Karl Malone

**Karl Anthony Malone** (born July 24, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player.  He spent his entire NBA career with the Utah Jazz, except for the last year of his career, where he played for the Los Angeles Lakers. He is 2nd place on the list of basketball players who have scored the most points all time. Before entering the NBA, he played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University where he earned the nickname, ***The Mailman*** for his consistency and his work in the post.  Some people think he is the greatest player who did not win an NBA championship, while others argue it could be teammate John Stockton, Charles Barkley or Patrick Ewing.

Malone had a professional wrestling match at World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Bash at the Beach in 1998, where he teamed with Diamond Dallas Page to face Hollywood Hogan and Dennis Rodman.

In 1999 NBA season he won MVP award.

In 1998, it was reported by _The Globe_ that Malone had allegedly fathered three children: two by Bonita Ford and a one with Gloria Bell, who was 13 when she gave birth. Malone was not charged with statutory rape. Malone was confirmed by a judge in a lawsuit to have fathered Bell's child. In 1998, Malone accepted his paternity of the Ford twins and repaired his relationship with his son former NFL player Demetress Bell in 2014.

## Other websites

- NBA legends profile

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Karl Malone
- **caption**: Malone in 1997
- **image**: Lipofsky-Karl-Malone-32727.jpg
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 9
- **weight lbs**: 250
- **position**: 90
- **nationality**: American
- **birth place**: Summerfield, Louisiana
- **high school**: Summerfield High School (Louisiana), Summerfield
(Summerfield, Louisiana)
- **college**: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball, Louisiana Tech (1982–1985)
- **draft year**: 1985
- **draft round**: 1
- **draft pick**: 13
- **draft team**: Utah Jazz
- **career number**: 32, 11
- **career position**: Power forward (basketball), Power forward
- **career start**: 1985
- **career end**: 2004
- **years1**: –
- **team1**: Utah Jazz
- **team2**: Los Angeles Lakers
- **coach start**: 2007
- **coach end**: 2011
- **cyears1**: 2007–2011
- **cteam1**: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball, Louisiana Tech (assistant)
- **highlights**: * 2× NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Most Valuable Player (, )
* 14× NBA All-Star Game, NBA All-Star (–, –)
* 2× NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, NBA All-Star Game MVP (, )
* 11× All-NBA First Team (–)
* 2× All-NBA Second Team (, )
* All-NBA Third Team ()
* 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (–)
* NBA All-Defensive Second Team ()
* NBA All-Rookie Team, NBA All-Rookie First Team ()
* No. 32 Utah Jazz#Retired numbers, retired by Utah Jazz
* NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
* Second-team NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American – National Association of Basketball Coaches, NABC (1985 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1985)
* Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Southland Player of the Year (1983)
* No. 32 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball#Retired numbers, retired by Louisiana Tech
- **stats league**: NBA
- **stat1label**: Point (basketball), Points
- **stat1value**: 36,928 (25.0 ppg)
- **stat2label**: Rebound (basketball), Rebounds
- **stat2value**: 14,968 (10.1 rpg)
- **stat3label**: Assist (basketball), Assists
- **stat3value**: 5,238 (3.5 apg)
- **bbr**: malonka01
- **hof player**: karl-malone