Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (formerly Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor Jr) is an American basketball player. He was born in 1947 at New York. As an amateur player he led the University of Californiabasketball team to three national championships. As a professional he holds the record for the number of games played, 1560, and points scored, 38387. He converted to Islam in 1969, taking his present name at the time, and retired from professional basketball in 1989 having played for the Milwauke Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. Research Kareem Abdul-Jabbar