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Overbrook High School's Wilt Chamberlain makes shot in game against Southern High School, January 18, 1955.
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Overbrook High School's Wilt Chamberlain makes shot in game against Southern High School.

Credit: Courtesy Urban Archives, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia

Between 1952-55, Wilt Chamberlain led Philadelphia's Overbrook High to a record of 56-2. A solid student, he also starred on Overbrook's cross-country and track teams, and won his conference title in the long jump.

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