Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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NBA player actor author basketball player human social activist

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a legendary American basketball center, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer for decades and a key figure in multiple championship teams, especially with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Aliases (3)

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NBA player → actor → author → basketball player → human → social activist →
actedIn	Airplane! → Game of Death →
advocacyArea	education → racial equality → social justice →
AllNBAFirstTeamSelections	10 →
AllNBASecondTeamSelections	5 →
authored	Black Profiles in Courage → Coach Wooden and Me → Giant Steps →
awarded	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
awardReceivedYear	2016 →
birthName	Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. →
careerEndYear	1989 →
changedNameTo	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar →
coachedFor	Los Angeles Clippers → Los Angeles Lakers → New York Knicks → Seattle SuperSonics →
collegeAttended	UCLA →
collegeTeam	UCLA Bruins men's basketball →
convertedToIslam	1971 →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1947-04-16 →
draftedBy	Milwaukee Bucks →
draftLeague	NBA →
draftPickNumber	1 →
draftRound	1 →
draftYear	1969 →
familyName	Alcindor →
FIBAHallOfFameInductionYear	2007 →
givenName	Ferdinand → Lewis →
height	218 cm → 7 ft 2 in →
heldNBAAllTimeScoringRecordFrom	1984 →
heldNBAAllTimeScoringRecordUntil	2023 →
jerseyNumberRetiredBy	Los Angeles Lakers → Milwaukee Bucks →
knownFor	civil rights activism → longevity in NBA → prolific scoring →
league	National Basketball Association →
memberOfSportsTeam	Los Angeles Lakers → Milwaukee Bucks →
NaismithMemorialBasketballHallOfFameInductionYear	1995 →
NBAAllDefensiveFirstTeamSelections	5 →
NBAAllDefensiveSecondTeamSelections	6 →
NBAAllRookieTeamSelections	1 →
NBAAllStarSelections	19 →
NBAAllTimeScoringLeader	yes →
NBAchampionshipsWon	6 →
NBAchampionshipsWonWith	Los Angeles Lakers → Milwaukee Bucks →
NBAdebutYear	1969 →
NBAFinalsMVPawards	2 →
NBAMostValuablePlayerAwards	6 →
NCAAChampionshipsWon	3 →
notableSkill	skyhook shot →
occupation	basketball coach →
placeOfBirth	Manhattan → New York City →
playedFor	Los Angeles Lakers → Milwaukee Bucks →
positionPlayed	center →
religion	Islam →
retiredJerseyNumber	33 →
totalNBAPointsScored	38387 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
LAL → Los Angeles Lakers → Milwaukee Bucks →	notablePlayer
Chick Hearn →	associatedWithAthlete
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ("Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.") →	birthName
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar →	changedNameTo
Milwaukee Bucks →	drafted
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ("Alcindor") →	familyName
UCLA Bruins men’s basketball →	famousAlumnus
Showtime: Inside the Lakers' Breakthrough Season →	featuresPerson
Naismith College Player of the Year ("Lew Alcindor") →	firstAwardedTo
1968 "Game of the Century" vs UCLA at the Astrodome ("Lew Alcindor") →	keyPlayerUCLA
NBA Most Valuable Player Award →	mostAwardsHolder
Milwaukee Bucks →	MVPWinnerFromTeam
All-NBA First Team →	notableMultipleTimeSelections
NBA Most Valuable Player Award →	notableMultipleWinners
Oscar Robertson Trophy ("Lew Alcindor") →	notableRecipient
Pete Newell →	notableStudent
James Worthy →	teammateOf