page | Why it has gone |
|---|---|
| Her precise date of birth | Reduced to the month and year — which is what Bird’s own account establishes and all that the story requires |
| Her husband’s full name and the year of the marriage | He is a private individual who is not even the subject of the page. Removed |
| The number of her children | Removed. They are children |
| Her place of residence | Removed. There is no public interest reason to narrow down where a private person lives |
| Her employer’s sector and job function | Stated as fact from no identifiable source, about someone’s livelihood. Removed |
| “Net Worth (2026): around $1 million (estimated)” | Invented. A private individual has no public finances. There is nothing to estimate from and no reason to try |
| A section headed “Why We Keep Details Limited” | It sat directly beneath a 24-row table of her personal details. The principle is now applied rather than announced |
Editorial decision taken 21 October 2026. None of this is restored on request from search demand alone.
The test we applied is simple. Is this person famous, or merely related to someone famous? Larry Bird chose a public life and has spoken about this himself. Corrie Bird did neither. For another figure from the same era of basketball whose career was genuinely public, see our profile of Gail Goodrich. More from The UK Post.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Corrie Bird?
Larry Bird’s daughter from his first marriage, to Janet Condra. She is a private individual with no public role, and that is the most important fact about how she should be written about.
Why does this page not give her date of birth, address or family details?
Because she is not a public figure. She has never sought attention, holds no office and sells nothing. Publishing a private person’s personal details because of who their parent is serves curiosity, not the public interest.
What is Corrie Bird’s net worth?
There is no figure, and we will not publish one. She has no public finances, no filings and no disclosures. A number attached to a private individual is invented by definition.
What has Larry Bird actually said about her?
A great deal, and in his own words. He has said: “I think about Corrie all the time, but what can I really do now? I can’t go back and relive the first five or six years of her life.”
Did Larry Bird deny he was her father?
Initially, yes. By his own published account, he denied paternity at the time; a test confirmed he was her father, and he acknowledged it.
Why were they estranged?
Bird has attributed it to the breakdown with her mother rather than to Corrie: “I can’t honestly say I’ve had much to do with her life because of my differences with Janet.”
Did they ever reconcile?
Reportedly in 1998, at a Pacers home game, after Bird’s wife Dinah Mattingly arranged for Corrie to be given tickets. What the relationship is now is private and neither of them has made it public.
Is she adopted?
No. That confusion arises because Larry Bird and Dinah Mattingly adopted children together. Corrie is his biological daughter from his first marriage.
Where can I read what Larry Bird said in full?
His comments have been reported in basketball coverage over many years, including this account of the estrangement, and he addresses it in his own published writing.
Why do so many sites publish detailed personal information about her?
Because the search traffic exists and nobody stops them. That is not the same as it being right, and it is why this page was rewritten.
Conclusion
Corrie Bird’s life is her own, and the interesting part of this story was never hers to tell. It belongs to her father, who has told it: that he denied she was his, that a test proved otherwise, that he stayed away because of a quarrel with her mother, and that he has thought about it since.
That is the whole of what is properly public here. The dates, the addresses and the invented wealth figures that fill the rest of the internet on this subject tell you nothing except that search demand exists.
Sources
- Larry Bird — published biography and career record
- Basketball Network — Larry Bird on his estranged relationship with his daughter
Disclaimer
Corrie Bird is a private individual. This page deliberately omits personal information about her, her spouse and her children, and publishes no net worth figure, because there is no verifiable source and no public interest in one. Quotations attributed to Larry Bird are as reported in published basketball coverage. If anything here is inaccurate, we will correct it. Information correct as at 21 October 2026.