Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
17/04/1947
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Lew Alcindor
Lewis Alcindor
Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar
كريم عبدالجبار
Fredrick Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Biography
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 17, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee.
Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
17/04/1947
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Lew Alcindor
Lewis Alcindor
Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar
كريم عبدالجبار
Fredrick Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
Biography
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 17, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee.