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I was played the villain so much because I was bigger and stronger than most, and they cast me as the villain everywhere I went.
Wilt Chamberlain
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Wilt Chamberlain
Age: 63 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 21
Died: 1999
Died: October 12
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Basketball Coach
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Philadelphia
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Wilton Norman Chamberlain
Wilt the Stilt
The Big Dipper
Mr 100
The Record Book
Dippy
The Load
George Marcus
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