Last Updated on January 10, 2025 by Mathew Diekhake
Here is the detailed information about Wilt Chamberlain:
- Full Name: Wilton Norman Chamberlain
- Nickname: Wilt the stilt, the big dipper
- Nationality: American
- DOB: Born August 21, 1936
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Height: 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 meters)
- Weight: 275 lbs (125 kg) during his playing career
- Wingspan: 7 feet 8 inches (2.34 meters)
- Shoe Size: Size 16 (US)
- Number: 13 (Lakers), 13 (76ers), 13 (Warriors), 13 (Globetrotters)
- Position: Center
- Draft: 1959, 1st round, 1st pick overall by the Philadelphia Warriors (later Golden State Warriors)
- College: University of Kansas
- High School: Overbrook High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rings: 2 NBA Championships (1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers; 1972 with the Los Angeles Lakers)
- Kids: Wilt Chamberlain had one confirmed child, a daughter named Lana, and there are claims of other children, though they have not been widely documented
- Siblings: Wilt Chamberlain had two sisters (Rita and Barbara)
- Retirement Year: 1972-73 (sat out option year 1973-74)
- Retirement Age: Retired from playing in 1973 at age 36