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4 unusual facts about Wilt Chamberlain


Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Nozick's famous Wilt Chamberlain argument is an attempt to show that patterned principles of just distribution are incompatible with liberty.

Hershey, Pennsylvania

National Basketball Association player Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a regular season game played at Hersheypark Arena in 1962; his effort remains a single-game record for the league.

Maypo

Maypo's television ads sometimes featured athletes—including Mickey Mantle, Wilt Chamberlain and Johnny Unitas—crying "I want my Maypo!"

NBA 2K2

In addition to the NBA teams, players, and stadiums from the 2001–02 season, the game includes five legends teams starring legends such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, and Bill Russell.


1961–62 NBA season

In a game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain made history by scoring 100 points in the Philadelphia Warriors 169-147 win over the New York Knicks.

1972 NBA Playoffs

Wilt Chamberlain was named NBA Finals MVP.

Edward Gottlieb

The rule was particularly advantageous for Philadelphia, which landed Overbrook High School’s Wilt Chamberlain in 1959 after his stints with the University of Kansas and the Harlem Globetrotters.

Picayune Memorial High School

Butch van Breda Kolff, former college and NBA coach of players including Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Bradley was head basketball coach from 1983-1984.


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Rochester Zeniths

These "neutral site" games were common during this period of the NBA (for instance, Wilt Chamberlain's historic 100 point performance occurred in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a regular site for NBA games) but they were not particularly well attended and definitely not popular with the players and coaches as they added more travel to