Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Wikipedia Abdul-Jabbar was known as Lew Alcindor when he played at Power Memorial, a private Catholic high school in New York City, where he led their team to 71 consecutive wins He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, winning three consecutive national championships under head coach John Wooden
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Formerly known as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr ) (Lew, Cap, Murdock, Big Fella, The Tower of Power) Position: Center Shoots: Right 7-2, 225lb (218cm, 102kg) Born: April 16, 1947 in New York, New York us College: UCLA High School: Power Memorial in New York, New York Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1969 NBA Draft
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Biography, Statistics, Facts | Britannica Playing for renowned coach John Wooden, Alcindor helped lead UCLA to three National Collegiate Athletic Association championships (1967–69), and during his stay at UCLA the team lost only two games
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr on April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach He was known as Lew Alcindor before changing his name in the fall of 1971 several years after converting to Islam
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Height, Children Stats - Biography Known as Lew Alcindor, by the age of nine he stood an impressive 5'8", and by the time he hit eighth grade, he'd grown another full foot and could already dunk a basketball
How Lew Alcindor Became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Literary Hub Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr was seven feet, three-quarters of an inch, had scored more points and grabbed more rebounds than any high schooler in a city with a celebrated basketball tradition, and had led Power, an all-boys Catholic school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, to 71 consecutive victories