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winetourdriver01

(1,154 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2023, 11:06 AM Mar 2023

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Wilt Chamberlain at 17

Wilt Chamberlain at 17 (August 1954). Standing at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history. Several players and publications have argued that Chamberlain is the greatest of all time.

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Wilt Chamberlain at 17 (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP

Heavens. He was all legs. What a phenomenal athlete. hlthe2b Mar 2023 #1

My word!!!! What a beautiful specimen of manhood!! secondwind Mar 2023 #2

One of my early memories was multigraincracker Mar 2023 #3

hlthe2b

(102,534 posts)

1. Heavens. He was all legs. What a phenomenal athlete.

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Mon Mar 6, 2023, 11:08 AM

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secondwind

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2. My word!!!! What a beautiful specimen of manhood!!

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Mon Mar 6, 2023, 11:10 AM

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multigraincracker

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3. One of my early memories was

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Mon Mar 6, 2023, 12:04 PM

Mar 2023

Shaking his hand when I was 5 or 6 years old.
He was in college and playing against Iowa State and my dad was a score keeper.

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