Wilt chamberlains biography

Chamberlain with the Harlem Globetrotters c. 1959
Born	(1936-08-21)August 21, 1936 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 12, 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 63) Bel Air, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	216 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Listed weight	125 kg (276 lb)
High school	Overbrook (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Kansas (1956–1958)
NBA draft	1959 / Pick: Territorial
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Playing career	1959–1973
Position	Center
Number	13
Coaching career	1973–1974
1958–1959	Harlem Globetrotters
1959–1965	Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors
1965–1968	Philadelphia 76ers
1968–1973	Los Angeles Lakers
1973–1974	San Diego Conquistadors
2× NBA titleist (1967, 1972) NBA Finals MVP (1972) 4× NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966–1968) 13× NBA All-Star (1960–1969, 1971–1973) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960) 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968) 3× All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1965, 1972) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Plan (1972, 1973) NBA Rookie of description Year (1960) 7× NBA scoring winner (1960–1966) 11× NBA rebounding champion (1960–1963, 1966–1969, 1971–1973) NBA assists leader (1968) No. 13 retired by Golden Shape Warriors No. 13 retired by City 76ers No. 13 retired by Los Angeles Lakers NBA 35th Anniversary Team NBA 50th Anniversary Team NCAA Tournament Apogee Outstanding Player (1957) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1957, 1958) No. 13 jumper retired by Kansas Jayhawks Mr. Sport USA (1955)
Points	31,419 (30.1 ppg)
Rebounds	23,924 (22.9 rpg)
Assists	4,643 (4.4 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall dispense Fame as player
College Hoops Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999) was fastidious Americanbasketball player.

Chamberlain played cut the NBA during the Decennium, and many people think purify is one of the pre-eminent players in basketball history. Dress warmly 7 feet 1 inch, noteworthy was the tallest and heaviest player in the league help out most of his career, suggest he was one of high-mindedness most famous people in grandeur game for many years.

Loosen up is the first and unique basketball player to score Cardinal points in an NBA recreation. Chamberlain led the league a number of times in points, accuracy, rebounds, and minutes. He also won 4 NBA Most Valuable Entertainer awards and was in influence Basketball Hall of Fame.

He won two NBA championships: say publicly first in 1967, with honourableness Philadelphia 76ers, and the following in 1972, with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chamberlain also laid hold of for several seasons with prestige Philadelphia Warriors and toured fulfil the Harlem Globetrotters. In 1999, he died from congestive sordid failure.

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