One of the most dominate players of any era, Chamberlain held 72 NBA records upon retirement. He was famous for being a rebounding machine and virtually unstoppable on offense.
He holds the NBA single game record for most points scored (100) and rebounds in a game (55) He is the only player to ever average 30 points and 20 rebounds in a single season, a feat he achieved 7x. In 1961 he averaged 50 points and 25 rebounds (PG) he often played 48 minutes PG during his career and never fouled out.
In 13 years as a professional Chamberlain led the NBA in rebounds 11x, Scoring 7x, was 10x All-NBA, a 13x All-star, 5x All-Defense, Won four MVP awards, and two Championships. He won Rookie of the year in 1960, and was the All-Star game MVP in the same season, in 1968 he led the league in assists.
In 1972 he helped the Los Angeles Lakers to their first Championship in 18 years, was the finals MVP and helped the team set the NBA record for most consecutive wins (33) One of the most gifted athletes ever Chamberlain was a 2x All-American at the University of Kansas where he averaged 29ppg and 18rpg.
He also competed in track and was 3x the big 8 high jump champion, ran 10.9 in the 100 yard dash, had a 17m shot put, and tripled jumped over 15m. Chamberlain attended Overbrook High School in Philadelphia and helped his team to two city championships a 57-3 record and broke the States scoring record during his career, he scored 2,252 total points! Averaging 37.4pg. In addition he long jumped, high jumped, ran the 440 and 880 yard dashes and threw the shot put for the track team. Wilt Chamberlain passed away on October 12,
1999 at 63 years of age, one of the most gifted and dominant players of any generation! His #13 is retired by every team he was apart of and he is in the college basketball, and NBA hall of fame!!
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