However, Wilt suffered a setback in Game 4 after it was found he had broken his wrist. It was an injury that could have forced him into the sidelines. Chamberlain knew that the stakes were high.

On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the ... in track at the University of Kansas where he competed in high jump, triple jump and shot put. Basketball was where he continued ...

During his 14-year NBA career, Wilt Chamberlain racked up his share of ... shot-putted 56 feet and won the high jump in the Big Eight track and field championships three straight years.

Bob Benner remembers his one-on-one encounter with Wilt Chamberlain. How could he forget it? Nearly 46 years later, people still remind him of it constantly. During the course of Overbook High’s ...

That would be Wilton Norman Chamberlain. “I never called him Wilt,” said Tom Hoover ... 100-yard dash (10.9), the 400, captured the high jump title in the Big Eight Conference track and ...

A longer wingspan also gives players the advantage of a high release point on their jump shot, similar to Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki. Wilt Chamberlain was a freak of nature, even without his ...

Wilt Chamberlain, home from school for the summer, had brought a guest, Elzie Lewis, to stay with his family in Philadelphia. They arrived in the middle of the night. Introductions would have to wait.

Gerald Brownstein of Blue Bell played high school basketball ... open because I coached Wilt.” Chamberlain’s 100-point game literally changed professional basketball. His dominance of the game– ...