Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlainwas an American basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association; 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 250 pounds as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds with the Lakers. He played the center position and is widely considered...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 August 1936
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I was played the villain so much because I was bigger and stronger than most, and they cast me as the villain everywhere I went.
It seemed like whatever I touched, I was breaking record after record. I just knew I was on. I completely destroyed all existing shooting records there - an omen of things to come.
If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.