This 1969 Topps Lew Alcindor Rookie #25 has earned an SGC 8.5 NM-MT+ grade. The 1969 Topps Alcindor is one of the most important basketball rookie cards ever produced, and its tall-boy format is notoriously condition-sensitive, making this high-grade example a premium vintage piece.
Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, won three NCAA titles at UCLA before the Milwaukee Bucks selected him 1st overall in 1969. He won Rookie of the Year and the 1971 title with Milwaukee, then five more championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, along with six MVP awards and 19 All-Star selections. He is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (HOF) inductee (1995).
