Wilt Chamberlain was a professional basketball player born in 1936 in Philadelphia. Standing at 7'1", he was known as "Wilt the Stilt" and dominated the game in college at the University of Kansas and professionally with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. Chamberlain held numerous NBA records, including scoring 100 points in a single game in 1962 and averaging over 50 points per game for an entire season. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 and remained one of the greatest players in NBA history until his death in 1999.