WILT Chamberlain
(1936-1999)
Jayhawk legend comes home at last
Star returns to Kansas a year before his death
years, as Chamberlain got tired of college defenses changing their stylesto thwart him and in 1968 to play with the Harlem Globetrotters. Max Falkenstein, Kansas radio broadcaster for more than 40 years, recalled a time when defenses utilized the box-and-one defense on Wilt — the one chased the ball and the box awake.
By Matt Tait
marks@kansan.com
They say that time heals all
mounds.
was around Wilf.
After the Globetrotters, Chamberlain went on to an illustrious 14-year NBA career. He held 56 NBA records, was second all-time in the scoring, first in rebounding and is the only player to have scored 100 points in a single
On January 17, 1998, at the University of Kansas, that adage became true as Wilt Chamberlain, perhaps Kansas' greatest basketball legend, returned to Lawrence to have his jersey officially retired
Unfortunately, earlier this week another adage became true as well — that all good things must come to an end. Wilt Chamberlain, 63, was found dead at his home in Bel Air,
Even with all of Chamberlain's records and his personal achievements, something still pained him. Something so deep and wrenching