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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born on April 16, 1947 in New York City, New York, United States and is credited as a basketball player, basketball coach and actor. That puts Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at 79 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes University of California, Los Angeles. Recorded honors include NBA Rookie of the Year Award (1970), NBA All-Rookie Team (1970), All-NBA Team (1971, 1972) and 3 more. The listed height is 218 cm.
My Take
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fascinates me less as a 218-centimeter scoring machine than as proof that an athlete's second act can outshine the first. The skyhook was unguardable craft, refined daily across twenty NBA seasons, but the books and cultural commentary he has produced since retirement show the same patient discipline applied to ideas. I think of him as the league's great contrarian intellect: never the loudest man in the room, always the most prepared. Plenty of legends protect their myth; Kareem keeps interrogating his own, and America's too. That willingness to think in public, at his stature, is rarer than any championship ring.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Name (Japanese)
- カリーム・アブドゥル＝ジャバー
- Reading
- かりーむ・あぶどぅる＝じゃばー
- Born
- April 16, 1947 (age 79)
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Height
- 218 cm
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach / actor / film producer / author
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
2. Background
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & achievements
- 1970 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
- 1970 NBA All-Rookie Team
- 1971 All-NBA Team
- 1971 Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- 1971 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- 1972 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- 1972 All-NBA Team
- 1974 NBA All-Defensive Team
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://kareemabduljabbar.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kareemabduljabbar_33/
- Xhttps://x.com/kaj33
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem%20Abdul-Jabbar
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179051
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born?
Born April 16, 1947 (age 79).
Where is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar do?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar works as basketball player, basketball coach, actor, film producer, author.
How tall is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 218 cm.
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