Wilt Chamberlain - Wikipedia. Wilt Chamberlain. Personal information. The Harlem Globetrotters play Mutt & Stuff in a game of basketball! Stuff isn't worried, because with his lucky charm, Murray the Walrus, he never misses a shot.Born(1. 93. 6- 0. August 2. 1, 1. 93. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died. October 1. 2, 1. Bel Air, California. Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the. Helping kids in the. Buy CenturyLink Center Omaha tickets at Ticketmaster.com. Find CenturyLink Center Omaha venue concert and event schedules, venue information, directions, and seating. JOIN THE CONVERSATION. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active NBA players. Shop from the world's largest selection and best deals for Baseball Trading Cards. Shop with confidence on eBay! Full service ticketing software and network systems for professional box office managers. Nationality. American. Listed height. 7 ft 1 in (2. Listed weight. 27. Career information. High school. Overbrook(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)College. Kansas (1. 95. 6–1. NBA draft. 19. 59 / Pick: Territorial. Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors. Playing career. 19. Position. Center. Number. 13. Coaching career. Career history. As player: 1. Harlem Globetrotters. Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors. Philadelphia 7. 6ers. Los Angeles Lakers. As coach: 1. 97. 3–1. San Diego Conquistadors. Career highlights and awards. Golden State Warriors. No. 1. 3 retired by Philadelphia 7. No. 1. 3 retired by Los Angeles Lakers. NBA 3. 5th Anniversary Team. NBA 5. 0th Anniversary Team. NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1. University of Kansas. NBA records. Career statistics. Points. 31,4. 19 (3. Rebounds. 23,9. 24 (2. Assists. 4,6. 43 (4. Stats at Basketball- Reference. Basketball Hall of Fame as player. College Basketball Hall of Fame. Inducted in 2. 00. Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 2. October 1. 2, 1. 99. American basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 7. Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA); he played for the University of Kansas and also for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA. The 7 foot 1 inch Chamberlain weighed 2. He played the center position and is widely considered one of the greatest and most dominant players in NBA history. He is the only player to score 1. NBA game or average more than 4. He also won seven scoring, eleven rebounding, nine field goal percentage titles and led the league in assists once. He is also the only player to average at least 3. NBA career. Although he suffered a long string of professional losses. He hated the ones that called attention to his height such as . He preferred . He was a lifelong bachelor, and became notorious for his claim to have had sexual intercourse with as many as 2. Chamberlain changed that. He scored 3. 4 points, won Overbrook the Public League title and a berth for the Philadelphia city championship game against the winner of the rival Catholic league, West Catholic. Chamberlain scored 3. Overbrook to a flawless 1. Subsequently, owners Milton and Helen Kutsher kept up a lifelong friendship with Wilt, and according to their son Mark, . Born, elected the Most Valuable Player of the 1. NCAA Finals. Chamberlain won 2. Born was so dejected that he gave up a promising NBA career and became a tractor engineer (. Scoring 3. 5 points, Chamberlain led Overbrook to an easy 8. At KU, Chamberlain became a player for the Kansas Jayhawksfreshman team under coach Phog Allen, whom he admired, and also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, where he was the president of his pledge class. Chamberlain dominated his older college mates by scoring 4. Chamberlain had a bad relationship with Allen's successor, Dick Harp, fueled by resentment and disappointment: Chamberlain biographer Robert Cherry has doubted whether Chamberlain would have chosen KU if he had known that Allen was going to retire. In his first varsity game the center scored 5. Kansas records in an 8. Northwestern team of future NBA teammate Joe Ruklick. When he dunked, he was so fast that a lot of players got their fingers jammed . He ran the 1. 00- yard dash in 1. Big Eight track and field championships three straight years. The Midwest regional tourney was held in Dallas, Texas, which at the time was segregated. In the first game, the Jayhawks played the all- white SMU team, and KU player John Parker later said: . We were spat on, pelted with debris, and subjected to the vilest racial epithets possible. The next game against Oklahoma City was equally unpleasant, with KU winning 8. Chamberlain demonstrated his growing arsenal of offensive moves, including jump shots, put- backs, tip- ins, and his turnaround jump shot. He was far more comfortable and effective at the foul line than he would later be during his pro career. He had outstanding foot speed throughout the game, and several times led the fast break, including blocking a shot near the basket and then outracing the field for a layup. His stellar performance led Kansas to an insurmountable lead, and he rested on the bench for the final 3: 4. Chamberlain made the First Team of the All- America squad and led his Jayhawks into the NCAA finals against the Tar Heels of North Carolina. In that game, Tar Heels coach Frank Mc. Guire used several unorthodox tactics to thwart Chamberlain. For the tip- off, he sent his shortest player, Tommy Kearns, in order to rattle Chamberlain, and the Tar Heels spent the rest of the night triple- teaming him, one defender in front, one behind, and a third arriving as soon as he got the ball. After several Tar Heel turnovers, the game was tied at 4. In the third overtime, the Tar Heels scored two consecutive baskets, but Chamberlain executed a three- point play, leaving KU trailing 5. After King scored a basket, Kansas was ahead by one point, but then Tar Heel Joe Quigg was fouled on a drive with 1. For the final play, Dick Harp called for Ron Loneski to pass the ball into Chamberlain in the low post. The pass was intercepted, however, and the Tar Heels won the game. Nonetheless, Chamberlain, who scored 2. Chamberlain later admitted that this loss was the most painful of his life. Knowing how dominant Chamberlain was, the opponents resorted to freeze- ball tactics and routinely used three or more players to guard him. It was a small consolation that he was again named an All- American, along with future NBA Hall- of- Famers Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson plus old rival Guy Rodgers. In 1. 99. 8, Chamberlain returned to Allen Field House in Lawrence, Kansas to participate in a jersey- retiring ceremony for his #1. Around this time, he has been quoted as saying: . That is totally ridiculous. Therefore, Chamberlain was prohibited from joining the NBA for a year, and decided to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1. In comparison, the previous top earner was Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics with $2. Eddie Gottlieb bought the whole Warriors franchise for $2. In his first NBA game, against the New York Knicks, the rookie center scored 4. Chamberlain and his perennial nemesis would grow to become one of the NBA's greatest on- court rivalries of all time. He needed only 5. Bob Pettit, who needed 7. However, it also became evident that he was an atrocious free- throw shooter, making hardly half of his foul shots. As time progressed, Chamberlain grew even worse, and acknowledged he was simply a . Cherry described how Celtics coach Red Auerbach ordered his forward Tom Heinsohn to commit personal fouls on Chamberlain: whenever the Warriors shot foul shots, Heinsohn grabbed and shoved Chamberlain to prevent him from running back quickly; his intention was that the Celtics would throw the ball in so fast that the prolific shotblocker Chamberlain was not yet back under his own basket, and Boston could score an easy fastbreak basket. In the scuffle, Wilt injured his hand, and Philadelphia lost the next two games. But in Game 6, Heinsohn got the last laugh, scoring the decisive basket with a last- second tip- in. He was tired of being double- and triple- teamed, and of teams coming down on him with hard fouls. Chamberlain feared he might lose his cool one day. As Chamberlain often said, quoting coach Alex Hannum's explanation of his situation, . He became the first player to break the 3,0. In retrospect, Eddie Gottlieb remarked: . In that year, Wilt set several all- time records which have never been threatened. In the 1. 96. 2 season, he averaged 5. Chamberlain's 4,0. Chamberlain once again broke the 2,0. Additionally, he was on the hardwood for an average of 4. Pomerantz (2. 00. Chamberlain as a metaphor for the uprising of Black America. In the 1. 96. 2 NBA Playoffs, the Warriors met the Boston Celtics again in the Eastern Division Finals, a team which Bob Cousy and Bill Russell called the greatest Celtics team of all time. In a closely contested Game 7, Chamberlain tied the game at 1. Celtics shooting guard Sam Jones hit a clutch shot with two seconds left to win the series for Boston. In his defense, Warriors coach Frank Mc. Guire said . Ex- soldier Hannum, who later entered the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, was a crafty psychologist who emphasized defense and passing. Most importantly, he was not afraid to stand up to the dominant Chamberlain, who was known to . In that series they succumbed to Russell's Boston Celtics yet again, this time losing 4–1. Soon, the young Lew Alcindor was allowed into his inner circle, and quickly idolized the ten- year older NBA player. Unfortunately, Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul- Jabbar, as Alcindor would name himself later, would develop an intensely personal antipathy. At the 1. 96. 5 All- Star break Chamberlain was traded to the Philadelphia 7. Syracuse Nationals. In return the Warriors received Paul Neumann, Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer (who opted to retire rather than report to the Warriors), and $1. Wilt is easy to hate . Cherry remarks that there was a certain tension within the team: Greer was the formerly undisputed leader and was not willing to give up his authority, and Jackson, a talented center, was now forced to play power forward because Chamberlain blocked the center spot; however, as the season progressed, the three began to mesh better. The press called it an even matchup in all positions, even at center, where Bill Russell was expected to give Chamberlain a tough battle. In that Game 7, both centers were marvelous: Chamberlain scored 3. Russell logged 1. Russell botched the inbounds pass, hitting a guy- wire over the backboard and giving the ball back to the Sixers. New Mexico Force Basketball Club . Helping. kids in the Southwest from NM, AZ, TX, UT, OK and CO for the last 2. Force players have received division 1 scholarships since working. Roughly 2. 40 former players have. Former players have gone Pro with. NBA level. Over $1. Congrats to Force. Proud of you, Manny!! 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