Kareem Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the White House in 2006.
Position(s) Center
Jersey #(s) 33
Listed height 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Born April 16, 1947 (1947-04-16) (age 62)
New York
Career information
Year(s) 1969–1989
NBA Draft 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Selected by Milwaukee Bucks

College UCLA
Professional team(s)
Milwaukee Bucks (1969–1975)
Los Angeles Lakers (1975–1989)

Career stats
Points 38,387
Rebounds 17,440
Blocks 3,189
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Career highlights and awards
6× NBA Champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
1× NBA Champion (2009) as an Assistant Coach.
6× NBA MVP (1971-1972, 1974, 1976-1977, 1980)
19× NBA All-Star (1970-1977, 1979-1989)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985)
10× All-NBA First Team Selection (1971-1973, 1974, 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 1984, 1986)
5× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1970, 1978-1979, 1983, 1985)
5× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1974-1975, 1979-1981)
6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1970-1971, 1976-1978, 1984)
1970 NBA Rookie of the Year
1970 NBA All-Rookie Team
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
3× NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1967), (1968), (1969)
3× NCAA Basketball Tournament MOP (1967), (1968), (1969)
1× Naismith College Player of the Year (1969)
2× USBWA College Player of the Year (1967-1968)

Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league history (38,387), in addition to winning a record six Most Valuable Player Awards and six NBA championships. He was known for his "skyhook" shot, which was famously difficult to block because it put his 7'2" body between the basket and the ball. Abdul-Jabbar's success began well before his professional career; in college at UCLA, he played on three championship teams, and his high school team won 71 consecutive games. In his NBA career, he played for the Milwaukee Bucks for six seasons and then with the Los Angeles Lakers for fourteen seasons.

Abdul-Jabbar (Alcindor at the time) grew up in the neighborhood of Inwood at the northern end of Manhattan, New York City, the son of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Sr., a police officer and jazz musician. In 1971, several years after converting to Islam, he changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Arabic: كريم عبد الجبار Karīm ‘Abd al-Jabbār). Since retiring from basketball, he has been known as an author, coach and actor.