Wilt Chamberlain at 17

A young Wilt Chamberlain playing basketball in high school. He was a 7' 1" giant of an athlete and an excellent student. Narrated by the legendary Marty Glickman for Paramount News. This piece is from 1954.

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[ryanrpitem]

why is there a video of him when he was 17 while they don't have the video of him scores the 100 point game?

[eternal8pcurr]

nah, he'll never amount to be anything

[jrzy49]

So what were his grades in sex ed?

[iTuffLove]

now THATS a stilt

[maryjaneclurricane]

dam 7 foot 1 ?

[vincentyang7471]

0:44 OMG is that a sucker or what= =?

[fosbury68]

@motrcolt

It was a counting regular season game. Back in those days NBA teams often played a certain number of "home" games at alternate sites. Hershey PA was one of them for the Philadelphia Warriors.

[tellthetruthg]

People are never satisfied how great is it to see a legend at 17 in the 50's ? No they want to see something else. Amazing

[dantheman9758]

@ronskidizzle High School in 1954 didn't count goal-tending the same way they did in the NBA or NCAA - don't worry, his blocks in college and pro games were legit by today's rules. His standing reach in his barefeet was 1 inch taller than Shaq's in his shoes! Add in his vertical, and you have the only center who blocked PRIME 25y/o Kareem Abdul Jabbars skyhooks REPEATEDLY even though Wilt was an arthritic 35 yr old! 23 skyhook blocks in one h2h playoff series! watch?v=IYq4CWeWaKg amazing!

[shadowgrinch]

@ryanrpitem

Because unfortunately there were no video cameras rolling in that game, only photographers were. The NBA wasn't as popular then as it is now to have video cameras in every game. The video cameras were only present in the featured game for the day (kind of like Monday or Sunday Night Football games featured in the NFL).