ABDUL-JABBAR, KAREEM

kərēmˈ ăbˈdool jəbärˈ, 1947–, American basketball player, b. New York City as Ferdinand Lewis (Lew) Alcindor. At 7 ft 2 in. (218 cm), he led the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, to three national titles (1967–69). He was the National Basketball Association's number one draft pick in 1969, joining the Milwaukee Bucks as center. In 1970 he was rookie of the year, and in the 1970–71 season he led the Bucks to the championship. In 1975 he left Milwaukee to join the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he played until his retirement in 1989. Abdul-Jabbar won the NBA's most-valuable-player honor six times and set the NBA all-time records in games played (1,560; since broken), points made (38,387), and field goals made (15,837). He was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2000 and head coach of a minor-league basketball team in 2002. He has written, with Stephen Singular, A Season on the Reservation (2000), about his experience coaching Apache high-school basketball players.

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...Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1...States. As a college student, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar read The Autobiography of...LIVES OF NOTABLE AMERICANS KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR 1947- Kareem Abdul...
...BERENSON. See BERENSON, SENDA ABDUL-JABBAR, KAREEM 16 April 1947, New York...religion and changing his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. During his twenty seasons...SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with Peter Knobler, Giant...
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...For example, in 1973-1974, Kareem Abdul Jabbar was the MVP with D.sup.2...Y 1971 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14.69 Y Y 1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17.95 Y...
...the NCAAs 1967 banning of the dunk until 1976 (239-41). The no-dunk rule was popularly dubbed the "Lew Alcindor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rule." Caponi provides an excellent history of the development and racist repression of the black aesthetic in...
...basketball player Lew Alcindor, who changed his name to Kareem Abdul Jabbar. The changing of their names signals African American...the name changes are attributes of Allah. For example, Jabbar means "The All Compelling," Ali means "The Most High...
...charging toward him from the opposite team as a foe and reacted. None of the black players charged into the area. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stated in Jet on February 16, 1978, that most of the fights in the NBA were with whites: If you can buy this...
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...remarkable player who is retiring from the game: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At 42, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is indeed the center of attention. He has...will some day brag how they played against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and its kind of sad," says Wes Unseld, who...
...and former basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as executive producer), a generation...other such places." Producer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sees clearly the links among...brings James Earl Jones and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar together; it also incorporates...
...addition, Prince will decide if hell put together a new LP from the hundreds of songs he has already recorded. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the legendary 72" center for the Los Angeles Lakers, is expected to retire and end his 20-year basketball career...
...Jesse Jackson, Malcolm X, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Rev. Martin Luther King...the time he was 8 years old. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. played on the sidelines...relate to them as individuals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr., a student at Valparaiso...
Proud, free and black: Petersburg by Henry Chase When former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made a 1993 movie about Virginias civil rights activist Vernon Johns, james Earl Jones played the lead--and Petersburg was the...
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...Strickland. Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is also one of four candidates...Cowens have also met with Unseld. Abdul-Jabbar, 51, spoke for the first time...until the seasons over," said Abdul-Jabbar, who coaches high school basketball...
...NBAs all- time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is back in the business of trying...past four or five years," said Abdul-Jabbar, whose only prior coaching experience...hours (Friday)." It will be Abdul-Jabbars task to help raw center Michael...
...could by Tom Knott Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played Hakim in "Game of Death," Bruce Lees last flick. Now Abdul-Jabbar wants to be the next coach of...with their shorts on backward. Abdul-Jabbar has three weapons: the sky hook...
...Jabbar to coach high-school team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won championships. He set...Reservation in northeastern Arizona. Abdul-Jabbar, who fell in love with the area...week, the school board approved Abdul-Jabbar as a volunteer assistant basketball...
...rafting trip down the McKenzie, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says thatll be just fine. With...respect for kids that do." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (center) shoves off with other...Register-Guard Legendary basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar coaches Brad Kanis (left) and...
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ABDUL-JABBAR, KAREEM k rem ab dool j bar , 1947 , American basketball player, b. New...Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he played until his retirement in 1989. Abdul-Jabbar won the NBAs most-valuable-player honor six times and set the NBA all-time...
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