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Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain Wiki Biography
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was an expert b-ball player, born into the world on 21 August 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, to Olivia Johnson and William Chamberlain.
He is considered as perhaps the best part of NBA history.
He died in October 1999.
So how rich was Wilt Chamberlain?
He possessed a 1,000,000 dollar lavish house in Bel-Air, a Ferrari, a Bentley, and a Le Mans-style vehicle called Searcher One esteemed at $750,000.
Chamberlain had obtained his fortune during his long vocation as an expert b-ball player just as through his later organizations.
Chamberlain went to Overbrook High School where he turned into a fruitful player for the school ball group the Overbrook Panthers.
He genuinely ruled different players with his stature being 6’11” at that point.
Chamberlain decided to go to the University of Kansas in 1955, where he turned into the individual from the Kansas Jayhawks group.
In 1965 Chamberlain was exchanged to the Philadelphia 76ers.
He drove the group to success against the Celtics in division finals and afterward score an NBA Championship prevail upon the San Francisco Warriors.
He turned into the solitary NBA focus who completed the season being the help chief.
In 1968 Chamberlain was exchanged to the Los Angeles Lakers.
He drove the group to the second of two NBA title triumphs, against the New York Knicks and acquired $1.5 million while with the Lakers, which extraordinarily expanded his fortune.
Chamberlain resigned in 1973 with astounding vocation measurements.
Aside from his 100-point game, he is the solitary player to average over 50 focuses per game in a season, and normal in any event 30 focuses and 20 bounce back per game in a season, which he completed multiple times; likewise similar to normal covers his entire profession.
The exact year he delivered his book “Shrivel: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door” and before long got associated with business and amusement, stocks and land just as in broodmares investigations.
In one of his books, he expressed that he had laid down with more than 20, 000 ladies during his life.
In 1999 Chamberlain passed on of cardiovascular breakdown being matured 63.
He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain Quick Info
Full Name
Wilt Chamberlain
Net Worth
$10 Million
Date Of Birth
August 21, 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
October 12, 1999, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height
7′ 1″ (2.16 m)
Weight
124.74
Profession
Basketball Player
Education
Overbrook High School, University of Kansas
Nationality
American
Parents
Olivia Johnson, William Chamberlain
Siblings
Margaret Lane, Wilbert Chamberlain, Oliver Chamberlain, Barbara Lewis, Selina Gross, Yvonne Chamberlain
NBA champion (1967, 1972), NBA Finals MVP (1972), NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966–1968), NBA All-Star (1960–1969, 1971–1973), NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960)
Movies
Conan the Destroyer
TV Shows
All-Star Secrets
Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain Trademarks
A Gentle Giant
Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain Quotes
Nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain Important Facts
Pictured on two USA non-denominated commemorative postage stamps, issued 5 December 2014. On one stamp he is wearing a Philadelphia Warriors uniform; on the other, a Los Angeles Lakers uniform. The price on the day of issue for each stamp was 49¢.
Was reportedly very modest about scoring one-hundred points in a single game and didn’t think much of it.
The only player to score more than 4000 points in a season (The only other to score more than 3000 is Michael Jordan), is the all-time rebounding leader (and holds the record for rebounds in a season), was the only non-point guard to lead the league in assists, once averaged 50 points together with 25 rebounds per game and has the all-time high in minutes per game, at 45.8.
Held 72 records at one time.
No recordings were made of his famous 100 point game.
Was an accomplished beach volleyball player.
Had a keen interest in films and shared in this past-time with the likes of ‘Hugh Hefner (I)’. He had attended several film festivals to enjoy the limelight of his celebrity. Most notably in 1976, The Festival of Festivals in Toronto, Canada -now known today as the Toronto International Film Festival. He was also a partner in the production company Hundred Point Films, to do his biographic picture.
Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring average and rebounding average in the same season, which he accomplished five times. Four of the five seasons were his first four NBA seasons.
The father of the 7-foot-1 Wilt was only 5-foot-7.
Is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
He was a high jump champion and track and field star in college at Kansas University.
At his athletic peak, he was said to have been measured with a vertical jump of 48-50 inches.
While in college at Kansas, he was recorded as having a 550-pound bench press.
Biography in: “American National Biography”. Supplement 1, pp. 106-109. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
In his historic 100-point game which took place in Hershey, PA, he set records for most field goals (36) and made free throws (28) in a game.
Never fouled out of a game in his NBA career (1045 regular season; 160 post-season).
Golden State Warriors franchise all-time leading scorer (17,783).
Wilt and Bill Russell became friends when they became superstars in the late 1950s, but the relationship ended for a long time when Russell wrongly assumed Wilt had ducked out of Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals. In reality, Wilt had left for medical treatment when his knee was slammed into, and Lakers coach Butch van Breda Kolff told Wilt they didn’t need him to go back into the game (which Los Angeles lost by 2 points). The two men mended fences in 1994 and were close friends from then until Wilt died in 1999.
Ranks second all-time in scoring with 31,419 points (30.1 ppg) and rebounding 23,924 rebounds (22.9 RPG). *
NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980) and 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996).
Thirteen-time NBA All-Star (1960-1969, 1971-1973).
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960), after scoring 23 points with 25 rebounds.
NBA Finals MVP (1972).
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1972, 1973).
All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1965, 1972).
All-NBA First Team (1960-1962, 1964-1968).
NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968).
NBA Rookie of the Year (1960).
Played with the Harlem Globetrotters (1958-1959), the NBA Philadelphia Warriors (1959-1962), the NBA San Francisco Warriors (1963-1964), the NBA Philadelphia 76ers (1964-1968), and the NBA Los Angeles Lakers (1968-1973).
All-Big Seven (1957, 1958).
NCAA Tournament MVP (1957).
The Sporting News First Team All-America (1958).
Unanimous First Team All-America (1957, 1958).
University of Kansas (1955-1958).
Head coach of the ABA San Diego Conquistadors (1973-1974).
Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979.
When he died in October 1999, his long-time basketball rival, Celtics superstar Bill Russell, declared at Wilt’s memorial service: “As far as I’m concerned, he and I will be friends through eternity.”
Spent one year with the Harlem Globetrotters, for a salary of $65,000
Graduate of Overbrook High School in native Philadelphia, and the University of Kansas.
Chamberlain never married or had any children.
When pressed by sportswriters about “the number” of his romantic encounters, in his 1990 book, “A View From Above,” Chamberlain claimed to have slept with better than 20,000 women during his career. (His life was based on the numbers!). What is overlooked is his other comments… “I would rather have had one woman that I truly loved, than 20,000 that I didn’t.” His claim was designed to sell copies of his book, but Chamberlain very quickly came to regret it.
The only player to ever score 100 points in a pro game (1962), only by shooting only two-point shots because three-pointers didn’t exist in basketball at the time.
Disliked the nickname ‘Wilt the Stilt.’ Preferred Dippy or Dip, among friends.
Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain Filmography
Title
Year
Status
Character
Role
Any Given Sunday
1999
Visitor in locker-room (uncredited)
Actor
Conan the Destroyer
1984
Bombala
Actor
Wilt
story filming
Writer
The Grizzly Six
2000
Writer
Go for It
1976
Documentary executive producer
Producer
Wilt
writer: outline notes filming
Miscellaneous
Wilt
filming
Himself
Self
NBA Hardwood Classics
2011
TV Series
Himself
Self
Howard Stern
1997
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Daily Show
1997
TV Series
Himself
Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
1997
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Commish
1992
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Racing Experience
1988
Video documentary
Himself
Self
Vanishing America
1986
Video
Himself
Self
Family Feud
1983
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Alan Thicke Show
1981
TV Series
Himself
Self
Greatest Sports Legends
1979
TV Series
Himself
Self
Good Old Days Part II
1978
TV Special
Himself
Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali
1976
TV Special
Himself
Self
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr.
1975
TV Special
Himself
Self
Dinah’s Place
1974
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Dean Martin Show
1973
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Shape of Things
1973
TV Special
Self
The Hollywood Squares
1973
TV Series
Himself – Panelist
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1973
TV Series
Himself
Self
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
1973
TV Series
Himself
Self
Cavalcade of Champions
1973
TV Movie
Himself
Self
1973 NBA All-Star Game
1973
TV Special
Himself
Self
1972 NBA All-Star Game
1972
TV Special
Himself
Self
Once Upon a Wheel
1971
Documentary
Himself
Self
Laugh-In
1971
TV Series
Himself / Himself – Guest Performer
Self
1971 NBA All-Star Game
1971
TV Special
Himself
Self
The 1970 NBA Finals
1970
TV Mini-Series
Himself – Los Angeles Lakers Center
Self
1969 NBA All-Star Game
1969
TV Special
Himself
Self
The Joey Bishop Show
1968
TV Series
Himself
Self
1968 NBA All-Star Game
1968
TV Special
Himself – Eastern Conference Center
Self
Dream Girl of ’67
1967
TV Series
Himself – Bachelor Judge
Self
ABC’s Wide World of Sports
1967
TV Series
Himself
Self
That Regis Philbin Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
Self
I’ve Got a Secret
1962
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1957-1962
TV Series
Himself
Self
The Bob Hope Show
1961
TV Series
Himself – Guest
Self
The Annual National Sports Awards
1961
TV Special
Himself – Winner
Self
The National Sports Awards
1961
TV Special
Himself – Winner
Self
What’s My Line?
1961
TV Series
Himself – Mystery Guest
Self
New American Bandstand 1965
1960
TV Series
Himself – Musical Guest
Self
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
The Greatest Player Ever
2012
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Black Magic
2008
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Fathers of the Sport
2008
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
ABC’s Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special