Wilt Chamberlain's track times

His greatest PR is that he bedded 20,000 women.

I know one of the many legends around Wilt was that he beat Jim Brown in a sprint, barefoot.

I know he came to Eugene to watch track meets after he retired. Very avid T&F fan.

In the 70's he had a youth track club called Wilt Wonder Women in San Diego.

Part of the 20,000 tally.

suzy-qq wrote:

In the 70's he had a youth track club called Wilt Wonder Women in San Diego.

your source for #1 doesn't exist, and your source for #2 and #3 is a single thread on a message board which provides no source for #2 and a non-existent source for #3.

Most of that information is probably false.

The 20,000 women thing is definitely false. But Wilt probably did have herpes and every strain of warts in existence, the inevitable result of promiscuity.

Bad Wigins wrote:

The 20,000 women thing is definitely false. But Wilt probably did have herpes and every strain of warts in existence, the inevitable result of promiscuity.

Oh, please set us straight Almighty Wiggins. We, the weak, the sinful, the evil. Please set us on a course of righteouness and we will be forever in your debt.

Bad Wigins wrote:

your source for #1 doesn't exist, and your source for #2 and #3 is a single thread on a message board which provides no source for #2 and a non-existent source for #3.

Most of that information is probably false.

The 20,000 women thing is definitely false. But Wilt probably did have herpes and every strain of warts in existence, the inevitable result of promiscuity.

If sources are required for something to be true, then the 20,000 number is definitely true.

Tales of the tall wrote:

For those who may wonder about some of the reports that I have been able to turn up below, check out the amazing stride length in this photo of Wilt:

http://explorepahistory.com/kora/files/1/2/1-2-1423-25-ExplorePAHistory-a0l1a0-a_349.JPG

Looks like an over-striding heel striker.

What a Crock wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

The 20,000 women thing is definitely false. But Wilt probably did have herpes and every strain of warts in existence, the inevitable result of promiscuity.

Oh, please set us straight Almighty Wiggins. We, the weak, the sinful, the evil. Please set us on a course of righteouness and we will be forever in your debt.

Wow, what in the world are you talking about? Wigins is correct. Unless you think that someone who slept with 20,000 people is going to be clean

Try reading that again.

What a Crock wrote:

Oh, please set us straight Almighty Wiggins. We, the weak, the sinful, the evil. Please set us on a course of righteouness and we will be forever in your debt.

cccbc wrote:

Wow, what in the world are you talking about? Wigins is correct. Unless you think that someone who slept with 20,000 people is going to be clean

So you think he doped to have sex with that many women?

Archimedes wrote:

What a Crock wrote:

Oh, please set us straight Almighty Wiggins. We, the weak, the sinful, the evil. Please set us on a course of righteouness and we will be forever in your debt.

cccbc wrote:

Wow, what in the world are you talking about? Wigins is correct. Unless you think that someone who slept with 20,000 people is going to be clean

So you think he doped to have sex with that many women?

Yes. Assuming an hour per woman, that's 2.5 years of sex with no breaks. No way you could keep it up that long without drugs

What a Crock wrote:

Oh, please set us straight Almighty Wiggins. We, the weak, the sinful, the evil. Please set us on a course of righteouness and we will be forever in your debt.

What, you think I'm preaching? I'm talking about STD's you jackass. Biology.

Condoms aren't effective against either herpes or warts, including when they're asymptomatic, one reason 1 in 6 Americans has them, most of whom don't know it.

You roll the dice 20,000 times, you're gonna get snake eyes.

cccbc wrote:

Yes. Assuming an hour per woman, that's 2.5 years of sex with no breaks. No way you could keep it up that long without drugs

One hour? What happened to "Wham bam, thank you, ma'm"?

And yet, for all that, he was thoroughly owned by Bill Russell

He was a pretty decent cross country runner as well and was on the team that won the city title his jr year; I don't think he ran cross his senior year.

trackcoach wrote:

He was a pretty decent cross country runner as well and was on the team that won the city title his jr year; I don't think he ran cross his senior year.

I have no reason not to believe this, but was there ANYTHING the man couldn't do? There was some other thread a few years back where his weight lifting exploits were discussed - seems he could bench 500 lbs or some such - there's actual documentation of his high jumping abilities, good reason to believe he could have been a world-class decathlete, now you're saying he was part of a city-championship cross country team... Let me guess, his FIDE rating was "only" 2100 but he beat Bobby Fischer in a blitz match at the Marshall in 1961 and was well known to have offered Tal advice during his match with Botvinnik.

A's N: you're a a Philly guy - anything you can tell us about Wilt's opening repertoire?

dkny64 wrote:

There was some other thread a few years back where his weight lifting exploits were discussed - seems he could bench 500 lbs or some such

Arnold discussing training with Wilt.