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unusual facts about Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game


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.


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.

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.

Carin Cone

She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she received a silver medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke, having the same time (1:12.9 – new world record) as Judy Grinham who was judged as winner.

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.

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.

Paul Moor

Moor was the first bowler to roll a Perfect Game on Live TV in the UK, achieving the historic feat in the first game of the 2006 Weber Cup tournament, against Jason Couch.

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.

Suzanne Zimmerman

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, Zimmerman received a silver medal for her second-place finish in the women's 100-meter backstroke behind gold medal-winner Karen Harup of Denmark.


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