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Wilt Chamberlain

Basketball · Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

High school
Overbrook High School
College
University of Kansas
Pro team(s)
Philadelphia Warriors, San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Hall of Fame
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Wilt Chamberlain grew up in Philadelphia and dominated at Overbrook High School, where he averaged 37 points and 25 rebounds per game and compiled a 58–3 record. After two seasons at Kansas he entered the NBA with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959. What followed was the most statistically dominant career in NBA history: 100 points in a single game (March 2, 1962), 50.4 points per game for an entire season (1961–62), 55 rebounds in a single game, and 7 consecutive scoring titles. He won 2 NBA championships (1967 with the 76ers, 1972 with the Lakers), was a 13× All-Star, and holds records that will almost certainly never be broken. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979.

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