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I wanted to play baseball!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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Basketball Coach
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Film Producer
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New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
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Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.
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I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
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I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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