Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
	Abdul-Jabbar in 2014
Personal information
Born	April 16, 1947 (age 76); New York, USA
Nationality	American
High school	Power Memorial; (Manhattan, New York)
Listed height	218 cm
Listed weight	102 kg
Career information
College	UCLA (1966–1969)
NBA Draft	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
	Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career	1969–1989
Career history
1969–1975	Milwaukee Bucks
1975–1989	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
	6× NBA champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988); 2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985); 6× NBA Most Valuable Player (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980); 19× NBA All-Star (1970–1977, 1979–1989); 10× All-NBA First Team (1971–1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986); 5× All-NBA Second Team (1970, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985); 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974, 1975, 1979–1981); 6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970, 1971, 1976–1978, 1984); NBA Rookie of the Year (1970); NBA All-Rookie First Team (1970); 2× NBA scoring champion (1971, 1972); NBA rebounding champion (1976); 4× NBA blocks leader (1975, 1976, 1979, 1980); No. 33 retired by Milwaukee Bucks; No. 33 retired by Los Angeles Lakers; NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; 3× NCAA champion (1967–1969); 3× NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1967–1969); 3× National college player of the year (1967–1969); 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1967–1969); No. 33 retired by UCLA Bruins; 2× Mr. Basketball USA (1964, 1965); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016); As assistant coach: 2× NBA champion (2009, 2010);
Career NBA statistics
Points	38,387 (24.6 ppg)
Rebounds	17,440 (11.2 rpg)
Blocks	3,189 (2.5 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. on April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He was known as Lew Alcindor before changing his name in the fall of 1971, several years after converting to Islam. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time. He has also had numerous television and movie appearances.

Early life

Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., was born in Harlem, New York City, on April 16, 1947. His family was not poor: his father was a graduate of the famed Juilliard School of Music in virtuoso trombone. He attended Power Memorial High School in New York.^[1]

College

Alcindor went to college at UCLA. When he played on the freshman team, it beat the UCLA varsity team that had won two national championships. When he played on the varsity team, it won three national championships. When Alcindor was at UCLA, the NCAA did not allow the dunk, so he developed a hook shot called the skyhook. Alcindor also got a degree in history.

Professional basketball career

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the Lakers

Alcindor was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1969 NBA Draft. He lead the league in scoring twice with the Bucks. He also won three MVP awards with them. In 1975, Abdul-Jabbar was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He won three more MVP awards with them, as well as five championships. Abdul-Jabbar played in the NBA until 1989. When he left, he had scored 38,387 points. He was also one of the ten most accurate players, and blocked the third-most shots. Abdul-Jabbar was placed in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995.

Outside of basketball

Abdul-Jabbar studied martial arts with Bruce Lee, and appears in the Lee movie The Game of Death. He is also in the movie Airplane!. Abdul-Jabbar has written several books. Some of them are on basketball, but he has also written a book about the Harlem Renaissance.^[2] His book was later made into a documentary movie.^[3] Abdul-Jabbar has also been an assistant coach for several NBA teams. Usually, he has helped tall players play better. Abdul-Jabbar has had leukemia since 2009. He accepted Islam after the game. He became an assistant coach after he retired.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Media

Abdul-Jabbar with the reverse two-hand dunk against Stanford
Abdul-Jabbar versus USC
Abdul-Jabbar performs ceremonial net cutting at Freedom Hall in Louisville in 1969 after a 20-point win over Purdue and Rick Mount in unprecedented third-straight national title en route to seven consecutive national championships for UCLA.
Abdul-Jabbar displaying the skyhook over Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets. The shot was almost impossible to block.
Abdul-Jabbar lines up a free throw. He started wearing goggles in order to avoid damage to his corneas.
Bill Sharman and Jack Kent Cooke at a press conference announcing the signing of Abdul-Jabbar
Abdul-Jabbar receiving a pass from Magic Johnson during the 1985 NBA Finals
Actor Shavar Ross and Abdul-Jabbar on the set of Diff'rent Strokes, c. 1982
Abdul-Jabbar (center) at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear with Comedy Central hosts Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart

References

↑ Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (September 10, 2019). "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar". EBSCOhost – via search.ebscohost.com.
↑ Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem; Raymond Obstfeld (2007). On the shoulders of giants : my journey through the Harlem Renaissance. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3488-4.
↑ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tells Newark students a tale worth learning. New Jersey Star Ledger. February 11, 2011. http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/02/dalessandro_kareem_abdul-jabba.html. Retrieved February 11, 2011.

Other websites

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
Official website
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on IMDb
Kareem's complete bio at NBA.com
Kareem's page at the Basketball Hall of Fame Archived April 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
1967-68 Oscar Robertson Trophy Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine USBWA College Player of the Year

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[1] Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (September 10, 2019). "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar". EBSCOhost – via search.ebscohost.com.

[2] Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem; Raymond Obstfeld (2007). On the shoulders of giants : my journey through the Harlem Renaissance. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3488-4.

[3] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tells Newark students a tale worth learning. New Jersey Star Ledger. February 11, 2011. http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/02/dalessandro_kareem_abdul-jabba.html. Retrieved February 11, 2011.

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Personal information
Abdul-Jabbar in 2014
Born	(1947-04-16) April 16, 1947 (age 76) New York, USA
Nationality	American
High school	Power Memorial (Manhattan, New York)
Listed height	218 cm
Listed weight	102 kg
Career information
College	UCLA (1966–1969)
NBA Draft	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career	1969–1989
Career history
1969–1975	Milwaukee Bucks
1975–1989	Los Angeles Lakers

Career highlights and awards
6× NBA champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985) 6× NBA Most Valuable Player (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980) 19× NBA All-Star (1970–1977, 1979–1989) 10× All-NBA First Team (1971–1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986) 5× All-NBA Second Team (1970, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974, 1975, 1979–1981) 6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970, 1971, 1976–1978, 1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1970) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1970) 2× NBA scoring champion (1971, 1972) NBA rebounding champion (1976) 4× NBA blocks leader (1975, 1976, 1979, 1980) No. 33 retired by Milwaukee Bucks No. 33 retired by Los Angeles Lakers NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team 3× NCAA champion (1967–1969) 3× NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1967–1969) 3× National college player of the year (1967–1969) 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1967–1969) No. 33 retired by UCLA Bruins 2× Mr. Basketball USA (1964, 1965) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) As assistant coach: 2× NBA champion (2009, 2010)

Career NBA statistics
Points	38,387 (24.6 ppg)
Rebounds	17,440 (11.2 rpg)
Blocks	3,189 (2.5 bpg)

Stats at NBA.com

Basketball Hall of Fame as player