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Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.
Wilt Chamberlain
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Wilt Chamberlain
Age: 63 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 21
Died: 1999
Died: October 12
Actor
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Wilton Norman Chamberlain
Wilt the Stilt
The Big Dipper
Mr 100
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Dippy
The Load
George Marcus
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