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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.
The creative juices were flowing on Dancing With the Stars when Lindsay Arnold came up with some clever salsa choreography to dance with her partner, 7 foot 2 inch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Since ...
At 7-foot-2-inches tall, now-retired Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Born Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor Jr., the basketball star grew up in Harlem and Inwood, and has been a ...
Hughes was cast as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [12] in HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Playing Abdul-Jabbar was Hughes' first acting role, [2] playing the iconic athlete for 17 episodes over 2 seasons. The show has since been cancelled, with the Season 2 finale acting as the series finale.
He, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, was a member of five Lakers championship teams in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988. [ 10 ] At 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), 174 lb (77 kg), the rail-thin Cooper known for his knee-high socks, played shooting guard, small forward, and point guard, although his defensive assignment was usually the other ...
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 ...
The former centre, 76-years-old and seven feet two inches tall, is now recovering at UCLA hospital NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks hip at concert Skip to main content
Several films pay homage to the fight scene between Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The scene is parodied in two Jackie Chan films, City Hunter (1993) where Chan fights two tall black men, [45] and Rush Hour 3 (2007) which reverses it by having a shorter African-American man Chris Tucker fight a taller Chinese basketballer Sun Mingming. [46]