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Wilt Chamberlain
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Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999),
nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards,
was an American professional NBA basketball player for the
Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los
Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. The 7
foot 1 inch Chamberlain, who weighed 250 lbs as a rookie before bulking
up to 275 lb and eventually over 300 lb with the Lakers, played the
center position and is widely considered one of the greatest and most
dominant players in the history of the NBA.
Chamberlain holds numerous official NBA all-time
records, setting records in many scoring, rebounding and durability
categories. Among other notable accomplishments, he is the only player
in NBA history to average more than 40 and 50 points in a season or
score 100 points in a single NBA game. He also won seven scoring, nine
field goal percentage, and eleven rebounding titles, and once even led
the league in assists. Although suffering a long string of professional
losses, Chamberlain had a successful career, winning two NBA titles,
earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards, the Rookie of
the Year award, one NBA Finals MVP award, and being selected to 13
All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams. Chamberlain was
subsequently enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected
into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the
50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996.
After his basketball career, Chamberlain played volleyball in the
short-lived International Volleyball Association, was president of this
organization and enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his
contributions. Chamberlain was also a successful businessman, authored
several books and appeared in the movie Conan the Destroyer. He was a
lifelong bachelor, but became notorious for his claim to have had sex
with 20,000 women, a statement which has entered popular culture.
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