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Kareem Abdul Jabbar earned three All-America selections at Power Memorial High School. He guided his team to a 95-6 record. Kareem was on one of the best teams in the history of college basketball. Under Hall of Fame coach John Wooden, Abdul-Jabbar guided the UCLA Bruins to a three-year mark of 88-2, three consecutive NCAA titles (1963-65). Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the first and only player to be named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player three times. The tree-time college All-America simply ruled the game at the college level, earning the title of college Player of the Year in 1967, 1968 and 1969 from The Sporting News, United Press International, The Associated Press, and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Upon the time of his graduation, Abdul-Jabbar was the Bruins' all-time leading scorer with 2,325 points. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in his first year in the league after averaging 28.8 points per game and 14.5 rebounds per game for the Milwaukee Bucks, which was Milwaukee's only NBA title in 1971. Abdul-Jabbar averaged 30 or more points in four of his six years with the Bucks and was named NBA MVP in 1971, 1972 and 1974. Prior to the 1975-76 season, Abdul-Jabbar was acquired by the Lakers in exchange for Junior Bridgeman, Dave Myers, Elmore Smith and Brian Winters after demanding a trade to either Los Angeles or New York. Here, he won five NBA championships (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988)(1980, 1982, 1985) and (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988). He won another three MVP awards (1976, 1977 and 1980), for a record total of six, and was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1995. Upon his retirement in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the current record holder in nine NBA statistical categories, including scoring (5,762), MVP awards (6), minutes played (57,446), games played (1,560, later surpassed by Robert Parish), field goals made and attempted (15,837 of 28,307), and blocked shots (3,189).
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