Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Chronology
| 1947 | Born in New York City on April 16 |
| 1966 | Leads UCLA freshman team to a 21-0 record, averages 33 points per game |
| 1967 | Leads UCLA varsity to NCAA championship |
| 1968 | Leads UCLA to a back-to-back NCAA titles; converts from Catholic to Muslim |
| 1969 | Leads UCLA to a third straight NCAA title; drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as the first pick in the first round of the NBA draft |
| 1969-70 | Leads Bucks to a 29 victory increase from previous season |
| 1970-71 | Leads Bucks to NBA championship; marries Janice "Habiba" Brown; makes legal name change to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1972 | Studies Arabic at Harvard; a daughter, Habiba, is born |
| 1973 | Separates from wife Habiba in December |
| 1975 | Goes to the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade for four players |
| 1976 | A son, Kareem, is born |
| 1977 | Leads Lakers to a league-best 53-29 record; divorces Habiba |
| 1978 | Becomes the captain of the Lakers |
| 1979 | A daughter, Sultana, is born |
| 1980 | Leads Lakers to NBA championship |
| 1982 | Leads Lakers to NBA championship |
| 1983 | Averages 27 points per game for playoffs; loses Bel-Air home in a fire |
| 1985 | Leads Lakers to championship; publishes Giant Steps, an autobiography |
| 1986 | Signs one-year contract extension for unprecedented 18th season; surpasses 35,000-point milestone |
| 1987 | Scores 32 points in the deciding game of the NBA finals; Lakers take the championship |
| 1988 | Leads Lakers to a repeat championship |
| 1989 | Retires from professional play leaving nine NBA records: 38,387 points scored, 20 seasons played, 5,762 playoff points, 6 MVP awards, 57,446 minutes played, 1,560 games played, 15,837 field goals made, 28,307 field goal attempts, and 3,189 blocked shots |
| 1990 | Publishes a memoir, Kareem; Lakers retire Jabbar's jersey, Number 33. |
| 1996 | Publishes Black Profiles in Courage |
| 2000 | Works at the White Mountain Apache reservation and documents the experience in Season on the reservation : my sojourn with the White Mountain Apache |
| 2000-01 | Coaches for NBA |
| 2002 | Coaches for the USBL |
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