Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21st 1936 with Philadelphia - October 12th 1999) was one of the largest players of Basket-ball of the history.

With his death, its fellow-member Jerry West affirmed that it was “larger than his sport”.

Called “Wilt the Stilt” (the wader) then “The Big Dipper” it was the lethal weapon of the basketball. Indeed, it held nearly 100 records NBA. Most famous are the record of point in a match (NBA) with 100 points the March 2nd 1962 against the Knicks of New York. Or its average of point over the season 1961 - 1962 with 50,4 points per match. Besides it holds the 4 best averages of the history with 44,8,38,9 and 38,4, following it being Elgin Baylor with 38,3 points of average carried out the same year as the record of Chamberlain. One could also quote: more than 50 points with 118 recoveries, at least 40 points at the time of 14 successive meetings, record of rebound on a match with 55 catches, the only player to have been better marker, better rebondor and better frontier runner at least once in its career… With its retirement, he is the best marker of the history with 31  419 points in 1  045 matches: this record has had for summer beaten by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan. Only this one beats it for the average of points per match in career: 30,06 compared with 30,12 for Jordan.

After beginnings with the famous college, “all black” of Overbrook Highschool in Philadelphia where Will Smith, the singer-actor will go later, and where its records are always in the shelves and its athletic performances left already pantois: 48 S to the 400 m, and a jump of 2,06m in height, driven out by all the scouts of America, after rapid reflection, it integrates the famous university of Kansas, pulled by Dick Harp, the successor of Phog Allen, disciple and worthy successor of James Naismith, the inventor of the tennis shoe ball. In Kansas, where he learns the " scientifically; tennis shoe ball" it is the lethal weapon, it fails finally in front of North Carolina. In 1957. It leaves the university at the end of the 3rd year, but not being able to integrate NBA because it does not have the age to be draft E, it becomes professional within the Harlem Globetrotters, the famous troop newyorkaise carried out by Abe Saperstein which to date still exists. He played a match in Paris besides this year there.

Lastly, it integrates in brass band, the NBA in 1959 beginning without sourciller nor states of hearts, its series of " cartons" , whose point of organ was its record of 100 points carried out against the Knicks of New York in March 1962; This year it is said that it was able to jump feet togethers on the roof of Bentley (his). Characteristic: He is besides the only player of the history, with Wes Unseld, to be elected rookie (better beginning) of the year and MVP in his first year. This year there, he will be elected in the first five NBA and MVP of the All-Star Range. He fails this year against the Boston Celtics of Bill Russell. Its duels against its large rival Bill Russel of Celtics of Boston, in particular at the time of the ritual matches All Star of the East against West (called All Star Range) were worth their heavy TV rating and feelings.

In 1964, it finally finds Celtics NBA after the removal of the Philadelphia Warriors with San Francisco. However the owner of the frankness remains ED Gotlieb But its first title NBA, it will obtain it in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers. At the request of its trainers, his play became less offensive. It becomes thus better frontier runner of its team in 1968.

After a new exchange, it joined the Los Angeles Lakers with which it gains a new title in 1972 and which will enclose with glare its phenomenal career. In this team evolved/moved another legend of the tennis shoe ball, Jerry West, " a white-drunk person brother".

If Wilt Chamberlain dominated like anybody the league at his time, cumulating like all the modern pivots of today, the rare ingredients at the time: the size of more than 7 feet (2,14 m), the power (123 kg), speed and the address… except with the charity tosses, it was its only and single worthy weakness.

Its lack of altruism did not enable him however to gain as many titles as its large rival Bill Russell.

In 1973 it will try the adventure of the coaching in ABA with the San Diego Conquistadors for an assessment of 37 victories against 47 defeats in regular season, before being eliminated in semi-final from conference " west " by the Utah Stars.

Player débonnaire with legendary good mood and fair play (it eliminated forever for 6 faults, and this in 1  045 matches!), it was as famous like jovial fellow, often late with the drives… it will acknowledge to have allured more than 2.000 women… record as Magic Johnson, her large rival in this field 25 years later, will concede to him. Single person, without children (official), it only dies in his immense property of Bel Air of an cardiac arrest the October 12th 1999. He was 63 years old.

He returned to the Hall off Famed as of 1978 and is elected among the fifty larger players of the history in 1996.

Apart from the tennis shoe, it also turned in Conan the Destructor ( Conan the Destroyer ) to the sides of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Successive clubs

• 1955-1955 : University of Kansas (NCAA)
• 1958-1959: Harlem Globetrotters
• 1959-1964 : Philadelphia Warriors
• 1965-1968 :
• 1968-1973:

Prize list

• Champion NBA in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers and in 1972 with Los Angeles Lakers
• MVP of Final (1972) the
• MVP (1960, 1966,1967,1968)
• AlNBA First TEAM: (1960, 1961,1962,1964,1966,1967,1968)
• AlDefensive First TEAM (1972, 1973)
• thirteen times AlStar (1960 to 1969,1971,1972,1973),
• MVP of the AlStar Range (1960),
• Rookie off the Year (1960)
• Selected among the fifty larger players of the history (1996)
• Elected with the Hall off Famed (1978)