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Posted on Tue, Apr. 01, 2008 10:15 PM
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Philadelphia reporter campaigning for a Wilt Chamberlain postage stamp
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Wilt the Stilt could become Wilt the Stamp if a grassroots effort to get the Hall of Famer and the only NBA player to score 100 points in a game on a commemorative U.S postage stamp is approved by postal officials.
“I’d be very proud if that happens and I’m sure he would be, too, if he was alive,” said Selina Gross, Chamberlain’s sister. “I think he’d be very honored. He probably wouldn’t believe this could happen to him.”
The cause was started by sportswriter Donald Hunt of The Philadelphia Tribune, a 123-year-old newspaper that primarily targets the black community. Hunt believes “The Big Dipper” has the credentials to join Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis and Jesse Owens among the sports legends with their own stamps.
“People should remember the great ones,” Hunt wrote for a Feb. 15 story. “They don’t come any bigger or better than Wilt Chamberlain.”
Hunt said has already received support from Chamberlain fans and former teammates and opponents. Hunt hopes the stamp will be issued during Black History Month or the anniversary of Chamberlain’s 100-point game on March 2, 1962 against the New York Knicks.
“I don’t think a lot of kids today know how great he was,” Hunt said.
Chamberlain, who played at Kansas, starred in the NBA from 1959 through 1973, playing the Philadelphia (later the San Francisco) Warriors, 76ers and Lakers.
| The Associated Press
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