The latest video to wash ashore from the archives of the Wilt Chamberlain Archive shows a 17-year old Wilt catching a shot, starting a fast break, throwing a Jason Williams type pass and then scoring on an alley-oop play. Equally crazy is seeing how athletic the teenage beast was at the...
Masin, Herman L
He also went on to coach and sponsor amateur athletic groups including volleyball and track and field. After getting roles in commercials, Chamberlain later tried out acting, appearing in the 1984 action film Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Still, his accomplishments as an athlete we...
For the past decade Levi has lived in the city where his story began. He doesn’t look much like Chamberlain now. He is soft around the middle and has a receding hairline. Nor is his movement athletic; he’s more of a lumberer. He’s an engaging conversationalist. His emotional pain...
In 1970, Chamberlain returned to his track roots by establishing Wilt’s Athletic Club, a track and field club based in Southern California. The most famous member of the club was a young Florence Griffith Joyner. This was before she became known as the fastest woman of all time for setting...