His number is retired by Kansas, and in the NBA, his number is retired by the teams he played for. The fact that he scored 100 not 103 or 99 has always stood out and imbued [the record] with something I cant quite put my finger on. We already had the top 10 amazing facts on Chamberlain on the channel, and in this video, we'll try to further debunk the myth that is Wilt the Stilt. Wilt Chamberlain - Track and Field at the University of Kansas in Wilt Chamberlain weighed 275 lbs (124 kg) when playing. The NBA initiated offensive goaltending, in which players couldn't touch the ball going in a downward trajectory toward the hoop or flick the ball away when it was within the cylinder of the basket. To put that into perspective, if you go to an NBA game right now, youre not going to see twelve foot rims, youre going to see ten foot rims. Walter said Hello Mr. Chamberlain. Together we can reach 100% of WHYYs fiscal year goal. As a Kansas Track and Field athlete, Wilt won the Big 8 (which is now the Big XII) championships three years running by high jumping upwards of 50 inches on the high jump. What we have is the fourth-quarter play-by-play call of WCAU sportscaster Bill Campbell. The pure speed he runs at, truly incredible athlete. Wilt dominated the paint, taking everything in sight. He played occasional matches for the IVA Seattle Smashers before the league folded in 1979. Dave DeBusschere, Terry Dischinger, Joe Strawder all tried to stop Wilt that game and it was pointless. Twenty one assists in a game is simply unheard of for a center. One of my favorites was when he scored 78 points against the Lakers in a triple overtime game. So this [crowd estimate] was 4,124. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Jerry West, from "Wilt: Larger than Life". Tools and Resources Used by Real General Managers. During an interview for a book called Tall Tales by writer Terry Pluto, former college and NBA player Johnny Kerr admitted that Chamberlain broke his toe with a dunk one time when he was playing against him. You must put away any notions of todays NBA when you consider the 1962 NBA. the 400m world record was 45 seconds in the 1950s. NBA.com is part of Warner Media, LLCs Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network. Wilt Chamberlain - Age, Bio, Personal Life, Family and Stats - CelebsAges The team featured several prominent track athletes. Wilt Chamberlain's accomplishments are widely known, from his 100 points in a game, 25,000 woman or never fouling out of a basketball game. Though Wilt Chamberlain mainly added value to his teams as a scorer, it looks like he wasn't much of a playoff scorer at all. Only Kobe Bryants 81-point performance has even come close and it doesnt seem physically possible that a player could fit in 19 more points than he did in that game. This game was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, between a team from New York and a team from Philadelphia. Now, its exploding lights and flash and glamour. To add some context to Wilt's low scoring numbers in the playoffs, John Stockton has a career average of 20.4 PPG per-100 in the playoffs. And in the number 100, there was a symbolic magic. Wilt Chamberlain Career Stats | StatMuse Although Gotty as he was known was round, his estimates for crowd totals never were because they seemed more realistic. Chamberlain spent the night before the game in New York, partying all night with a woman. When asked about the incident, one of the men said that the cart weighed about 600 lbs. A record that still stands to this day. Even though the era in which he played and the level of his competition will always be used to contextualize his feats, his jaw-dropping stats are still an official part of NBA lore and are likely never to be seen again. Wilt Chamberlain was 7-1 (216 cm) tall. I saw those cool underhanded free throws and his no-look passes to the cutting teammates. Thirty seven years after he retired at the age of 37, Chamberlains name appears in the NBAs record book a whopping 97 times. Jones. He learned when he was 34 years old.