Classic Photos of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Classic Photos of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1965

Neil Leifer/SI

1966

Neil Leifer/SI

1967

Neil Leifer/SI

1967

Neil Leifer/SI

with John Wooden

1967

Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images

with Bill Russell and Muhammad Ali

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

with parents Cora and Ferdinand

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

1971

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1972

Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

with Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Oscar Robertson.

1973

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1973

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

with Wilt Chamberlain

1974

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1974

Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

with Bill Walton

1974

John Iacono/SI

1975

John G. Zimmerman/SI

1979

AP

with actors Rossie Harris (Joey) and Peter Graves (Captain Oveur) in the movie "Airplane!"

1980

Peter Read Miller/SI

1980

Manny Millan/SI

with Caldwell Jones

1980

NBC/AP

with Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show"

1981

Andy Hayt/SI

with Moses Malone

1981

Lane Stewart/SI

with (from left) Michael Cooper, Norm Nixon, Mitch Kupchak, Paul Westhead, Jamaal Wilkes and Magic Johnson

1982

Manny Millan/SI

1982

Manny Millan/SI

with Julius Erving

1982

NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via AP Images

with Gary Coleman on "Diff'rent Strokes"

1985

Andy Hayt/SI

with Magic Johnson

1985

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

with President Ronald Reagan

1986

John W. McDonough/SI

with Hakeem Olajuwon

1987

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

with Charles Barkley

1988

Lane Stewart/SI

with Pat Riley and Lakers teammates

1988

V.J. Lovero/SI

1988

Manny Millan/SI

with Patrick Ewing

1989

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

with Michael Jordan

1990

Peter Read Miller/SI

1994

Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show"

1994

Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

with Will Smith on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

1995

Mark J. Terrill/AP

with Muggsy Bogues

1996

Peter Read Miller/SI

with Shaquille O'Neal and George Mikan

1997

Chuck Solomon/SI

with Walter Payton, Gordie Howe, Bobby Allison and Reggie Jackson

1998

Gregory Heisler/SI

with his horse Peaches

1998

John W. McDonough/SI

with the men's varsity team at White Mountain Apache Reservation

1999

Peter Gregoire/SI

2000

Matt Campbell/AFP/Getty Images

with Tyrone Nesby

2005

Imaginechina/Icon SMI

2012

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

2012

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

2013

John W. McDonough/SI

with Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Bill Walton, Patrick Ewing and Danny Manning

2014

Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

with President Barack Obama

2014

Robert Beck/SI

2015

Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images