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    • After leading the Bucks to their first NBA championship at age 24 in 1971, he took the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Using his trademark skyhook shot, he established himself as one of the league's top scorers. See more

    Overview

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the
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    Early life

    Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. was born in Harlem, New York City, the only child of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr., a transit police officer and jazz musician. Cora was b… See more

    College career

    Alcindor was not able to play professionally in the NBA out of high school. At the time, the league only accepted players beginning with the year that they could have hypothetically graduated from college. His other optio… See more

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  1. Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr
    Before making a name for himself as Kareem, he was first known as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. Kareem changed his name back in 1971 after he converted to Islam. According to Abdul-Jabbar, he was inspired by Malcolm X and secretly changed his name back in 1968 and made it known to the public two years later.

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    Paul Deegan's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1974) is a biography for children, and Kareem, Basketball Great (1975), by Arnold Hano, is a biography through the eyes of a sports fan. For more information, see Helen Borrello, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1995).

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    Why did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar change his name?
    After setting various records at the school level, Ferdinand joined UCLA and played for its basketball team. His college career set him on the course for superstardom. During his time as a college basketball player, Ferdinand decided to convert to Islam and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

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    At 38, Abdul-Jabbar destroyed the Celtics in Game 2. He ended the night with 30 points, 17 rebounds and eight assists. When reporters found Abdul-Jabbar in the locker room after the game, he had a simple message. ”Contrary to public opinion, the demise of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was highly exaggerated,” he said.

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    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American collegiate and professional basketball player who, as a 7-foot 2-inch- (2.18-metre-) tall centre, dominated the game throughout the 1970s and early ’80s. (Read Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Britannica essay on the New York Rens.)

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