After college, Jordan played for Team USA in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, participating in a photoshoot for LIFE magazine before the games began. Photographer Jacobus Rentmeester captured what would become the iconic Jumpman pose. Jordan again recreated the pose in 1985 for a Nike photoshoot. Architect and shoe designer Tinker Hatfield saw the image and incorporated it into the Air Jordan 3. Jordan has said of the pose. “I wasn’t even dunking on that one. People think that I was. I just stood on the floor, jumped up, and spread my legs... it was a ballet move” Michael Jordan interview in HOOP Magazine (1997)

Item 1 - Photo LIFE, Jacobus Rentmeester

Item 2 - Photo Nike, 1985

Item 3 - Jumpman Logo, Tinker Hatfield