Wilt Chamberlain

By clutch_crawford1

  • Wilt Chamberlain was born

    Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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    The holocaust

  • Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat

  • Wilt Chamberlain goes to collage

    Wilt Chamberlain goes to college and plays for the University of Kansas Jayhawks

  • Wilt goes to his first NCAA championship

    Wilt goes to his first NCAA championship and loses to North Carolina but was named the most outstanding player in the tournement.

  • Wilt joins the harlem globetrotters

    After leaving college, due to NBA rules, he couldn't go pro because he was too young. So for the following year he would join the harlem globetrotters till he was old enough.

  • NASA is founded

  • Wilt leaves college

    Wilt leaves college

  • Wilt plays his first pro NBA game

    Wilt played his first NBA game against the New York Knicks scoring 43 points. Later that year he won Rookie of the year and the most valuable player award. Also in this season he began his rivalry against the great Bill Russel who later became best friends with Wilt outside of the game.

  • Wilt wins the Rookie of the year and his first MVP award

    At the end of the season Wilt won Rookie of the year and the most valuable player award
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    Wilt is put in the All NBA first team 3 years in a row

  • Soviets launch first man into space

  • Wilts famous season

    In this season, Wilt scores a total of 100 points in one game, which is a NBA record that still stands today. He also ended the season with more than 4000 points scored with a average of 50.4 points per game.

  • JFK assasinated

  • Wilt leaves Warriors and goes to Philadelphia

    Wilt goes back to his hometown and joins the 76ers and leads them to a NBA championship against his old team Warriors.

  • Wilt is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers

    Wilt is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and leads them to a championship win over the New York Knicks and gets the MVP award.

  • Wilts dad dies

  • Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

  • Neil Armstrong becomes first man to walk on the moon

  • Wilt retires from the NBA

    In 1973, Wilt finally retires with 1,045 games played averaged a lifetime average of 30.1 points a game which was a NBA record until Michael Jordan broke it in 1998.

  • Wilt writes his autobiography

    Wilt writes his autobiography called: Wilt: Just like any other 7-foot black millionare who lives next door

  • Wilt is noted that has broken 72 records in the NBA

  • President NIxon resigns

  • Wilt is inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame

    Wilt is inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame

  • Gandhi killed by two body guards

  • Wreck of the Titanic found

  • World wide web invented

  • Nelson Mandela is freed

  • Wilt is made one of the top 50 greatest NBA players of all time

    WIlt is made one fo the top 50 greatest NBA players of all time

  • WIlt Chamberlain dies

    WIlt Chamberlain dies of heart failure in his home in Los Angeles home