Rare Reebok KARIM ABDUL-JABBAR (Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar) No. 33 MIAMI DOLPHINS Reversable (Size 52) Jersey with Vinyl Letters and Numbers in Excellent Condition (Has Been Worn and Washed - Spots See 9th and 10th Photos). .

In 1998, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar filed a lawsuit against Karim, stating that there were too many similarities between the two. In the lawsuit, Kareem listed that they both attended UCLA and both wore the #33. He felt that Karim was making profits and sponging off the name and number he made famous in the 1970s. He won a court order that required Karim to drop the "Abdul-Jabbar" name off his jersey. In addition, all Dolphins jerseys with the "Abdul-Jabbar" name and #33 were immediately pulled from the shelves and merchandising catalogs. Karim complied and had his name changed to simply 'Abdul'. Karim maintains that he chose the #33 as his uniform number not because of Kareem, but because that was the number of days Pope John Paul I sat in the Papacy before his 1978 death. After the lawsuit, he changed his name to Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar in 2000.

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