Wilt Chamberlian was a great basketball player. He was one of the best big men of all time. Sadly he passed away in 1999. But who was he? Where did he come from? And what made him the person we knew him to be?
Born August 1, 1936 Wilt the Stilt had nine brothers and sisters. He was a rather sickly child. Almost dying of pneumonia when he was young. Despite that fact he was 6 foot by age 10. And 6 foot 11 inches by the time he went to high school.
Even though he didn't take a liking to basketball right away, that soon changed. His immense hieght made it easy for him to play against others and was good at scoring and blocking shots. In high school he was an amazing player. Even scoring 71 pionts in a game, a high shcool record.
When it was time for him to choos a college there were literally hundreds of colloges that wanted him. But in the end he decided on the University of Kansas. He did many great things for the Jayhawks. Some of them including putting amazing numbers and getting Most Outstanding Player Award for the Final Four.
He didn't finish his Senior year of college and instead went to the Harlem Globetrotters. After that he made his NBA debut with the Philadelphia Warriors. In this first season he went on to average 37 pionts and 27 rebounds.
Throughout his career he had some amazing acheivements. Including averaging 50.4 pionts a game in one season and scoring 100 pionts in one game. He will always be remebered as a great player and a great guy.
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