Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain (basketball player) was a 7’1” center who played a majority of his career with the 76ers and the Lakers. His biggest rival ever was Celtics Bill Russell. Wilt is probably most known for the only player to reach 100 points in one single game of basketball. He still to this holds that record. Also one of his most common nicknames is “The Big Dipper”. He played college ball with Kansas City Jay Hawks. Then after he played for them he went on to play in the NBA and on the Harlem Globetrotters. Finally after all his years of basketball he played volleyball which most people didn’t know.

He was never married once through his whole life. He has only starred in one movie his whole life and that was Conan the Barbarian. He was an outstanding 6’10” and became a basketball star. His first love was actually track and field. Finally He passed away from a heart attack on October 12, 1999, and he was only 63 years of age.

Records:

100 points in one game

55 rebounds in one game

In his 61- 62 seasons he averaged 50 points a game

Career Stats:

Points: 31, 419       Rebounds: 23, 924                        Assists: 4, 643         PPG: 30.1     RPG:22.9