![]() Chamberlain ultimately won two NBA championships, four regular-season Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, the Rookie of the Year, one Finals MVP, and one All-Star Game MVP he was selected to thirteen All-Star Games and ten All-NBA Teams (seven First and three Second teams). He once averaged 50 points per game, as well as 48 minutes per game. Chamberlain is the only player to average 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, a feat he accomplished seven times. He also once gathered 55 rebounds, and never fouled out. He is best-remembered as the only player to score 100 points in a single game. ![]() Chamberlain holds 72 NBA records, including several regular season records in scoring, rebounding, and durability blocks were not counted during his career. Chamberlain was also a lifelong bachelor and became well known for his claim of having had sex with 20,000 women.Īccording to former teammate Billy Cunningham, "The NBA Guide reads like Wilt's personal diary". Renowned for his strength, he played the antagonist in the 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Conan the Destroyer. He served one term as league president and is enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame. ![]() Following his professional basketball career, Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association (IVA). Chamberlain was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 and elected to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th anniversary teams. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons and is widely regarded as one of the sport's greatest players. Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( / ˈ tʃ eɪ m b ər l ɪ n/ CHAYM-bər-lin Aug– October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. 2× Consensus first-team All-American ( 1957, 1958).NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player ( 1957). ![]() NBA anniversary team ( 35th, 50th, 75th).Chamberlain with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1959 ![]()
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