Wilt, 1962

The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era

Ranked #76 in Basketball

On the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, right up the street from the chocolate factory, Wilt Chamberlain, a young and striking athlete celebrated as the Big Dipper, scored one hundred points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers.

As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remains shrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New York sportswriters showed up; and a fourteen-year-old local boy ran onto the court when Chamberlain scored his hundredth point, shook his hand, and then ran off with the basketball. In telling the story of this...
more

Similar Books

If you like Wilt, 1962, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?