Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999
- Authoritative Name:
- Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999
- Biography:
- "Professional basketball player, considered to be one of the greatest offensive players in the history of the game. More than 7 feet (2.1 metres) tall, Chamberlain was an outstanding centre. During his 1961-62 season he became the first player to score more than 4,000 points in a National Basketball Association (NBA) season, with 4,029, averaging 30.4 points per game."--Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Associated Subjects:
- Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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[Wilt Chamberlain, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, 1959]
- Creator:
- Palumbo, Fred
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
Crowds swarm Wilt Chamberlain as he arrives for the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-07
- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections