Member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Played with the Harlem Globetrotters Played 13 seasons professionally in the NBA with Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles Made a memorable return to Lawrence on Jan. 17, 1998, to see his KU.

Chamberlain was known by several nicknames during his basketball playing career. He hated the ones that called attention to his height, such as "Goliath" and "Wilt the Stilt". A Philadelphia sportswriter coined the nicknames during Chamberlain's high school days.

Wilt Chamberlain wurde in seiner Karriere insgesamt vier Mal zum MVP gewählt 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968. Außerdem wurde er sieben Mal in das All-NBA First Team 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968 und zweimal 1972 und 1973 ins All-Defensive First Team berufen.

Wilt Chamberlain played here; even in death, he is part of the KU fabric. Told of my Lawrence visit, a Hot Springs woman who knows of my aversion toward Jayhawk basketball said, "Go back on a game.

Novotny remembers Chamberlain. Out behind Carruth-O'Leary Hall, then a Kansas University dormitory, stood three of KU's most decorated athletes -- Bill Nieder, Al Oerter and Wilt Chamberlain.

17.01.2018 · The return of Wilt Chamberlain, center, in 1998 was judged the No. 3 most memorable moment in Allen Fieldhouse history byviewers.

Chamberlain moved to Kansas in 1955 to play basketball at the University of Kansas where he averaged 30 points per game. He was twice named All-American. He decided to turn pro after his junior year but could not enter the NBA because of their regulations..

27.07.1993 · Wilt Chamberlain – 48″ Wilt ChamberlainWilt ‘the Stilt’ Chamberlain was one of the most dominant forces in NBA history. He is the only man to have scored 100 points in a single game. Standing at 7’1” you wouldn’t think someone of that size had a vertical jump of 48 inches.

Standing at 7-foot-1 with a wingspan of an inch more, Wilt Chamberlain had the body of a basketball player. On top of that, his unmatched athleticism is what further set him apart as the best.

Each week we’ll be posting a photograph from University Archives that shows a scene from KU’s past. We’ve also scanned more than 33,500 images from KU’s University Archives and made them available online; be sure to check them out! KU athletes Wilt Chamberlain and John Traylor, December 1955.