Jim Burgess

I have been a Boston sports fan for more than forty years. I write about games, players and seasons from the past.

This is a picture of goggles beside the word: Why Did Kareem Wear Goggles?

Why Did Kareem Wear Goggles?

Why did Kareem wear goggles? His height advantage at 7’1” forced shorter players to reach up when guarding him and they frequently poked him in the eye. After missing a long stretch of games due to an injury indirectly caused by an eye poke, Kareem began wearing goggles in games in 1974 and never stopped

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