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Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Born: 1936-08-21 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. A 7'1" center, Chamberlain played for the Kansas Jayhawks, Harlem Globetrotters, Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. He holds numerous NBA records such as averaging 50 points per game in a season and scoring 100 points in a single game. Chamberlain is widely considered the most dominant player of his era (alongside rival Bill Russell) and among the greatest players in basketball history.

Filmography
NB90s poster
NB90s
2013
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop poster
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop
2013 • Self (archive footage)
Touched by Gold: '72 Lakers poster
Touched by Gold: '72 Lakers
2012 • Himself
No Image
Fathers of the Sport
2008 • Himself
Any Given Sunday poster
Any Given Sunday
1999 • Visitor in Locker Room (uncredited)
No Image
The Racing Experience
1988 • Himself
Vanishing America poster
Vanishing America
1986 • Himself
Conan the Destroyer poster
Conan the Destroyer
1984 • Bombaata
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II poster
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
1978
Playboy's Playmate Party poster
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 • Self (archive footage)