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I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
Actor
Author
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Rooted

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