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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (/ k ə ˈ r iː m æ b ˈ d uː l dʒ ə ˈ b ɑːr / kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. / æ l ˈ s ɪ n d ər / al-SIN-dər, April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player.
Abdul Jabbar (footballer) (1945 – March 2014), Pakistani footballer; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (b. 1947), American basketball player; Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer) (1952), Indian Tamil Nadu cricketer; Abdul-Jabar Hashim Hanoon (1970), Iraqi footballer who played defender; Karim Abdul-Jabbar, a previous name of Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (1974 ...
Hamza Ali Abbasi – former Pakistani actor, converted to Islam from atheism. [7] Abd Al Malik (born Régis Fayette-Mikano) – French rapper and poet. [8] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) – American professional basketball player and the NBA's former all-time leading scorer. [9] [10]
Abdul-Jabbar had a storied collegiate career with the UCLA Bruins, winning three national championships under legendary coach John Wooden.The center began his NBA career in 1969 with the Milwaukee ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar squares off with Bruce Lee in "Game of Death." The 1974 martial arts film was completed after Lee's death; out of respect for Lee, Abdul-Jabbar refused to shoot the additional ...
I'm Kareem Maddox, professional basketball player — and kinda named after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Brennan: And I’m Matt Brennan, TV editor of the Los Angeles Times. I'm named after the Catholic ...
In 1995, Abdul-Karim, a Muslim, was given the name "Karim Abdul-Jabbar" by his Imam. The new name he was given quickly garnered major attention upon his NFL debut. Some commentators mistakenly believed that he was the son of former basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who also attended UCLA (under the name Lew Alcindor) and who himself has a ...
Former Milwaukee Bucks star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has weighed in on the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, slamming Republican candidate Eric Hovde's comments that suggested most nursing home residents ...