"I wouldn’t trade my years at UCLA for an unreachable record" - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on reveals if playing in college cost him the chance to set the scoring record no one could surpass originally ...
The 7-foot-2 Abdul-Jabbar, while still Lew Alcindor, won three consecutive NCAA championships from 1967-69 under John Wooden at UCLA, being named the National College Player of the Year and a ...
During his legendary college career at UCLA, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) quietly endured significant financial hardship despite his on-court dominance. In a candid reflection, he ...
In 1967, the NCAA banned dunking—widely seen as a move to curb Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s dominance at UCLA. At the time, he was known as Lew Alcindor and already rewriting college basketball history.
Autographed copies of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 1969 Topps rookie card are far from rare. Multiple sell each month, generally for between $1,000 and $5,000, depending on condition and inscriptions. PSA ...