Sue Bird made her career as an American-Israeli professional basketball player. She is currently playing for the Seattle Storm of the Women’s National Basketball Association. She is considered the greatest player in WNBA history and was drafted by Storm in 2002. She is the single person in the history of WNBA to win titles in three different decades. She even held a front-office position for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. She has even played for three teams in Russia. As of now, she has both citizenships in the U.S. and Israeli. 

Sue Bird Early Life

Sue Bird’s real name is Suzanne Brigit Bird. She was brought up in this world on 16th October of 1980. She was born in Syosset, which is situated in New York. She has completed her schooling at Syosset, which is located in New York, and Christ the King, which is located in Queens in New York. She completed her graduation from Connecticut from 1998 to 2002. While she was studying in High school, she was the New York State Player of the year and the New York Daily News Player of the year. While she was Graduating from the University of Connecticut, she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award for being the college player of the year. She was interested in sports while she was young, and her older athletic older sister also influenced her. She has not only played basketball, but she has also played soccer as well as tennis and ran track. She started playing for the Amateur Athletic Union in sixth grade only. She was even asked for an autograph when she was only 11 years old. 

Sue Bird Career

WNBA drafted Sue Bird in the year 2002. She used to play alongside a great player named Lauren Jackson, who was also drafted a year earlier. She was even the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year, and she became one of the two rookies selected for the All WNBA First team. While it was her first year, she scored a high score of 33points against the Portland Fire. She became the first woman out of the other 11 women to win an Olympic Gold Medal during the WNBA Championship. Fans have voted her as one of the Top 15 players in the 15-year history in 2011. In 2013, she had her knee surgery which made her unable to play basketball.

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Sue Bird Personal Life

Sue Bird officially announced that she was a lesbian on 20th July 2017. She had been dating Megan Rapinoe, a soccer player, for several months. She tied her knot with Megan Rapinoe on 30th October 2020. 

Sue Bird Net Worth

Sue Bird has a net worth of $ 8 million. She has earned this through her passion for basketball and hard work to give her best in every game. Besides making money or anything, she had earned a massive amount of respect.