Many people today tend to forget about the past and the players that excelled in those years. Some of these athletes who dominated their respective sports, that ability came to them with consistency and ease. This Thursday we draw our attention to one of the greatest athletes to ever play professional basketball, Wilt Chamberlain.

Drafted with the first pick in 1956 by the Philadelphia Warriors from Kansas University, Wilt Chamberlain was met with high expectations, and oh boy did he shatter them; scoring 43 points and 28 rebounds in his first NBA game. He ended that season with an outstanding average of 37.6 points and 26 rebounds easily claiming Rookie of the Year, and along with NBA MVP, he also claimed MVP in the All-Star Game of that year.

Standing at 7’1 this man was gifted with the height needed to play center and excel at this game, not only that but his abilities to rebound and shoot the ball were comparable to that of rival Bill Russell who had won 11 championships with the Celtics. Having a career record of 30.1 points per game along with an outstanding average of 22.9 rebounds throughout his 14-season career.

In the 1962 season Wilt Chamberlain had accomplished something nobody in the past, present, and most likely future will ever accomplish, score 100 points in a single game. One of the greatest things he managed to do that season besides average 50.4 points per game which is another record in the NBA. That season he had reached the NBA Finals and split games between the Celtics 3-3 and in the end lost to a clutch shot by future Hall of Famer Sam Jones.

However, in the 1967 season Wilt Chamberlain and the Sixers finished the season 68-13 topping their division in wins. Along with this Wilt Chamberlain won his first NBA Title 4-2 against ex-team San Francisco Warriors. He managed to contribute 17.7 Points Per Game and 28.7 Rebounds Per Game during the series.

In 1972, now with the Lakers, Wilt Chamberlain accompanied by Hall of Famers Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Gail Goodrich topped the western division finishing with a 69-13 record. They had won the NBA title that year against the New York Knicks 4-1 with Wilt Chamberlain winning his first and only finals MVP averaging 19.4 ppg and 23.2 rpg.

Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain will always be remembered as the 2x NBA Champion, Finals MVP, 4x NBA MVP that will forever go down in history as nothing short of legendary.