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Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Acting
21 Aug 1936
12 Oct 1999
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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 widely considered the most dominant player of his era (alongside rival Bill Russell) and among the great...

Also Known As

The Big Dipper, Wilton Norman Chamberlain

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