Karl Anthony Malone was born on the 24th of July, 1963 in Summerfield, Louisiana, United States of America. His parents broke up, so he was raised only by his mother. As to the siblings, Karl has eight of them and he is the youngest kid in the family. While being a child, Anthony worked a lot by helping with some house duties. He studied at the local Summerfield High School and was the part of its basketball team.
During the formative years, he attended the University of Arkansas. Theone famous coach, Eddie Sutton, noticed Malone’s talent and helped him to enter the Louisiana Tech University. Soon he became theplayer of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team. At that time, his stats were 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. At the age of 22, Karl signed a contract with the NBA draft. He continued becoming a professional player. In the four playoff games, Malone improved in his scoring with a 20 points per game average. Soon Malone became the Jazz' leader in average scoring and rebounding.
In 1998, he appeared for the first time in the All-Star Game. The same year, there was a 10-year contract signed that costednearly $18 million.According to the Fangraphs, the next year, he increased his scoring to 31 points and his rebounding to 11.1. There were many victories, in which Karl had an important role. There was an accident in 1991, when Malone elbowed the Pistons' Isiah Thomas on the head. This injury led to the 40 stitches on the eye, and the NBA suspended Malone for the next game without pay and fined him $10,000.
In the year of 1995, first in the history, the Utah Jazz with Malone won 60 games. Soon Karl became the winner of NBA Most Valuable Player award. For years, he continued playing for the Jazz and helped them to multiple 50-win seasons. Besides, Malone played in the NBA for one more season, joining the Los Angeles Lakers. After his season with the Lakers, he decided to become a free agent. In 2005, Malone officially announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons.
Two years later, he became the director of basketball promotion and coach at his alma mater Louisiana Tech University. Karl is very enthusiastic and hardworking person. Due to his persistent work, his net worth and salary is estimated to be nearly $75 Million dollars.
As to the personal life in his biography, he is a married man. His marriage with Kay Kinsey began in the year of 1990. He and his wife are parents of four children: three daughters Kadee, Kylee, Karlee and a son Karl, Jr. There were some other rumors about his children from another woman. It is still unknown whether he was truly the father of any of the kids. Besides, Malone owns some restaurants in Ruston, Louisiana.
| Birth Date: | 24 Jul, 1963 |
| Age: | 56 yrs |
| Occupations: | Basketball player Basketball coach Actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Ruston |
| residence: | Louisiana Ruston Summerfield |
| Education: | Louisiana Tech University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American basketball player |
| Net Worth 2021: | 55 million |
