Wilt Chamberlain: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''He was basketball's unstoppable force, the most awesome offensive force the game has ever seen.''|Introductory line of Chamberlain's NBA Encyclopedia biography.}}
 
'''Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain''' (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers.
 
He is known for [[Rule of Three|three]] things: his [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_career_achievements_by_Wilt_Chamberlain:List of career achievements by Wilt Chamberlain|numerical dominance]], his 100-point game and the amount of women he claimed to have slept with. He also made a guest appearance in animated form on ''[[Goober and theThe Ghost Chasers]]''.
 
Chamberlain was a two-time champion, four-time MVP and one-time Finals MVP. He is widely considered the most dominant player in the history of basketball.
 
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== Tropes associated with Wilt Chamberlain include: ==
* [[The Ace]]
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
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* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[One-Man Army]]: He scored 100 points in a single game ''by himself''. Keep in mind that ''most teams'' don't even break that score very often.
* [[Red Baron]]: The Stilt, Goliath, The Big Dipper.
* [[Showy Invincible Hero]]: Chamberlain during the 1966-1967 season, ironically the first time he was not the top-scorer, but he led his team in four categories, won the rebounding title (again), was the MVP (again), led his team to a then-record 68-13 regular season record and won Philadelphia its first NBA championship.
* [[Red BaronSobriquet]]: The Stilt, Goliath, The Big Dipper.
* [[Super Strength]]: By normal human standards anyway, considering he could bench press over 500 pounds easily.
* [[Thirteen Is Unlucky]]: Regarding team play, he suffered a long streak of losses against the ultra-stacked Boston Celtic dynasty, but his championship teams set several standards.
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