Lot Detail 196669 circa Lew Alcindor UCLA Bruins "The Sporting News
Lot Detail 1967 Lew Alcindor UCLA Bruins "The Sporting News
Season summary This was the season Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, debuted on to the college basketball scene. After playing on the freshman team under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated at the varsity level as a sophomore, leading UCLA to an undefeated 30-0 record while averaging 29.0 points and 15.5 rebounds.
Lot Detail 196669 circa Lew Alcindor UCLA Bruins "The Sporting News
Fifty years ago, the college basketball earth shook. Wherever UCLA went, awe followed, mostly because of the 7-foot-2 Bruin who could not be stopped. His name was Lew Alcindor, before it was.
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Sports College College Basketball During the 1960s, UCLA ascended to No. 1 and was rarely knocked from its perch Lew Alcindor (33), later known as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, poses with his UCLA.
Lot Detail 196769 circa Lew Alcindor UCLA Bruins "The Sporting News
Lew Alcindor, a dominant figure in undergraduate basketball for three years, was named College Player of the Year by The Associated Press on Feb. 28, 1969, in Los Angeles. He sits at center court in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. AP Photo K areem Abdul-Jabbar is known as one of the greatest basketball players in history.
Freshman Lew Alcindor in action vs UCLA Varsity, Los Angeles, CA News
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947, New York, New York, U.S.) American collegiate and professional basketball player who, as a 7-foot 2-inch- (2.18-metre-) tall centre, dominated the game throughout the 1970s and early '80s. (Read Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Britannica essay on the New York Rens.) Britannica Quiz I Am the Greatest (Athlete)
Ucla Lew Alcindor, 1969 Ncaa National Championship Sports Illustrated
FILE - UCLA coach John Wooden is flanked by Sidney Wicks, right, and Lew Alcindor, draped with basket ropes, after the UCLA team beat Purdue 92-72 to win the NCAA basketball title for the third consecutive year, in Louisville, Ky., March 24, 1969.. FILE - UCLA coach John Wooden is flanked by Sidney Wicks, right, and Lew Alcindor, draped with.
Final Four Most Outstanding Players from 1939 to present
Two years after them, and led by a 7-foot-2 phenom from New York named Lew Alcindor — later Abdul-Jabbar — they would win the first of seven in a row, a streak of pure dominance that wrapped.
Game of the century UH's basketball victory over UCLA in the Astrodome
Heavily sought by collegiate basketball programs, he played for the UCLA Bruins from 1966 to 1969 under coach John Wooden, contributing to the team's three-y.
Final Four Most Outstanding Players from 1939 to present
FILE - Lew Alcindor (33), later known as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, poses with his UCLA teammates as basketball practice gets underway in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 1966. Players from left are, Mike.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Lew Alcindor in college, is one of the greatest basketball players ever. In his legendary career, he nearly went undefeated in college, playing a critical.
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1 of 10 FILE - Lew Alcindor (33), later known as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, poses with his UCLA teammates as basketball practice gets underway in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 1966. Players from left are, Mike Warren (44), a guard from South Bend, Ind.; Mike Lynn (35), forward from Covina, Ca.; Alcindor; Edgar Lacey (54), forward from Los Angeles; and Don Saffer (25), guard from Los Angeles.
Freshman Lew Alcindor in action vs UCLA Varsity, Los Angeles, CA News
17 over USC. Last season for the 7-foot-1 and 1/2-inch center Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), who led the Bruins to an overall three-year record (1967-1969) of 88-2, and is the only player in history to be named three-time NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
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UCLA's dynasty under coach John Wooden began in the 1960s with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, and kept right on going with Bill Walton in the '70s. With the big redhead — and…
Lot Detail 196669 circa Lew Alcindor UCLA Bruins "The Sporting News
1969 — Lew Alcindor scores 37 points to lead UCLA to the NCAA men's basketball title with a 97-72 win over Purdue. Alcindor, who in 1971 changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, also grabs.
UCLA's Lew Alcindor shoots a free throw during a NCAA game in 1968
FILE - Lew Alcindor (33), later known as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, poses with his UCLA teammates as basketball practice gets underway in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 1966. Players from left are, Mike Warren (44), a guard from South Bend, Ind.; Mike Lynn (35), forward from Covina, Ca.;
Lot Detail 196669 circa Lew Alcindor UCLA Bruins "TSN Collection
May 4, 1965 - Lew Alcindor, the nation's most sought-after high school basketball player, announced his intentions to attend UCLA. Poised and articulate during his first news conference, the 7.