Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Mom| What year did retire| Wives
Mom:
His Father was born in Harlem, New York City, the only child of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr., a transit police officer and jazz musician. He grew up in the Dyckman Street projects in the Inwood neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, which he moved to at the age of 3 in 1950.
What year did retire:
When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the game in 1989 at age 42, no NBA player had ever scored more points, blocked more shots, won more Most Valuable Player Awards, played in more All-Star Games or logged more seasons.
Nicknamed “The Mailman”, Malone played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. He retired from professional Basketball at the age of 39 back in 2004.
Wives:
Habiba Abdul-Jabbar
m. 1971–1978
In addition to being a professional basketball player, Habiba Abdul Jabbar‘s husband, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, has played for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
Habiba, on the other hand, is a relatively unknown figure in her own right. Prior to her marriage to Abdul-Jabbar, Habiba went by the name of Janice Brown.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s ex-wife, Habiba Abdul-Jabbar, was born Janice Brown and went by the name of Janice Brown. While still going by his given name of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., he met Janice at a Lakers game during his senior year at UCLA, when he was still known by his given name.
