| Probably known as the most dominant
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| | the next few years could not obtain a
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| basketball player in history is National
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| | championship despite the dominance of
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| Basketball Association hall of famer Wilt
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| | Wilt Chamberlain. During the 1961-1962
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| "The Stilt" Chamberlain. Throughout his
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| | in a game against the New York Knicks,
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| career, Wilt captured multiple scoring
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| | Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points and is
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| titles and scored more points in a game
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| | the highest number scored in a game still
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| than anyone in a professional level game
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| | to this day. In 1963 the Warriors
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| ever. On top of a game scoring record,
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| | relocated to San Francisco and one year
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| Wilt also scored the most points in a
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| | later Wilt was traded to Philadelphia,
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| single season. These two individual
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| | which was a team now known as the 76ers.
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| scoring records alone are more than
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| | When 1967 came around, Wilt and the 76ers
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| enough to be inducted to the Nation
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| | captured the NBA championship title by
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| Basketball Association's Hall of
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| | defeating his former team, the San
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| Fame.Early in Chamberlain's High School
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| | Francisco Warriors in six games. That
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| career, he drew much attention after
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| | same year, Wilt Chamberlain received his
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| scoring 90 points in a single game and
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| | fourth and final Most Valuable Player
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| then leading his Overbrook High School
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| | award.Traded to the Los Angeles Lakers
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| team to City Championships in 1954 and
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| | the following year, Wilt was with a team
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| 1955. After being named to the
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| | full of great players and had high hopes
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| high-school All-American team, Wilt
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| | for capturing an NBA championship there.
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| attended the University of Kansas, where
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| | It wasn't until 1972 when the Lakers won
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| he twice earned All-American honors. He
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| | the championship though, but when it
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| led his Kansas team to the championship
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| | happened, Wilt was named the finals MVP.
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| game in 1957, but fell short in a loss to
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| | The next season would be Chamberlains
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| North Carolina in triple overtime.
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| | last in the NBA at the age of 37. Wilt
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| Chamberlain was frustrated with his
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| | still managed to lead the league in
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| college team and decided to turn
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| | rebounding in his final year and also set
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| professional but was not eligible until
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| | a field-goal percentage record, shooting
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| his college class graduated in 1959.
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| | 72.7%.Wilt Chamberlain achieved many
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| Instead of just waiting for 1959 to come
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| | feats that very few players in NBA
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| around, Wilt played one year with the
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| | history have. Some may argue that there
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| Harlem Globetrotters and then began his
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| | just wasn't enough big men at the time to
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| first season in the National Basketball
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| | compete with Wilt and that if he would
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| Association in 1960 with the Philadelphia
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| | have played with today's players, it
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| Warriors.Wilt Chamberlain's first NBA
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| | would be a different story. On the other
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| season was a very successful one,
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| | hand, many more sport's writers would
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| averaging 37 points per game and 27
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| | agree that he would still dominate in
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| rebounds a game, which led the league in
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| | today's game, just not as much.
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| both categories. Achieving these
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| | Unfortunately, Wilt Norman Chamberlain
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| statistics in his rookie season won him
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| | passed away on October 12, 1999 at the
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| Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable
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| | hands of a heart attack in Los Angeles,
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| Player honors. The team as a whole over
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| | California at his home.
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