Source Note Addendum:
Yes, the American Atlas and the electronic atlas both give EDT and yes,
I agree that EST is more fitting. "Before 1971, PA hospitals were
required to record the time of birth on the hosp birth record as EST even
when EDT or WAR time was being observed. This law stood until 4/12/1971.
BUT many hospitals followed this policy, some did not, some are
unknown." Inasmuch as our policy is to follow the ASC atlas as our
standard, we have given EDT, but the time may be noted as debatable. -Lois
Rodden
Biography:
American basketball star, 7'1" tall and a member of the Basketball
Hall of Fame. He was NBA Rookie of the Year in 1960 and MVP in 1960, 1967
and 1968. During the 1971-1972 season, Chamberlain broke records for the
most points, rebounds, field goals and minutes played, plus the most
consecutive games without a foul. He also scored over a hundred points in
one game. His career points are second only to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
31,419, along with 23,924 career NBA rebounds and 1,205 games played
without fouling out. Chamberlain so dominated basketball that the league
changed some of its rules, such as widening the zone near the basket, to
make it harder for him to score. Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay said that
"Wilt the Stilt" was probably the strongest individual force the
league has known, the first superstar in the league.
Wilt began to play ball when he was in the 7th grade. He grew four
inches in three months when he was 15 and was 6' 11" when he entered
Philadelphia's Overbrook High School. Extremely agile for his age, he was
on the cross-country team in high school as well as being a high jumper
and shot-putter at the University of Kansas. He began his pro career with
the Harlem Globetrotters in 1958. He was considered an outstanding
volleyball player and he ran in the Honolulu marathon during the '90s as
well as competing in a 50-mile Canadian race.
A gentle giant, the epitome of basketball, a giant with an ego to
match, Chamberlain remained a lifetime bachelor. He claimed to have had
sex with 20,000 women, which could mean spending more time in the bedroom
than on the court. He figures that he had an average of 1.2 women a day
from the time he was 15, women of every nationality and color, women of
such quality that he said most guys would have proposed to them on the
first date, and none of them married.
He is the subject of a biography, "Goliath," and the author
of an autobiography, "A View From Above."
Chamberlain retired in 1973, a reclusive figure who surfaced for an
occasional Lakers event but usually keeping a low profile. He continued to
play volleyball and work out to keep in shape. He did however have heart
problems and was under the care of a cardiologist. He was also in need of
hip-replacement surgery. On 10/13/1999, he was found dead of an apparent
heart attack at the Bel-Air home, the age of 63.
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