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At birth, Alcindor weighed 12 lb 11 oz (5.75 kg) and was 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (57 cm) long. [23] [24] Always very tall for his age, [23] he was already 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) by the age of nine. [25] Alcindor was often depressed as a teenager because of the stares and comments about his height. [23]
Power Memorial Academy (PMA) was an all-boys Catholic high school in New York City that operated from 1931 through 1984. It was a basketball powerhouse, producing several NBA players including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [1] Len Elmore, [2] Mario Elie, [3] Chris Mullin, [4] as well as NBA referee Dick Bavetta and a record 71-game winning streak.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Hall of Fame basketball player, author, [31] born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., raised Catholic in New York City where he attended Catholic schools, converted to Islam in 1971 at age 24. Keith Ellison, first Muslim to serve in the United States Congress; Everlast, Irish-American rapper and guitar player
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On November 27, 1965, the freshmen team, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), defeated the varsity team 75–60 in the UCLA Women's gym. [3] Alcindor scored 31 points and had 21 rebounds in that game although the defeat had no effect on the varsity's national ranking. The Bruins were still number one the following week.
Two men and a boy were shot to death. Four other children ranging in age from nine days to ten years old were drowned. Two others were severely injured. [2] The murders took place at 7700 16th Street NW, a Washington, D.C. house purchased for a group of Hanafi Muslims to use as the "Hanafi American Mussulman's Rifle and Pistol Club". [3]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) – American professional basketball player and the NBA's former all-time leading scorer. [9] [10] Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf – (born Chris Wayne Jackson) – American former professional basketball player. [11] Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland) – American jazz trumpeter. [12]
This was the season Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, debuted on to the college basketball scene.After playing on the freshman team under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated at the varsity level as a sophomore, leading UCLA to an undefeated 30–0 record while averaging 29.0 points and 15.5 rebounds.