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"lost footage of Wilt's exploits at KU found 60 yrs later"
Tue Jul-16-13 07:11 PM by melmag

  

          

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/15/4345934/six-decades-later-rare-video-emerges.html

July 15

By RUSTIN DODD

The Kansas City Star


LAWRENCE — It’s been nearly 60 years since Wilt Chamberlain arrived on the campus of KU, an athletic phenom and grand curiosity from the Philadelphia basketball scene.

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After sitting out his freshman year, in accordance with the rules of the day, Chamberlain averaged 29.6 points and 18.9 rebounds during the 1956-57 season, leading the Jayhawks to the NCAA title game, where they would lose in triple overtime to North Carolina at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.

Still considered one of the greatest college games of all time, Chamberlain would wear the scars of that game for the rest of his life. He’d play just one more season at Kansas before leaving school a year early. Nearly six decades later, most of Chamberlain’s legendary college exploits are just that — legend, without video to prove how dominant he was in his two seasons at Kansas.

But late last week, the YouTube user “Wilt Chamberlain Archive” posted a nearly 20-minute video of Chamberlain highlights from the Jayhawks’ NCAA tournament run in 1957. By Monday morning, the video had gone viral, recording thousands of hits in the process.

On a Monday morning in mid July, it’s worth a watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S8JuK2dVky0#at=994


  

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lost footage of Wilt's exploits at KU found 60 yrs later [View all] , melmag, Tue Jul-16-13 06:59 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
reminds me a lot of anthony davis. 60 yrs ago. way before his time
Jul 16th 2013
1
reminds me of dream
Jul 16th 2013
5
thought of other exploits
Jul 16th 2013
2
^^^^ Wanted to see someone wilt the stilt
Jul 16th 2013
7
I'm in awe @ his mobility....WOW
Jul 16th 2013
3
One of the most agile big men, ever.
Jul 16th 2013
9
Kinda shows what we already knew
Jul 16th 2013
4
Say it again please PLEASE
Jul 16th 2013
10
WTF are you talking about?
Jul 17th 2013
33
He played against Reed, Russ, Cap, Stokes, Hayes, et al
Jul 17th 2013
42
      So you didnt watch the video
Jul 17th 2013
47
           Of course I already seen it. A video from 1957 in the NCAA
Jul 17th 2013
52
                Well, what DOES tell us much about his pro career?
Jul 18th 2013
56
                     No one is saying he would average 50 and 27 today
Jul 18th 2013
57
                          For a career?
Jul 21st 2013
83
                               25/12 is a huge underselling, the 12 in particular
Jul 22nd 2013
104
                                    lol @ old. He was 30.
Jul 22nd 2013
106
                                         Oh, so you just started watching sports
Jul 22nd 2013
107
                                         Could be why they dont play 48.5 minutes per game anymore
Jul 22nd 2013
108
                                         I think he could put up 35/18/8/4 in today's league
Jul 22nd 2013
109
btw.. whats the consensus on Wilt vs Cap debate?
Jul 16th 2013
6
Cap
Jul 17th 2013
17
Cap doing what he did for as long as he did is
Jul 17th 2013
21
Wilt is to Cap what Shaq is to Tim
Jul 17th 2013
23
Better?
Jul 17th 2013
27
Cap is greatest HS and College player ever
Jul 17th 2013
36
One could argue had a better career, that Wilt and Jordan were better
Jul 17th 2013
43
Cap could've done what Wilt did numbers wise during the same
Jul 19th 2013
63
      doubt it n/m
Jul 20th 2013
66
Tar Heels! i'd like to see Wilt clock that 4.6/40 though
Jul 16th 2013
8
^^^And this too ---> RE: Tar Heels!
Jul 16th 2013
12
shit man looks how he runs in the clip
Jul 17th 2013
30
Yeah...watching him in COLLEGE, I can fully say if anyone says
Jul 16th 2013
11
he would be the 2nd best Center Ever to Shaq
Jul 16th 2013
13
Shaq would foul out and Wilt would knock down all his FTs.
Jul 16th 2013
14
      Cats underestimate Wilt's strenght b/c of his frame
Jul 17th 2013
25
      Uh, Shaq would foul out, but Wilt wouldn't hit his free throws lol
Jul 17th 2013
28
      Shaq would have had his way.
Jul 17th 2013
32
           How? Chamberlain was his size and much more diverse
Jul 17th 2013
45
                Shaq would pound that Era Man
Jul 18th 2013
60
                you'd have to make the reverse wilt argument ...
Jul 18th 2013
61
                laink?
Jul 21st 2013
89
                     was in a book elliott kalb's who's better, who's best in basketball
Jul 22nd 2013
102
if you notice his agility....I mean wilt is damn near
Jul 16th 2013
15
No dunks? Did you watch the video?
Jul 17th 2013
16
are there 5 dunks total on the video??
Jul 17th 2013
18
      great point
Jul 20th 2013
68
:53 mark ... he looks like a damn gazelle running down the court
Jul 17th 2013
26
      no man that big should move that fast
Jul 17th 2013
39
BRUH. he snatched somebody's shot in mid-air... with two hands
Jul 17th 2013
19
they slow it down and you can see the dude's soul leaving his body
Jul 17th 2013
29
lol
Jul 20th 2013
76
word is he used to do that with his own teammates shots too lmao
Jul 17th 2013
31
to those mentioning he's playing against midgets....
Jul 17th 2013
20
a bigger, badder, stronger, meaner.... David Robinson
Jul 17th 2013
22
I'm not even sure David was that athletic....
Jul 17th 2013
24
Dream more athletic than admiral
Jul 17th 2013
40
      He's the only big I'd even consider as athletic as Wilt
Jul 18th 2013
58
      Except Dream doesn't have the same physique/game as Wilt
Jul 18th 2013
62
im willing to acknowledge hes the GOAT
Jul 17th 2013
34
excellent post
Jul 18th 2013
59
He reminded me of Len Bias the way he ran the court
Jul 17th 2013
35
here we go...
Jul 17th 2013
41
      'reminded', asshole, not 'he runs faster than Deion Sanders'
Jul 17th 2013
44
      hahaha
Jul 20th 2013
71
lol at his chest pass & extra long pose w/ arms extended
Jul 17th 2013
37
it's like a vision of the player Mormons prayed Shawn Bradley would be
Jul 17th 2013
38
lmao
Jul 17th 2013
46
LMAO
Jul 17th 2013
48
Mormons & Morons (like Harold Katz unfortunately)
Jul 20th 2013
69
do you realize how long it takes coaches to teach a big man
Jul 17th 2013
49
compare wilt in that vid to, say, deandre jordan at A&M
Jul 17th 2013
53
Did they find it in a shoebox in Warren's basement?
Jul 17th 2013
50
Wow... His wingspan was 9'6"
Jul 17th 2013
51
There is no question whatsoever Wilt was the best of his era
Jul 17th 2013
54
Rock Chalk Jayhawk....
Jul 17th 2013
55
as someone who has gone at it with some Wilt stans here, I'll say this
Jul 19th 2013
64
6'9" is short? Russ, Thurmond and Reed were black? Do tell.
Jul 19th 2013
65
      RE: 6'9" is short? Russ, Thurmond and Reed were black? Do tell.
Jul 20th 2013
67
           Wilt averaged 50 & 26 eight years before Kareem got in the league
Jul 20th 2013
72
           dudes fucking clueless lol
Jul 21st 2013
87
           ^^^^ They go ohh and ah when he jumps in his car ...
Jul 22nd 2013
99
           uh, with ten teams in the L, he did play them night in and night out
Jul 22nd 2013
98
Those purposeful long strides, u can tell that man ran x-country in HS!
Jul 20th 2013
70
2 rings is underachieving.
Jul 20th 2013
73
Bron's had a better career than Kobe already with two, cry
Jul 20th 2013
74
lol if you say so
Jul 21st 2013
81
      oh I kno so but what happens from here will only make it more pronounced
Jul 21st 2013
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           your derailment attempt won't work
Jul 21st 2013
84
                already did n/m
Jul 21st 2013
95
the two he was on were 2 of the greatest teams ever.
Jul 20th 2013
75
so then what were the Celtics teams he lost to?
Jul 20th 2013
77
      a better team over time. w/o dispute.
Jul 20th 2013
78
not at all....
Jul 21st 2013
79
Wilt's teams had enough to go toe to toe with Russell plenty of times
Jul 21st 2013
80
      compare the actual teams...the players on the teams...
Jul 21st 2013
90
           0-4
Jul 21st 2013
96
           in 69 it was close, too bad wilt blew his knee out (and played anyway)
Jul 22nd 2013
101
           he lived Jordan's career through youtube
Sep 23rd 2013
114
68-13, 69-13, are these numbers familiar?
Jul 22nd 2013
100
wilt had a stroke. *moans*
Jul 21st 2013
85
100pts..... nuff said.
Jul 21st 2013
86
100 > 81. 100 with no 3pt shot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 81
Jul 21st 2013
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      </end>
Jul 21st 2013
91
      81 at 6'6 as a SG in 2006 > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Your birth
Jul 21st 2013
92
           whoa whoa, being a top 5/10/20 NBA player is one thing ...
Jul 21st 2013
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           RE: 81 at 6'6 as a SG in 2006 > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Your birth
Jul 21st 2013
94
           And Kobe sat for stretches in that game...
Jul 22nd 2013
97
                pfft, he sat what, five minutes? we all saw it
Jul 22nd 2013
103
                     I'm pretty sure if Kobe was selfish enough to take 63 shots that night
Jul 22nd 2013
105
                          lol @ 17 more attempts at 60%, especially all those outside shots
Jul 22nd 2013
110
***Wilt Chamberlain-The Dream Recruit -- new documentary***
Sep 23rd 2013
111
that post was hilarious but Wilt really was strong as shit apparently
Sep 23rd 2013
112
      cool ass story
Sep 23rd 2013
113
The legend continues...
Jun 14th 2018
115
jesus
Jun 14th 2018
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Why is he not considered the undisputed GOAT? It seems like every...
Feb 10th 2019
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