Michael Jordan was never seen with any ink on his skin during his playing days yet he’s had a tattoo for a very long time.
The former Chicago Bulls star has taken center stage these last few weeks, with The Last Dance giving fans a look at His Airness in a way they’ve never seen before. His solitary piece of ink hasn’t come up and likely won’t, but he does have a chest tattoo.
Some years ago, Jordan appeared on the cover of Bob Greene’s Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan and the photo of a much younger MJ shows a faint tattoo on the left side of his chest. The tat, an omega horseshoe, was drawn on as a way of pledging commitment to the black fraternity Omega Psi Phi which he was a part of while at the University of North Carolina.
The little-known fact came up in an NBA.com piece written by Sam Smith last year.
Smith wrote:
“Little known is he has a tattoo, an omega horseshoe above his left breast that he always was a bit sensitive about.”
