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Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( / ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn / CHAYM-bər-lin; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Chamberlain ...
List of records and feats. Chamberlain holds 72 NBA records, 68 by himself. Among his records are several that are considered unbreakable, such as averaging 22.9 rebounds for a career or 50.4 points per game in a season, scoring 100 points or 55 rebounds in a single game, scoring 65 or more points 15 times, 50 or more points 118 times.
The first of this series was her piece, Wilt, a 7'3" portrait sculpture of basketball player Wilt Chamberlain. She began with Wilt as a response to some negative comments that Chamberlain made about African-American women in his autobiography. Wilt features three figures, the basketball player with a white wife and a mixed daughter, both fictional
The documentary series "Goliath" captures the life and times of basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain. (Photo courtesy of SHOWTIME and Religion of Sports) (Courtesy of SHOWTIME and Religion of Sports.)
Attendance. 4,124. Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. It is widely considered one of the greatest records ...
ACC Tournament co-MVP (1983) Linda Page (February 24, 1963 – October 3, 2011) was an American basketball player who spent her career in Spain and Sweden. Before going outside of the United States, Page had more than 2,380 overall points while at Dobbins Technical School during the 1980s. At Dobbins, she broke multiple records held by Wilt ...
U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team: Gymnastics: Olympic gold medalists: 1997: U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team: Hockey (men) Olympic gold medalists (1980) 1998: Target Chip Ganassi Racing CART team: CART: CART FedEx Championship Series champions: 1998: Denver Broncos: Football: Super Bowl XXXII Champions: 1998: U.S. Olympic Women's Ice ...
Wilt: Larger than Life. Wilt: Larger Than Life ( ISBN 1572439157) is a biography of NBA professional basketball player Wilt Chamberlain by journalist Robert Cherry. The 416-page book was published in November 2004 by Triumph Books. The foreword is written by Jerry West, Chamberlain's teammate and friend on the Los Angeles Lakers .