In fact, Wilt already did that as early as his high school years. It was at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia where Chamberlain first made his presence felt on the basketball scene.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- He was a basketball legend with local roots. Wilt Chamberlain had some of his earliest success as a high school player in Philadelphia. And it was people from here who ...

Averaging 37.4 points, he broke Tom Gola's Philadelphia high school scoring record with 2,206 points. In November 1955, early in Chamberlain's freshman year at Kansas, Wilt Chamberlain averaged 29 ...

Basketball Hall of Fame member Dr. Jack Ramsay was general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers from 1966-68, the final three years Wilt Chamberlain played for the 76ers.

Wilt Chamberlain was rarely amazed at the presence ... In January of that season, Wilkins tore his Achilles against the Philadelphia 76ers. At the time, recovery from that injury was more time ...

They won nine championships during the decade, apart from one year when Wilt Chamberlain led the Philadelphia 76ers to the only non-Boston championship in 1967. Wilt was traded to the Los Angeles ...

As with any all-time NBA article, we must start with Wilt Chamberlain ... statistical achievements. In 1961, Chamberlain starred for the Philadelphia Warriors and was pitted against the New ...