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Wilt Chamberlain

Also known as Wilton Norman Chamberlain, Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, Mr 100, The Record Book, Dippy, The Load, George Marcus

American basketball player (1936–1999)

AI overview

Wilt Chamberlain was an American basketball player who lived from 1936 to 1999 and is widely considered one of the greatest athletes in the sport's history. He matters because he set numerous NBA records that stood for decades and revolutionized basketball through his exceptional athleticism and scoring ability.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1936
Works: 5

Top works

House of Death
Who's Running the Asylum? Inside the Insane World of Sports Today
Wilt
Wilt; just like any other 7-foot Black millionaire who lives next door
A View from Above

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Film & TV

Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. A 7'1" center, Chamberlain played for the Kansas Jayhawks, Harlem Globetrotters, Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. He holds numerous NBA records such as averaging 50 points per game in a season and scoring 100 points in a single game. Chamberlain is…

Known for

Bill Russell: Legend — Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)2023
Goliath — Self2023
Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop — Self (archive footage)2013
NB90s2013
Touched by Gold: '72 Lakers — Himself2012
Fathers of the Sport — Himself2008
Any Given Sunday — Visitor in Locker Room (uncredited)1999
The Commish1991
The Racing Experience — Himself1988

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Country: US
Active from: 1995-10

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 180
Total plays: 659

This is a Spotify mistag of Gucci Mane's Wilt Chamberlain mixtapes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wilt+Chamberlain">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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· 2021 · cited 4,816x

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Quotes

“What's unfortunate is that most people regard the great leapers as being only the short guys who could dunk," said the 7-1 1/16 Wilt Chamberlain. "My sargent [vertical leap] was higher than Michael Jordan's. When I went to Kansas, they had a 12-foot basket in the gym, because Dr. Phog Allen was advocating the 12-foot basket. I used to dunk on that basket. It was an effort, but I could do it.”
“When I was a freshman, I fooled around with shooting free throws this way: For some reason, I thought you had to stay within the top half of that free-throw circle, so I would step back to just inside the top of the circle, take off from behind the line and dunk. They outlawed that, but I wouldn't have done it in a game, anyway. I was a good free throw shooter in college." Actually he was a 62% free throw shooter, which is poor except in comparison to his 51% as a pro.”
“Chamberlain played the game the same way Russell did, except he scored so much more. But his teams had to get more points from him. He'd score 45 points and his teams would still lose.”
“Wilt had to fight people's dissatisfaction that his teams didn't win. There he was, this great dominating player, and his teams didn't win championships. Well, Wilt wasn't playing for the right team. As an individual, he was in a class by himself, but his teammates--they were OK, but not the supporting cast Russell had.”
“If you want to get Wilt ticked off or bitter, just mention Bill Russell. You will incite him.”

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Sports profile

Sport: Basketball
Team: _Deceased Basketball
Position: Forward/Center
Nationality: United States

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 125
Image: Wilt Chamberlain3.jpg
Height: 216

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Commons category: Wilt Chamberlain
date of death: 1999-10-12
date of birth: 1936-08-21
nickname: The Record Book
end of work period: 1973-00-00
start of work period: 1959-00-00

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Article

Wilton Norman Chamberlain (/ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn/ CHAYM-bər-lin; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, and was elected to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th anniversary teams. Chamberlain is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

According to former teammate Billy Cunningham, "The NBA Guide reads like Wilt's personal diary." Chamberlain holds 72 NBA records, including several regular season records in scoring, rebounding, and durability; blocks were not counted during his career. He remains the only player to score 100 points in a single game. He also once gathered 55 rebounds, and never fouled out. Chamberlain is the only player to average 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, a feat he accomplished seven times. He once averaged 50 points per game, as well as 48 minutes per game, in a season. Chamberlain ultimately won two NBA championships, four regular-season Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, the Rookie of the Year, one Finals MVP, and one All-Star Game MVP; he was selected to thirteen All-Star Games and ten All-NBA Teams (seven First and three Second teams). He won seven scoring, eleven rebounding, nine durability, and nine field goal percentage titles; he is the only center to lead the league in total assists.