Wilt Larger Than Life

A capturing of basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain's personality and thoughts—known by relatively few people other than family and close friends—is made available to all in this intimate biography. The author, a native of Philadelphia and an alumnus of Chamberlain's alma mater, spent four years researching and interviewing the most important people in Wilt's life to produce these results.

Robert Allen Cherry became a journalist, and eventually a businessman, after teaching English as a Peace Corps volunteer in the West African bush. He has been a general assignment reporter or editor on four newspapers, including The Arizona Republic, and his freelance work has appeared in The New York Times and The Jerusalem Post, among other publications. He was a starting guard in 1960-1961 at Wilt's alma mater, Overbrook High School.

Foreword

vii

Jerry West

Preface

ix

Prologue

xi

The Ugliest Child I've Ever Seen

1

(16)

Please Don't Call Me Stilt

17

(24)

Flippin' with the Dipper

41

(18)

Brother Wilt

59

(14)

Viva Weelt, Viva Weelt

73

(12)

Never Before, Never Again

85

(18)

A Record for the Ages

103

(18)

The Big Fella's Comin'

121

(14)

I'm Tired of Being a Villain

135

(12)

In the Lion's Den

147

(8)

All the Bleeping Practice in the World

155

(12)

The Greatest Team

167

(14)

Old Men Take Revenge

181

(20)

We're Not a Happy Team

201

(24)

Baby, We Got Bad Reviews on Broadway

225

(16)

A Heaping Portion of Humble Pie

241

(10)

The Streak

251

(20)

King of the Mountain

271

(16)

The End of the Game

287

(14)

Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way

301

(16)

Tell Me Who, What, and Where, and I'll Take It from There

317

(20)

I'm Getting Married

337

(6)

There Were Women Everywhere

343

(14)

Rock Chalk, Jayhawk

357

(14)

A Man Who Stands 7' Tall

371

(18)

Epilogue

389

(2)

Acknowledgments

391

(6)

Index

397

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