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Wilt Chamberlain palming two basketballs at Overbrook High School, Philadelphia PA, 1955.
Credit: Courtesy Urban Archives, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia
Wilt Chamberlain palming two basketballs at Overbrook High School, Philadelphia PA, 1955. Considered by many the greatest basketball player of all time, Wilt Chamberlain set records that are unlikely to ever be broken. In addition to scoring 100 points in one game, Chamberlain averaged 50 points a game one season, never fouled out in 1,045 regular-season NBA games, and once ran streak of 35 consecutive field goals.