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7 2006 12 october 1999 31,419 -rrb- 4,643 -lrb- 4.4 apg -rrb- -lrb- 30.1 ppg -rrb- 23,924 -lrb- 22.9 rpg american 200px august 21 , 1936 1973 -- 1974 1959 1958 end -- 1967 end 1968 start -- 1972 end -- 1959 1959 start -- 1964 end 1964 bel air , california wilt_chamberlain san diego conquistadors -lrb- aba -rrb- 1959 harlem los angeles lakers globetrotters philadelphia / san francisco warriors philadelphia 76ers territorial wilt chamberlain3.jpg kansas -lrb- 1956 -- 1958 -rrb- points rebounds assists wilt chamberlain wilton-n-wilt-chamberlain center chamberlain wearing a harlem globetrotters uniform in 1959 overbrook -lrb- philadelphia , pennsylvania -rrb- 275 philadelphia , pennsylvania philadelphia warriors 1974 1973 c 1973 13 1 chambwi01 wilt chamberlain

wilt chamberlain

wilton norman `` wilt '' chamberlain -lrb- august 21 , 1936 -- october 12 , 1999 -rrb- was an american basketball player .
he played for the philadelphia/san francisco warriors , the philadelphia 76ers , and the los angeles lakers of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- ; he played for the university of kansas and also for the harlem globetrotters before playing in the nba .
the 7 foot 1 inch chamberlain weighed 250 pounds as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds with the lakers .
he played the center position and is widely considered one of the greatest and most dominant players in nba history .
chamberlain holds numerous nba records in scoring , rebounding and durability categories .
he is the only player to score 100 points in a single nba game or average more than 40 and 50 points in a season .
he also won seven scoring , nine field goal percentage , and eleven rebounding titles , and led the league in assists once .
chamberlain is the only player in nba history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season , a feat he accomplished nine times .
he is also the only player to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game over the entire course of his nba career .
although he suffered a long string of professional losses , chamberlain had a successful career , winning two nba championships , earning four regular-season most valuable player awards , the rookie of the year award , one nba finals mvp award , and being selected to 13 all-star games and ten all-nba first and second teams .
chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame in 1978 , elected into the nba 's 35th anniversary team of 1980 , and chosen as one of the 50 greatest players in nba history of 1996 .
chamberlain was known by various nicknames during his basketball playing career .
he hated the ones that called attention to his height such as `` goliath '' and `` wilt the stilt '' , which was coined during his high school days by a philadelphia sportswriter .
he preferred `` the big dipper '' , which was inspired by his friends who saw him dip his head as he walked through doorways .
after his basketball career ended , chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived international volleyball association , was president of this organization , and is enshrined in the iva hall of fame for his contributions .
chamberlain was also a successful businessman , authored several books , and appeared in the movie `` conan the destroyer '' .
he was a lifelong bachelor , and became notorious for his claim to have had sexual intercourse with over 20,000 women .
