Wilt Chamberlain at 17
January 5th, 2010 by napa high
A young Wilt Chamberlain playing basketball in high school. He was a 7′ 1″ giant of an athlete and an excellent student. Narrated by the legendary Marty Glickman for Paramount News. This piece is from 1954. We own all copyrights to this material. … SPPN News Wilt Chamberlain Basketball NBA Marty Glickman Newsreel Paramount Pathe
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January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Wilt always dominated Russell when they played, Russell just had better teammates.
Wilt > Russell.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
0:33
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Greatest ever.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
He should have been a boxer.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
he remained 7′1 until his death in 1999
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
the racist days
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I can palm a basketball with two fingers too.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
50s news looks wierd
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Man my myself i have plenty of games of Wilt chamberlain, take a look to my channel, but i’m talking about privater recordings from the 60’s but if you say ther were not video recorders back then so i will shut my mouth up, and i don’t give a crap if you are not looking for that, it just was a question 56 older. I’m 25.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
There are plenty right here on You Tube. I am sure someone has them but It is not a top priority for me to find them. You can check him out in one of the Conan The Barbarian movies with Arnold S.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
do you thinks is any way to get some game of Wilt from private recordings or something?
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Sorry, I do not think we had VHS or even Super 8 back then. In later years I taped Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Etc. Wilt was a treasure to watch. I am not exactly ancient–just 56.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
No, i meant if you have some tape from that era!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
If you are referencing electronic games then no. If I remember correctly, I may have had a pong game at that time. As far as board games are concerned, I am not sure if there were any.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Do you have games of Wilt Chamberlain frokm that era?
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Hmmm, seems to me that Wilt’s record 55 rebound came agains Bill Russell. Must have been Russell’s great postiioning and quickness that only allowed Wilt to get a mere 55.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
he did look like good just 6 inches taller
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Some say it was easy for him to play basketball because of his hieght. I say because of his size, it was a huge accomplishment just to be able to run back and forth on the court. It is a great privilege to have lived in a time when I could watch him in the present.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
he was one of a kind, i doubt we will ever see another wilt chamberlain
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Not sure who is the actual retard, becasue i was jokling witht he guy who said that Wilt scored many points just becasue he played against unathletic black centers. You the retard!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
bill russell was BLACK you retard!! and he stuffed the crap out of wilt chamberlain. Plus he was and always will be the best defender ever!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Kinda resemble Kobe Bryant a bit (:50-:53). Wilt was the “8th wonder” of NBA them dayz.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Yeah, Wilt scored 60 against Bil Russell the best white defensive player back of all time, and he dropped 55 vs Walt Bellamy or Wayne embry, all them bad white white centers. BTW tell me about black centers playing in the league today…
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I woulda figured he would be shot down back then. Considering they were still racist, and if you look closeley, he is pretty much the only black person there.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
blah I’m so sad when my boyfriend is away in NYC… anyone want to chat?