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• Originally received the nickname "Doctor" from a high school classmate and was later known as "Dr. J."
• Despite playing only two varsity seasons at UMass, left as the school's all-time leader in points and rebounds.
• Played five seasons in the ABA, winning three scoring titles, three MVP awards and two league championships.
• Won the 1976 ABA Slam Dunk Contest, sealing the event with a dunk from the free-throw line.
• Made the All-Star team in all 11 of his NBA seasons and was named to the All-NBA First Team five times.
• Claimed the NBA's MVP award in 1981 with the Philadelphia 76ers and helped the 76ers win an NBA title in 1983.
• Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.
• Was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1996.
• The Julius Erving Award is given out annually to the top men's collegiate small forward.