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Famous quotes by Jim Brown:
"I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition."
"You shouldn't be the lawyer, you should be the promoter."
"The parents are the key."
"They were drag racing down the hill. The driver lost control and hit a utility pole. It slammed [Jimmy] on the head."
"We are trying to see who can perform under those conditions."
"We were hoping to get the team right after this tournament. We were hoping some guys would play good and we'd say OK this is our five guys."
"We certainly haven't given up hope because we see what they can do - their potential. We've got to find a way to transfer that into when the tournament starts."
"During the tournament we didn't perform the way we should."
"I thought we would do a lot better than that. We made so many big numbers it was unbelievable."
"We are tremendously excited and extremely fortunate. Mr. Nicklaus has been so wonderful in the Scarlet Course restoration project and this is just another act of kindness on his behalf. The Kepler will be a great success, and we are looking forward to competing on such a world-class golf course."
"I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest."
"I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem."
"I loved the game. We played because we loved it."
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Jim Brown Greatest Running Back Ever!
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No one in the history of the NFL could quite keep up with this guy, check out some of his amazing highlights and interviews of some of the biggest NFL names....
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- published: 18 Jun 2010
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Jim Brown Interview Part 1
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- Duration: 9:09
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Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
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Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
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JIM BROWN "Lester Lloyd" DON OF DONS - SHOWER POSSE- JAMAICAN DON
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- published: 30 Sep 2011
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Top 100 Players Of All Time:#2 Jim Brown
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- Duration: 7:30
- Updated: 11 May 2013
A scientific match up of two of the greatest athletes of all time with ESPN's John Brenkus.
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A scientific match up of two of the greatest athletes of all time with ESPN's John Brenkus.
- published: 06 Mar 2013
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DLHQ Jim Brown Interview 11/29/11
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Jim Brown Ultimate Highlights Part 1
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- published: 08 Jan 2011
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Jim Brown Sings Piece of My Heart Elvis Style
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- Duration: 4:27
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Jim Brown The Belfast King sings Piece of my Heart in Elvis Prtesley Tribute.
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- published: 21 Feb 2008
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Jim Brown Talks Hollywood Pt. 3
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From the 2002 Spike Lee documentary "Jim Brown - All American". In this conclusion, Jim talks about his turmoils with Richard Pryor.
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From the 2002 Spike Lee documentary "Jim Brown - All American". In this conclusion, Jim talks about his turmoils with Richard Pryor.
- published: 31 Jan 2010
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Jim Brown - A Legend
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- Duration: 11:37
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- published: 23 Sep 2011
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Jim Brown and Raquel Welch 100 Rifles movie
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1969 100 Rifles was one of the first films to feature an interracial love scene. Jim Brown In 2002 was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional fo...
- published: 14 Sep 2011
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Jim Brown Ultimate Highlights Part 2
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- Duration: 7:55
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- published: 08 Jan 2011
- views: 18929
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Jim Brown The Greatest Ever
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- Duration: 5:32
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
Jim Brown 1957-1965, the greatest rb in the nfl.
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Jim Brown 1957-1965, the greatest rb in the nfl.
- published: 22 Mar 2007
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Jim Brown Parody by Christopher B. Duncan (Adult Language)
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- Duration: 4:45
- Updated: 23 Mar 2013
In his younger days, if Jim Brown had been a Talk Show Host, the gist of it would have been similar to this. For those of you who know this man (The best run...
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In his younger days, if Jim Brown had been a Talk Show Host, the gist of it would have been similar to this. For those of you who know this man (The best run...
- published: 16 Oct 2009
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Jim Brown Talks Hollywood Pt. 1
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- Duration: 10:34
- Updated: 04 May 2013
From the Spike Lee 2002 documentary "Jim Brown - All American". Jim Brown and friends reflect on his life in Hollywood and it's politics.
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From the Spike Lee 2002 documentary "Jim Brown - All American". Jim Brown and friends reflect on his life in Hollywood and it's politics.
- published: 31 Jan 2010
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Muhammad Ali vs. Wilt Chamberlain: Jim Brown's Story on SIRIUS XM Radio
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- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 03 May 2013
SiriusXM host Joe Madison speaks with legendary NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown about the proposed boxing match between Muhammad Ali, former Heavyweight Champion...
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SiriusXM host Joe Madison speaks with legendary NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown about the proposed boxing match between Muhammad Ali, former Heavyweight Champion...
- published: 20 Oct 2009
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Shower Posse Documentary Jim Brown " Lester Lloyd "
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- Duration: 14:57
- Updated: 01 May 2013
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- published: 13 Jan 2012
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Jim Brown - Seen Him
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Studio One DJ's Soul Jazz Records.
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Jim Brown
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NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown talks with hosts Elliott Harris and David Spada on Sports & Torts about his college career at Syracuse, the NFL, his Hollywood ca...
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NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown talks with hosts Elliott Harris and David Spada on Sports & Torts about his college career at Syracuse, the NFL, his Hollywood ca...
- published: 05 Jul 2012
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Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - I Don't Wanna Have To Marry You
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From Country Family Reunion Nashville (2008). House Band: Mike Johnson steel, Dirk Johnson, David Smith, John Gardner, Hank Singer, Jimmy Capps guitar, Les S...
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From Country Family Reunion Nashville (2008). House Band: Mike Johnson steel, Dirk Johnson, David Smith, John Gardner, Hank Singer, Jimmy Capps guitar, Les S...
- published: 15 Sep 2012
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Reggae Geel Studio One Tribute ft Jim Brown - Seen Him.MTS
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Reggae Geel 2012 Skaville Circus Studio One Tribute Soul Stereo soundsystem (Fatta) featuring Jim Brown & Lone Ranger & Carlton Livingston & Alpheus Seen Him.
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Reggae Geel 2012 Skaville Circus Studio One Tribute Soul Stereo soundsystem (Fatta) featuring Jim Brown & Lone Ranger & Carlton Livingston & Alpheus Seen Him.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
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geraldine and Jim Brown (Flip W)
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Geraldine Jones arrives at Jim Brown's door with fried chicken. It's obvious that's not all he'll get- you'll see what.
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Geraldine Jones arrives at Jim Brown's door with fried chicken. It's obvious that's not all he'll get- you'll see what.
- published: 10 Feb 2007
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Bomba nucleare (atomica) di 5 kilotoni a Bassora,Iraq (Inchiesta di Rainews24)
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- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
L'inchiesta di Maurizio Torrealta che prende le mosse dalle dichiarazioni di Jim Ford , veterano di guerra, partecipante a Desert Storm e fondatore dell'Orga...
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L'inchiesta di Maurizio Torrealta che prende le mosse dalle dichiarazioni di Jim Ford , veterano di guerra, partecipante a Desert Storm e fondatore dell'Orga...
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 546
- author: Fausto Intilla
Jim Brown
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 29:58
- Updated: 20 Aug 2012
NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown talks with hosts Elliott Harris and David Spada on Sports & Torts about his college career at Syracuse, the NFL, his Hollywood ca...
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NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown talks with hosts Elliott Harris and David Spada on Sports & Torts about his college career at Syracuse, the NFL, his Hollywood ca...
- published: 05 Jul 2012
- views: 651
- author: sportsandtorts
Metabolic Ecology of Humans
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 52:48
- Updated: 16 Apr 2013
Principles of Complexity: Life, Scale, and Civilization August 7, 2012 Jim Brown University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute.
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Principles of Complexity: Life, Scale, and Civilization August 7, 2012 Jim Brown University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute.
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 224
- author: santafeinst
Belize social/political challenge -Nuri Akbar speak with Jim Brown & Kwame Toure
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:22
- Updated: 20 Apr 2013
In 1991 Nuri Akbar conducted exclusive interviews with two prominent activist and Legends - NFL great/Hall of famer Jim Brown & the late revolutionary/Pan Af...
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In 1991 Nuri Akbar conducted exclusive interviews with two prominent activist and Legends - NFL great/Hall of famer Jim Brown & the late revolutionary/Pan Af...
- published: 09 Oct 2011
- views: 561
- author: Knowledge Power
jim brown interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:58
- Updated: 08 Apr 2013
What is a Secret Society? Are you already a member and do not know it? What is the history of these secret societies and how dangerous are they if you get on...
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What is a Secret Society? Are you already a member and do not know it? What is the history of these secret societies and how dangerous are they if you get on...
- published: 09 Mar 2013
- views: 5
- author: Frank Kermit
Heart Centered Living & Loving with Jim Brown
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 60:35
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Every week we will discuss issues of the heart and learn how to live a balanced life between the head and heart. All of us have had our heart hurt and very o...
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Every week we will discuss issues of the heart and learn how to live a balanced life between the head and heart. All of us have had our heart hurt and very o...
- published: 09 Jan 2013
- views: 10
- author: thejoycafe
Jim Brown- Christmas, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and Easter
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 98:37
- Updated: 07 May 2011
Are these holidays from christian origin or pagan and should we celebrate them?
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Are these holidays from christian origin or pagan and should we celebrate them?
- published: 07 May 2011
- views: 2453
Lone Ranger Carlton Livingston and Jim Brown at Party Time radio show - 24 JUIN 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 124:03
- Updated: 03 Apr 2013
More Reggae Dancehall on www.partytime.fr.
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More Reggae Dancehall on www.partytime.fr.
- published: 25 Jun 2012
- views: 801
- author: cheekapartytime
Pre birth planning with Jim Brown and guest Staci Wells
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 59:30
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
We will discuss pre birth planning with our guest Staci Wells. The goal is to come to a higher understanding about some of the "tragedies" in our life and the life of those we love.
Jim's Website www.jimbrownspeaker.com
Join us at http://thejoycafe.com/
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We will discuss pre birth planning with our guest Staci Wells. The goal is to come to a higher understanding about some of the "tragedies" in our life and the life of those we love.
Jim's Website www.jimbrownspeaker.com
Join us at http://thejoycafe.com/
Follow our hosts on facebook https://www.facebook.com/thejoycafe
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- published: 31 Jan 2013
- views: 43
Luxury Makes You Stupid - Why I Don't Get Along With White People.flv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 78:31
- Updated: 04 Sep 2011
Luxury Makes You Stupid Or I Don't Get Along With White People by Jim Brown (WN101994)
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Luxury Makes You Stupid Or I Don't Get Along With White People by Jim Brown (WN101994)
- published: 04 Sep 2011
- views: 658
Heart centered loving Jim Brown what love is and isn't
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 84:29
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
As we celebrate Valentine's Day we discuss what heart centered love is and isn't. Buy yourself a pair of rose colored glasses to look at all of life through ...
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As we celebrate Valentine's Day we discuss what heart centered love is and isn't. Buy yourself a pair of rose colored glasses to look at all of life through ...
- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 5
- author: thejoycafe
Heart centered loving Jim Brown Forgiveness part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 71:02
- Updated: 27 Feb 2013
We will continue our discussion on forgiveness and how vital it is to leading a happy, healthy, loving life. The only way you can live a life filled with joy, happiness and love is to let go of the burden of past hurts by forgiving everybody!
Please visit my website and let me know how I can serve you;
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We will continue our discussion on forgiveness and how vital it is to leading a happy, healthy, loving life. The only way you can live a life filled with joy, happiness and love is to let go of the burden of past hurts by forgiving everybody!
Please visit my website and let me know how I can serve you;
www.jimbrownspeaker.com
Join us at http://thejoycafe.com/
Follow our hosts on facebook https://www.facebook.com/thejoycafe
Listen Live and Join our hosts in Chat at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joycafenetwork
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 0
2012 10 28 Sermon Frank Turluchi Pastor Jim Brown
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:12
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
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2809 - Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 99:11
- Updated: 18 Aug 2011
Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement For His Wife, The Church - God Requires Justice "In Place Of" The Elect Believer In The Death On The Cross
by Jim Brown of Grace & Truth Ministries
http://www.graceandtruth.net/
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Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement For His Wife, The Church - God Requires Justice "In Place Of" The Elect Believer In The Death On The Cross
by Jim Brown of Grace & Truth Ministries
http://www.graceandtruth.net/
- published: 18 Aug 2011
- views: 291
El Ringo Disco Summerfield Clarendon 25/12/85 featuring Jim Brown aka Jim Nastic
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 184:33
- Updated: 24 Oct 2011
EL RINGO DANCE IN CLAREDON JAMAICA 1985 FEATURING STUDIO ONE DJ JIM BROWN AKA JIM NASTIC
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http://www.myspace.com/jimnasticja
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EL RINGO DANCE IN CLAREDON JAMAICA 1985 FEATURING STUDIO ONE DJ JIM BROWN AKA JIM NASTIC
http://www.reverbnation.com/jimnastic
http://www.myspace.com/jimnasticja
- published: 24 Oct 2011
- views: 292
Dr. Jim Brown - God Owns Everything
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 47:09
- Updated: 18 Oct 2011
2011-03-04 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Friday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - God Owns Everything
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2011-03-04 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Friday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - God Owns Everything
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 87
Dr. Jim Brown - The Miracle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 55:54
- Updated: 15 Sep 2012
2011-03-03 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Thursday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - The Miracle.
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2011-03-03 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Thursday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - The Miracle.
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 29
- author: talkingfortruth
Dr. Jim Brown - Firstfruits
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 49:27
- Updated: 15 Sep 2012
2011-03-02 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Wednesday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - Firstfruits.
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2011-03-02 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Wednesday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - Firstfruits.
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 114
- author: talkingfortruth
BSD Professional Certification Update: The Lab Exam by Jim Brown: 2010 NYCBSDCon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 46:16
- Updated: 09 Feb 2012
From the 2010 NYCBSDCon Brochure: BSD Professional Certification Update: The Lab Exam, Jim Brown This talk provides an update on the BSD Professional Lab Exa...
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From the 2010 NYCBSDCon Brochure: BSD Professional Certification Update: The Lab Exam, Jim Brown This talk provides an update on the BSD Professional Lab Exa...
- published: 09 Feb 2012
- views: 94
- author: BSDTVvideos
3rd Annual RZR Forum Ride 2012, Taylor Park, Colorado
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 26:58
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
229 people and 122 RZRs from 15 states decended upon Taylor Park Colorado for the 3rd Annual RZR Forum Ride 2012. The group welcomed Destination Polaris who ...
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229 people and 122 RZRs from 15 states decended upon Taylor Park Colorado for the 3rd Annual RZR Forum Ride 2012. The group welcomed Destination Polaris who ...
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 1773
- author: Jim Brown
2013-02-24 Sermon Thank You Jim Brown
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:37
- Updated: 25 Feb 2013
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DLHQ Jim Brown Interview 11/29/11
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:52
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
http://wn.com/DLHQ_Jim_Brown_Interview_11_29_11
Jim Brown Interview Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:09
- Updated: 19 Apr 2013
Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
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Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 107562
- author: TheGBShow
Jonathan Ross interviews James Brown, Aired: 1st July 2005
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:32
- Updated: 23 Apr 2013
Aired on 1st July 2005 but shot in the final days of June while Brown was in the UK to play two sold-out gigs at the Forum, Kentish Town, London.
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Aired on 1st July 2005 but shot in the final days of June while Brown was in the UK to play two sold-out gigs at the Forum, Kentish Town, London.
- published: 12 Oct 2011
- views: 6233
- author: DaFonkyFace
Jim Brown Greatest Running Back Ever!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 09 May 2013
No one in the history of the NFL could quite keep up with this guy, check out some of his amazing highlights and interviews of some of the biggest NFL names....
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No one in the history of the NFL could quite keep up with this guy, check out some of his amazing highlights and interviews of some of the biggest NFL names....
- published: 18 Jun 2010
- views: 237143
- author: ChatBrowns
James Brown getting interviewed high.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:17
- Updated: 09 May 2013
James Brown being interviewed after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife with a lead pipe and firing a gun at a car she was in.
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James Brown being interviewed after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife with a lead pipe and firing a gun at a car she was in.
- published: 06 Oct 2010
- views: 295218
- author: TheAshtrayFloors
Jim Brown highlights
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 05 May 2013
music by white zombie, Jim Brown the Best RB ever.
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music by white zombie, Jim Brown the Best RB ever.
- published: 29 Mar 2009
- views: 450816
- author: Donnie Lewis
Jim Brown Interview Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:32
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
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Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 54513
- author: TheGBShow
Jim Brown Interview at Meagan Good Birthday Bash
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 06 Nov 2012
Jim Brown Interview at Meagan Good Birthday Bash.
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Jim Brown Interview at Meagan Good Birthday Bash.
- published: 20 Aug 2008
- views: 9739
- author: EdMagikTV
JAMES BROWN In Africa (Zaire concert album) 1974
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 60:46
- Updated: 10 May 2013
The concert album of James Brown's legendary performance in Zaire, Africa, 1974.
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The concert album of James Brown's legendary performance in Zaire, Africa, 1974.
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 7308
- author: nycullaROCKS
THE LAST GREAT JAMES BROWN TV PERFORMANCE: "Late Night w/ David Letterman" 1982
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:13
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Edited and audio-remastered by my soul brutha' Ike Dyson!
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Edited and audio-remastered by my soul brutha' Ike Dyson!
- published: 26 Jan 2013
- views: 3074
- author: comedylaff
James Brown 1985 Interview for The Apollo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
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Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown Celebrity Golf Tournament
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:15
- Updated: 07 Apr 2013
Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown celebrity golf tournament to benefit Amer-I-can foundation.
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Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown celebrity golf tournament to benefit Amer-I-can foundation.
- published: 13 Oct 2011
- views: 1264
- author: Tmgent123
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974).
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 03 Apr 2013
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974). Watch more videos like this at http://soultrain.com/videos/?uri=channels/397041/1231459.
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Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974). Watch more videos like this at http://soultrain.com/videos/?uri=channels/397041/1231459.
- published: 29 Mar 2011
- views: 74695
- author: soultrain
JIM BROWN "Lester Lloyd" DON OF DONS - SHOWER POSSE- JAMAICAN DON
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 13 Apr 2013
VISIT US @ http://swaggarightentertainment.com.
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VISIT US @ http://swaggarightentertainment.com.
- published: 30 Sep 2011
- views: 16331
- author: BATCAVE2040
News 12's Richard Rogers Interviews James Brown (1995)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 18:14
- Updated: 22 Apr 2013
News 12's Richard Rogers sit down with Godfather of Soul James Brown in May 1995.
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News 12's Richard Rogers sit down with Godfather of Soul James Brown in May 1995.
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 1177
- author: WRDWNews12
Jim Brown New York Lizards Pre-Game Speech
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:34
- Updated: 10 May 2013
NFL Legend and New York Lizards Part-Owner Jim Brown gives the New York Lizards a Pre-Game Pump up speech before their game against the Boston Cannons on Sun...
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NFL Legend and New York Lizards Part-Owner Jim Brown gives the New York Lizards a Pre-Game Pump up speech before their game against the Boston Cannons on Sun...
- published: 29 Apr 2013
- views: 3467
- author: majorleaguelax
James Brown Drunk (Full Version)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 12 May 2013
James Brown drunk out of his mind on a TV show...
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James Brown drunk out of his mind on a TV show...
- published: 02 Apr 2006
- views: 6125878
- author: jokergd
Jim Brown Interviews Sailor & Author Steven Callahan
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:45
- Updated: 16 Apr 2012
http://www.outrigmedia.com - Multihull pioneer Jim Brown speaks to longtime sailor, survival expert, author and speaker Steven Callahan. Among the topics Jim...
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http://www.outrigmedia.com - Multihull pioneer Jim Brown speaks to longtime sailor, survival expert, author and speaker Steven Callahan. Among the topics Jim...
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 224
- author: OutRigMedia
Muhammad Ali vs. Wilt Chamberlain: Jim Brown's Story on SIRIUS XM Radio
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 03 May 2013
SiriusXM host Joe Madison speaks with legendary NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown about the proposed boxing match between Muhammad Ali, former Heavyweight Champion...
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SiriusXM host Joe Madison speaks with legendary NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown about the proposed boxing match between Muhammad Ali, former Heavyweight Champion...
- published: 20 Oct 2009
- views: 26472
- author: sirius
Arian Foster interview with Jim Brown NFL legend
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 30 Sep 2012
Jim Brown, NFL legend interview with Arian Foster Houston Texans running back and NFL leading rusher for TMG Jim Brown celebrity golf tournament on October 8...
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Jim Brown, NFL legend interview with Arian Foster Houston Texans running back and NFL leading rusher for TMG Jim Brown celebrity golf tournament on October 8...
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 755
- author: Tmgent123
James Brown - Soul Train
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 44:44
- Updated: 12 May 2013
Hot Pants Get Up (I Feel Like A) Sex Machine 2:36 Get On The Good Foot 4:06 Soul Power 6:51 Make It Funky 9:53 Cold Sweat 11:07 Try Me 14:22 Please Please, P...
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Hot Pants Get Up (I Feel Like A) Sex Machine 2:36 Get On The Good Foot 4:06 Soul Power 6:51 Make It Funky 9:53 Cold Sweat 11:07 Try Me 14:22 Please Please, P...
- published: 24 Jan 2011
- views: 561834
- author: FunkensteinJr
James Brown - Writer - CNN Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:46
- Updated: 20 Jan 2013
James Brown, the writer of Los Angeles Diaries talks about his experience with addiction, alcoholism, and suicide.
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James Brown, the writer of Los Angeles Diaries talks about his experience with addiction, alcoholism, and suicide.
- published: 28 Nov 2008
- views: 1968
- author: JamesBrownAuthor
James Brown - Its A Mans World (Live In Montreux 1981)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:13
- Updated: 13 May 2013
For more info - http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2EAC97/James+Brown One of the defining elements of James Browns career has always been his electrifying live...
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For more info - http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2EAC97/James+Brown One of the defining elements of James Browns career has always been his electrifying live...
- published: 27 Aug 2008
- views: 1227450
- author: eaglerocktv
26:30
Bomba nucleare (atomica) di 5 kilotoni a Bassora,Iraq (Inchiesta di Rainews24)
L'inchiesta di Maurizio Torrealta che prende le mosse dalle dichiarazioni di Jim Ford , ve...
published: 22 Jan 2013
author: Fausto Intilla
Bomba nucleare (atomica) di 5 kilotoni a Bassora,Iraq (Inchiesta di Rainews24)
L'inchiesta di Maurizio Torrealta che prende le mosse dalle dichiarazioni di Jim Ford , veterano di guerra, partecipante a Desert Storm e fondatore dell'Orga...
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 546
- author: Fausto Intilla
29:58
Jim Brown
NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown talks with hosts Elliott Harris and David Spada on Sports & To...
published: 05 Jul 2012
author: sportsandtorts
Jim Brown
NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown talks with hosts Elliott Harris and David Spada on Sports & Torts about his college career at Syracuse, the NFL, his Hollywood ca...
- published: 05 Jul 2012
- views: 651
- author: sportsandtorts
52:48
Metabolic Ecology of Humans
Principles of Complexity: Life, Scale, and Civilization August 7, 2012 Jim Brown Universit...
published: 19 Sep 2012
author: santafeinst
Metabolic Ecology of Humans
Principles of Complexity: Life, Scale, and Civilization August 7, 2012 Jim Brown University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute.
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 224
- author: santafeinst
39:22
Belize social/political challenge -Nuri Akbar speak with Jim Brown & Kwame Toure
In 1991 Nuri Akbar conducted exclusive interviews with two prominent activist and Legends ...
published: 09 Oct 2011
author: Knowledge Power
Belize social/political challenge -Nuri Akbar speak with Jim Brown & Kwame Toure
In 1991 Nuri Akbar conducted exclusive interviews with two prominent activist and Legends - NFL great/Hall of famer Jim Brown & the late revolutionary/Pan Af...
- published: 09 Oct 2011
- views: 561
- author: Knowledge Power
39:58
jim brown interview
What is a Secret Society? Are you already a member and do not know it? What is the history...
published: 09 Mar 2013
author: Frank Kermit
jim brown interview
What is a Secret Society? Are you already a member and do not know it? What is the history of these secret societies and how dangerous are they if you get on...
- published: 09 Mar 2013
- views: 5
- author: Frank Kermit
40:46
JIM BROWN
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published: 16 Mar 2012
author: Jamaican Matie
JIM BROWN
- published: 16 Mar 2012
- views: 4248
- author: Jamaican Matie
60:35
Heart Centered Living & Loving with Jim Brown
Every week we will discuss issues of the heart and learn how to live a balanced life betwe...
published: 09 Jan 2013
author: thejoycafe
Heart Centered Living & Loving with Jim Brown
Every week we will discuss issues of the heart and learn how to live a balanced life between the head and heart. All of us have had our heart hurt and very o...
- published: 09 Jan 2013
- views: 10
- author: thejoycafe
98:37
Jim Brown- Christmas, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and Easter
Are these holidays from christian origin or pagan and should we celebrate them?...
published: 07 May 2011
Jim Brown- Christmas, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and Easter
Are these holidays from christian origin or pagan and should we celebrate them?
- published: 07 May 2011
- views: 2453
124:03
Lone Ranger Carlton Livingston and Jim Brown at Party Time radio show - 24 JUIN 2012
More Reggae Dancehall on www.partytime.fr....
published: 25 Jun 2012
author: cheekapartytime
Lone Ranger Carlton Livingston and Jim Brown at Party Time radio show - 24 JUIN 2012
More Reggae Dancehall on www.partytime.fr.
- published: 25 Jun 2012
- views: 801
- author: cheekapartytime
59:30
Pre birth planning with Jim Brown and guest Staci Wells
We will discuss pre birth planning with our guest Staci Wells. The goal is to come to a hi...
published: 31 Jan 2013
Pre birth planning with Jim Brown and guest Staci Wells
We will discuss pre birth planning with our guest Staci Wells. The goal is to come to a higher understanding about some of the "tragedies" in our life and the life of those we love.
Jim's Website www.jimbrownspeaker.com
Join us at http://thejoycafe.com/
Follow our hosts on facebook https://www.facebook.com/thejoycafe
Listen Live and Join our hosts in Chat at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joycafenetwork
- published: 31 Jan 2013
- views: 43
78:31
Luxury Makes You Stupid - Why I Don't Get Along With White People.flv
Luxury Makes You Stupid Or I Don't Get Along With White People by Jim Brown (WN101994)...
published: 04 Sep 2011
Luxury Makes You Stupid - Why I Don't Get Along With White People.flv
Luxury Makes You Stupid Or I Don't Get Along With White People by Jim Brown (WN101994)
- published: 04 Sep 2011
- views: 658
84:29
Heart centered loving Jim Brown what love is and isn't
As we celebrate Valentine's Day we discuss what heart centered love is and isn't. Buy your...
published: 15 Feb 2013
author: thejoycafe
Heart centered loving Jim Brown what love is and isn't
As we celebrate Valentine's Day we discuss what heart centered love is and isn't. Buy yourself a pair of rose colored glasses to look at all of life through ...
- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 5
- author: thejoycafe
71:02
Heart centered loving Jim Brown Forgiveness part 2
We will continue our discussion on forgiveness and how vital it is to leading a happy, hea...
published: 27 Feb 2013
Heart centered loving Jim Brown Forgiveness part 2
We will continue our discussion on forgiveness and how vital it is to leading a happy, healthy, loving life. The only way you can live a life filled with joy, happiness and love is to let go of the burden of past hurts by forgiving everybody!
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www.jimbrownspeaker.com
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- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 0
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2:35
The Beatles Rockband Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created ...
published: 16 Sep 2009
author: Stephane coedel
The Beatles Rockband Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic intro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.
I was part of the compositor's team. I was responsible for the shot where the Beatles clothes, on the escalator are transforming and the folowing one with the crazy sun and planets fun fair.
Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps
Harmonix Music:
Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire
Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin
Production Co: Passion Pictures
Writer/Director: Pete Candeland
Producer: Debbie Crosscup
Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley
CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]
2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson
Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold
Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley
Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge
Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham
Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns
Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous
FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott
Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore
2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton
Anmation test check: Tony Clarke
CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci
Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson
Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood
Animation FX: Jamie Franks
Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau
Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines
Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter
Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio
Directors Assistant: Giles Dill
Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp
Telecine: Rushes
1:00
The Beatles Rockband Outro
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic outro for the long awaited The Beatl...
published: 17 Sep 2009
author: Stephane coedel
The Beatles Rockband Outro
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic outro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.
I was part of the compositor's team.
I was responsible for the shots with George Harrison, Ringo's foot tapping the big Drum while the flowers start growing and the large shot with The Battersea power plant and the tower bridge, I helped on other shots and did all the pollens particles.
Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps
Harmonix Music:
Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire
Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin
Production Co: Passion Pictures
Writer/Director: Pete Candeland
Producer: Debbie Crosscup
Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley
CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]
2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson
Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold
Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley
Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge
Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham
Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns
Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous
FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott
Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore
2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton
Anmation test check: Tony Clarke
CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci
Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson
Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood
Animation FX: Jamie Franks
Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau
Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines
Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter
Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio
Directors Assistant: Giles Dill
Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp
Telecine: Rushes
2:43
A SECRET PARTY with Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and other celebrities/ news
The second animated music video for My Secret Island!
The song is instrumental and titled ...
published: 18 Jun 2012
author: My Secret Island
A SECRET PARTY with Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and other celebrities/ news
The second animated music video for My Secret Island!
The song is instrumental and titled "A Secret Party".
This song is available on " My Secret Island " - The First Stories, EP,
including " Riders On The Storm " - " The Doors " cover version (Only available on CD)
For more songs by My Secret Island please visit :
http://www.facebook.com/MySecretIsland
Video is directed and edited by Grete "Stitch" Laus
http://www.KillingCulture.com/
Characters are drawn by Maria "Doolally" Evestus
http://www.facebook.com/mevestusart
Animation by TNS Works @ thenewscum.com 2011
The video depicts a secret island somewhere far-far away where dead celebrities go to have a secret party! The celebrities are only real to all of us because of television – even if we see them in real life, they will not be the same as they are on TV. Television also makes them immortal – therefore it might actually be the “heaven” all celebrities want to go to after they die? In this video the Secret Island is floating on clouds as a metaphor for heaven but all the celebrity souls are in television boxes – almost like trapped there – but since they left their bodies on earth, they are “wearing” artificial robot bodies modeled after the ones they used to have when they were alive. In the end, there is a child watching the whole “show” on television which symbolizes again the immortality granted by TV as well as our media exploiting celebrities even after their deaths to make money off them.
Incl. sexy Marilyn Monroe, lovely Audrey Hepburn, Jimi Hendrix, Jackie O, JFK, James Brown, Jim Morrison,
Elvis, Albert Einstein, Ghandi, Lincoln, Charlie Chaplin and the Hand Of God .
(additional search terms: headlines, dead, died, death, killed, drugs, fame, prominence, adobe, celebs, unforgotten, history, dark, comic, music, video, instrumental music )
2:45
RockBand Beatles Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created ...
published: 25 May 2010
author: Quentin Vien
RockBand Beatles Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic intro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.
Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps
Harmonix Music:
Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire
Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin
Production Co: Passion Pictures
Writer/Director: Pete Candeland
Producer: Debbie Crosscup
Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley
CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]
2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson
Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold
Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley
Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge
Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham
Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns
Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous
FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott
Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore
2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton
Anmation test check: Tony Clarke
CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci
Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson
Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood
Animation FX: Jamie Franks
Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau
Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines
Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter
Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio
Directors Assistant: Giles Dill
Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp
Telecine: Rushes
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99:11
2809 - Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement
Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement For His Wife, The Church - God Requires J...
published: 18 Aug 2011
2809 - Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement
Predestination: Jesus Is The Vicarious Atonement For His Wife, The Church - God Requires Justice "In Place Of" The Elect Believer In The Death On The Cross
by Jim Brown of Grace & Truth Ministries
http://www.graceandtruth.net/
- published: 18 Aug 2011
- views: 291
184:33
El Ringo Disco Summerfield Clarendon 25/12/85 featuring Jim Brown aka Jim Nastic
EL RINGO DANCE IN CLAREDON JAMAICA 1985 FEATURING STUDIO ONE DJ JIM BROWN AKA JIM NASTIC
...
published: 24 Oct 2011
El Ringo Disco Summerfield Clarendon 25/12/85 featuring Jim Brown aka Jim Nastic
EL RINGO DANCE IN CLAREDON JAMAICA 1985 FEATURING STUDIO ONE DJ JIM BROWN AKA JIM NASTIC
http://www.reverbnation.com/jimnastic
http://www.myspace.com/jimnasticja
- published: 24 Oct 2011
- views: 292
47:09
Dr. Jim Brown - God Owns Everything
2011-03-04 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - F...
published: 18 Oct 2011
Dr. Jim Brown - God Owns Everything
2011-03-04 - Faith Baptist Church ~ Gulfport, MS - Stewardship and Missions Conference - Friday Night - Dr. Jim Brown - God Owns Everything
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 87
6:52
DLHQ Jim Brown Interview 11/29/11
...
published: 29 Nov 2011
author: DLHQonESPN
DLHQ Jim Brown Interview 11/29/11
- published: 29 Nov 2011
- views: 3608
- author: DLHQonESPN
9:09
Jim Brown Interview Part 1
Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007....
published: 15 Aug 2008
author: TheGBShow
Jim Brown Interview Part 1
Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 107562
- author: TheGBShow
12:32
Jonathan Ross interviews James Brown, Aired: 1st July 2005
Aired on 1st July 2005 but shot in the final days of June while Brown was in the UK to pla...
published: 12 Oct 2011
author: DaFonkyFace
Jonathan Ross interviews James Brown, Aired: 1st July 2005
Aired on 1st July 2005 but shot in the final days of June while Brown was in the UK to play two sold-out gigs at the Forum, Kentish Town, London.
- published: 12 Oct 2011
- views: 6233
- author: DaFonkyFace
4:14
Jim Brown Greatest Running Back Ever!
No one in the history of the NFL could quite keep up with this guy, check out some of his ...
published: 18 Jun 2010
author: ChatBrowns
Jim Brown Greatest Running Back Ever!
No one in the history of the NFL could quite keep up with this guy, check out some of his amazing highlights and interviews of some of the biggest NFL names....
- published: 18 Jun 2010
- views: 237143
- author: ChatBrowns
4:17
James Brown getting interviewed high.
James Brown being interviewed after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife with ...
published: 06 Oct 2010
author: TheAshtrayFloors
James Brown getting interviewed high.
James Brown being interviewed after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife with a lead pipe and firing a gun at a car she was in.
- published: 06 Oct 2010
- views: 295218
- author: TheAshtrayFloors
4:09
Jim Brown highlights
music by white zombie, Jim Brown the Best RB ever....
published: 29 Mar 2009
author: Donnie Lewis
Jim Brown highlights
music by white zombie, Jim Brown the Best RB ever.
- published: 29 Mar 2009
- views: 450816
- author: Donnie Lewis
6:32
Jim Brown Interview Part 2
Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007....
published: 15 Aug 2008
author: TheGBShow
Jim Brown Interview Part 2
Graham Bensinger Interviews Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles in January 2007.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 54513
- author: TheGBShow
60:46
JAMES BROWN In Africa (Zaire concert album) 1974
The concert album of James Brown's legendary performance in Zaire, Africa, 1974....
published: 15 Dec 2012
author: nycullaROCKS
JAMES BROWN In Africa (Zaire concert album) 1974
The concert album of James Brown's legendary performance in Zaire, Africa, 1974.
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 7308
- author: nycullaROCKS
13:13
THE LAST GREAT JAMES BROWN TV PERFORMANCE: "Late Night w/ David Letterman" 1982
Edited and audio-remastered by my soul brutha' Ike Dyson!...
published: 26 Jan 2013
author: comedylaff
THE LAST GREAT JAMES BROWN TV PERFORMANCE: "Late Night w/ David Letterman" 1982
Edited and audio-remastered by my soul brutha' Ike Dyson!
- published: 26 Jan 2013
- views: 3074
- author: comedylaff
6:02
James Brown 1985 Interview for The Apollo
...
published: 04 Nov 2011
author: cratesofjr
James Brown 1985 Interview for The Apollo
- published: 04 Nov 2011
- views: 3610
- author: cratesofjr
6:15
Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown Celebrity Golf Tournament
Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown celebrity golf tournament to...
published: 13 Oct 2011
author: Tmgent123
Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown Celebrity Golf Tournament
Jim & Monique Brown interview by Alan Thicke at TMG Jim Brown celebrity golf tournament to benefit Amer-I-can foundation.
- published: 13 Oct 2011
- views: 1264
- author: Tmgent123
3:20
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974).
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974). Watch more videos like this at h...
published: 29 Mar 2011
author: soultrain
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974).
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974). Watch more videos like this at http://soultrain.com/videos/?uri=channels/397041/1231459.
- published: 29 Mar 2011
- views: 74695
- author: soultrain
3:20
JIM BROWN "Lester Lloyd" DON OF DONS - SHOWER POSSE- JAMAICAN DON
VISIT US @ http://swaggarightentertainment.com....
published: 30 Sep 2011
author: BATCAVE2040
JIM BROWN "Lester Lloyd" DON OF DONS - SHOWER POSSE- JAMAICAN DON
VISIT US @ http://swaggarightentertainment.com.
- published: 30 Sep 2011
- views: 16331
- author: BATCAVE2040
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2:35
The Beatles Rockband Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created ...
published: 16 Sep 2009
author: Stephane coedel
The Beatles Rockband Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic intro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.
I was part of the compositor's team. I was responsible for the shot where the Beatles clothes, on the escalator are transforming and the folowing one with the crazy sun and planets fun fair.
Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps
Harmonix Music:
Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire
Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin
Production Co: Passion Pictures
Writer/Director: Pete Candeland
Producer: Debbie Crosscup
Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley
CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]
2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson
Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold
Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley
Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge
Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham
Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns
Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous
FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott
Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore
2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton
Anmation test check: Tony Clarke
CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci
Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson
Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood
Animation FX: Jamie Franks
Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau
Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines
Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter
Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio
Directors Assistant: Giles Dill
Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp
Telecine: Rushes
1:00
The Beatles Rockband Outro
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic outro for the long awaited The Beatl...
published: 17 Sep 2009
author: Stephane coedel
The Beatles Rockband Outro
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic outro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.
I was part of the compositor's team.
I was responsible for the shots with George Harrison, Ringo's foot tapping the big Drum while the flowers start growing and the large shot with The Battersea power plant and the tower bridge, I helped on other shots and did all the pollens particles.
Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps
Harmonix Music:
Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire
Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin
Production Co: Passion Pictures
Writer/Director: Pete Candeland
Producer: Debbie Crosscup
Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley
CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]
2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson
Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold
Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley
Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge
Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham
Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns
Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous
FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott
Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore
2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton
Anmation test check: Tony Clarke
CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci
Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson
Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood
Animation FX: Jamie Franks
Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau
Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines
Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter
Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio
Directors Assistant: Giles Dill
Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp
Telecine: Rushes
2:43
A SECRET PARTY with Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and other celebrities/ news
The second animated music video for My Secret Island!
The song is instrumental and titled ...
published: 18 Jun 2012
author: My Secret Island
A SECRET PARTY with Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and other celebrities/ news
The second animated music video for My Secret Island!
The song is instrumental and titled "A Secret Party".
This song is available on " My Secret Island " - The First Stories, EP,
including " Riders On The Storm " - " The Doors " cover version (Only available on CD)
For more songs by My Secret Island please visit :
http://www.facebook.com/MySecretIsland
Video is directed and edited by Grete "Stitch" Laus
http://www.KillingCulture.com/
Characters are drawn by Maria "Doolally" Evestus
http://www.facebook.com/mevestusart
Animation by TNS Works @ thenewscum.com 2011
The video depicts a secret island somewhere far-far away where dead celebrities go to have a secret party! The celebrities are only real to all of us because of television – even if we see them in real life, they will not be the same as they are on TV. Television also makes them immortal – therefore it might actually be the “heaven” all celebrities want to go to after they die? In this video the Secret Island is floating on clouds as a metaphor for heaven but all the celebrity souls are in television boxes – almost like trapped there – but since they left their bodies on earth, they are “wearing” artificial robot bodies modeled after the ones they used to have when they were alive. In the end, there is a child watching the whole “show” on television which symbolizes again the immortality granted by TV as well as our media exploiting celebrities even after their deaths to make money off them.
Incl. sexy Marilyn Monroe, lovely Audrey Hepburn, Jimi Hendrix, Jackie O, JFK, James Brown, Jim Morrison,
Elvis, Albert Einstein, Ghandi, Lincoln, Charlie Chaplin and the Hand Of God .
(additional search terms: headlines, dead, died, death, killed, drugs, fame, prominence, adobe, celebs, unforgotten, history, dark, comic, music, video, instrumental music )
2:45
RockBand Beatles Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created ...
published: 25 May 2010
author: Quentin Vien
RockBand Beatles Intro
BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!
Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic intro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.
Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps
Harmonix Music:
Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire
Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin
Production Co: Passion Pictures
Writer/Director: Pete Candeland
Producer: Debbie Crosscup
Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley
CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]
2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson
Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold
Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley
Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge
Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham
Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns
Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous
FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott
Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore
2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton
Anmation test check: Tony Clarke
CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci
Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson
Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood
Animation FX: Jamie Franks
Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau
Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines
Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter
Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio
Directors Assistant: Giles Dill
Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp
Telecine: Rushes
Youtube results:
18:14
News 12's Richard Rogers Interviews James Brown (1995)
News 12's Richard Rogers sit down with Godfather of Soul James Brown in May 1995....
published: 16 Nov 2012
author: WRDWNews12
News 12's Richard Rogers Interviews James Brown (1995)
News 12's Richard Rogers sit down with Godfather of Soul James Brown in May 1995.
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 1177
- author: WRDWNews12
6:34
Jim Brown New York Lizards Pre-Game Speech
NFL Legend and New York Lizards Part-Owner Jim Brown gives the New York Lizards a Pre-Game...
published: 29 Apr 2013
author: majorleaguelax
Jim Brown New York Lizards Pre-Game Speech
NFL Legend and New York Lizards Part-Owner Jim Brown gives the New York Lizards a Pre-Game Pump up speech before their game against the Boston Cannons on Sun...
- published: 29 Apr 2013
- views: 3467
- author: majorleaguelax
12:45
Jim Brown Interviews Sailor & Author Steven Callahan
http://www.outrigmedia.com - Multihull pioneer Jim Brown speaks to longtime sailor, surviv...
published: 16 Apr 2012
author: OutRigMedia
Jim Brown Interviews Sailor & Author Steven Callahan
http://www.outrigmedia.com - Multihull pioneer Jim Brown speaks to longtime sailor, survival expert, author and speaker Steven Callahan. Among the topics Jim...
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 224
- author: OutRigMedia
photo: AP / Doug Parker
13 May 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19. Order Reprints. Doug Parker New Orleans Police investigate shooting at the intersection Frenchman Street at N. Villere on Mother's Day in New Orleans, Sunday May 12, 2013 ... Villere on Mother's Day in New Orleans, Sunday May 12, 2013 ... S ... Villere on Mother's Day in New Orleans, Sunday May 12, 2013 ... ....(size: 8.6Kb)
photo: AP / Health Protection Agency
13 May 2013
MOSCOW, May 13 (RIA Novosti) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday it is possible that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can transmit between people in close contact ... NCoV may cause pneumonia and sometimes kidney failure. Its cases have been detected in Saudi Arabia and Jordan ... ....(size: 1.3Kb)
photo: Public Domain / Official Navy Page
12 May 2013
North Korea has criticised the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an "extremely reckless" provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state. A US naval strike group led by the nuclear-powered Nimitz arrived off the South's southern port of Busan Saturday for the drill to be staged this week, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea in recent months ... January 1951 ... ....(size: 10.9Kb)
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By George Gao. UNITED NATIONS - Adding fuel to a long-simmering dispute between the US and Pakistan, a Peshawar High Court declared Central Intelligence Agency drone strikes illegal last Thursday, referring to such attacks in Pakistan's tribal belt as "war crime[s]". The court called for its nation's "use of force, if need be" to prevent further civilian deaths from US drone strikes ... Geneva Conventions ... (Inter-Press Service) ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)
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13 May 2013
Farms processing insects for animal feed might soon become global reality as demand grows for sustainable feed sources. The case for insects such as ants becoming a major industrial food source is being taken seriously by governments, says the report. Photograph. Gail Shumway/Getty Images ... Doing so would reduce the pressure on the Earth's forests and seas as food sources ... Sear grubs with butter and garlic in a hot pan until brown ... ....(size: 6.3Kb)
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(Source. New Mexico State University) Date. 2013-05-13. Writer. Samuel Horstman, (575) 646-7565, shorstma@nmsu.edu. The New Mexico State University rodeo team wrapped up the spring season with several wins April 26-28 during the university's intercollegiate rodeo. The event was also named "Best Rodeo of the Year" for the ninth time in a row. "I couldn't be any more proud of my team this season," said Jim Brown, NMSU rodeo coach ... 4 ... (noodl....(size: 2.2Kb)
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14 May 2013
Sinai 7 Bay Shore 11, East Islip 7 Jim Brown Rocky Point 19, Miller Place 12 ESM beats Rocky Point, 7-2 Port Washington 10, Farmingdale 5 Massapequa 14, Syosset 6 Half Hollow Hills 9, Middle Country 6 Plainedge 8, Long Beach 7 MacArthur 10, Port Washington 0 Mepham 6, Carey 0 Long Island Challenge Ward Melville 11, Bay Shore 10 Jericho 8, Roslyn 7 ......(size: 2.6Kb)
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13 May 2013
Former Syracuse quarterback Donovan McNabb had some news to share on Twitter this past weekend ... McNabb's honor is certainly deserved ... The No ... Jim Brown, considered by many the greatest football player of all time, has his own banner at the Carrier Dome as does Ernie Davis, the only Heisman winner in Syracuse history ... Syracuse's running back stable is certainly full with the likes of Jim Brown, Floyd Little, Ernie Davis and Larry Csonka ... ....(size: 4.1Kb)
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12 May 2013
To the Sports Editor.. Re “Bulls’ Star Standing Out for Not Toughing It Out,” May 8 ... JIM COLLINS. Arlington, Va. Brown’s Missed Opportunity ... Re “Jim Brown, Still a Hometown Hero,” May 1. Jim Brown may have been a great athlete and forthright on issues of civil rights, but he remains far less than courageous about his record of domestic violence ... Chicago Bulls Brown, Jim Rose, Derrick Sports Injuries ... U.S ... ....(size: 4.1Kb)
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11 May 2013
Sinai 7 Bay Shore 11, East Islip 7 Jim Brown Rocky Point 19, Miller Place 12 ESM beats Rocky Point, 7-2 Port Washington 10, Farmingdale 5 Massapequa 14, Syosset 6 Half Hollow Hills 9, Middle Country 6 Plainedge 8, Long Beach 7 MacArthur 10, Port Washington 0 Mepham 6, Carey 0 Long Island Challenge Ward Melville 11, Bay Shore 10 Jericho 8, Roslyn 7 ......(size: 2.7Kb)
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(Source. Chesterfield FC Ltd) Global Brands have acted as sponsors for over 13 years, with the VK Vodka Kick and Kick Energy logos appearing on the shirts ... Jim Brown, commercial manager for the Spireites, thanked Global Brands for their long-standing support ... (noodl....(size: 1.2Kb)
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James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever.[2] He is considered to be one of the greatest professional athletes the U.S. has ever produced.[3]
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Early life[link]
James Nathaniel Brown was born to Theresa (a housekeeper) and Swinton Brown (a professional boxer).[4]
At Manhasset Secondary School, Brown earned 13 letters playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball and running track.[5] According to the New York Times:
Mr. Brown credits his self-reliance to having grown up on St. Simons's island, an all-black community off the coast of Georgia where he was raised by his grandmother and where racism did not affect him directly. At the age of 8 he moved to Manhasset, N.Y., where his mother worked as a domestic. It was at Manhasset High School that he became a football star and athletic legend.[5]
He averaged a then-Long Island record 38 points per game for his basketball team. That record was later broken by future Boston Red Sox star Carl Yastrzemski of Bridgehampton.[6]
College sports career[link]
As a sophomore at Syracuse University, Brown was the second leading rusher on the team. As a junior, he rushed for 666 yards (5.2 per carry). In his senior year, Brown was a unanimous first-team All-American. He finished 5th in the Heisman Trophy voting, and set school records for highest rush average (6.2) and most rushing touchdowns (6). He ran for 986 yards—third most in the country despite Syracuse playing only eight games—and scored 14 touchdowns. In the regular-season finale, a 61–7 rout of Colgate, he rushed for 197 yards, scored six touchdowns and kicked seven extra points for 43 points (another school record). Then in the Cotton Bowl, he rushed for 132 yards, scored three touchdowns and kicked three extra points. But a blocked extra point after Syracuse's third touchdown was the difference as TCU won 28–27.[7]
Brown is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.[citation needed]
Perhaps more impressive was his success as a multi-sport athlete. In addition to his football accomplishments, he excelled in basketball, track, and especially lacrosse. As a sophomore, he was the second leading scorer for the basketball team (15 ppg), and earned a letter on the track team. His junior year, he averaged 11.3 points in basketball, and was named a second-team All-American in lacrosse. His senior year, he was named a first-team All-American in lacrosse (43 goals in 10 games to rank second in scoring nationally).[8]
Professional football career[link]
Brown was taken in the first round of the 1956 draft by the Cleveland Browns.[9] He departed as the NFL record holder for both single-season (1,863 in 1963) and career rushing (12,312 yards), as well as the all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (106), total touchdowns (126), and all-purpose yards (15,549). He was the first player ever to reach the 100-rushing-touchdowns milestone, and only a few others have done so since, despite the league's expansion to a 16-game season in 1978 (Brown's first four seasons were only 12 games, and his last five were 14 games). Brown's record of scoring 100 touchdowns in only 93 games stood until LaDainian Tomlinson did it in 89 games during the 2006 season. Brown holds the record for total seasons leading the NFL in all-purpose yards (5: 1958–1961, 1964), and is the only rusher in NFL history to average over 100 yards per game for a career. Brown was also a superb receiver out of the backfield, catching 262 passes for 2,499 yards and 20 touchdowns. Every season he played, Brown was voted into the Pro Bowl, and he left the league in style by scoring three touchdowns in his final Pro Bowl game. Perhaps the most amazing feat is that Jim Brown accomplished these records despite never playing past 29 years of age. Brown's 6 games with at least 4 touchdowns remains an NFL record. LaDainian Tomlinson and Marshall Faulk both have five games with 4 touchdowns.
Brown led the league in rushing a record eight times.
He told me, 'Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.' He lived by that philosophy and I always followed that advice.—John Mackey, 1999
Brown's 1,863 rushing yards in the 1963 season remain a Cleveland franchise record. It is currently the oldest franchise record for rushing yards out of all 32 NFL teams. While others have compiled more prodigious statistics, when viewing Brown's standing in the game his style of running must be considered along with statistical measures. He was very difficult to tackle (shown by his leading 5.2 yards per carry), often requiring more than one person to bring him down.[10]
Brown retired far ahead of the second-leading rusher and remains the league's eighth all-time leading rusher, and is still the Cleveland Browns all-time leading rusher.
Acting career[link]
Brown began his career as an actor with an appearance in the film Rio Conchos in 1964, then played a villain in a 1967 episode of I Spy called "Cops and Robbers", went on to star in the 1967 war movie The Dirty Dozen (during the filming of which he announced his retirement from professional football), the 1970 movie ...tick...tick...tick..., as well as in numerous other features. Biographer Mike Freeman credits Brown with becoming “the first black action star”, thanks to roles like the Marine captain he portrayed in the hit 1968 film Ice Station Zebra.[11]
In 1969, Brown starred in 100 Rifles with Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch. The film was one of the first to feature an interracial love scene. Raquel Welch reflects on the scene in Spike Lee's Jim Brown: All-American. Brown acted with Fred Williamson in films such as 1972's Black Gunn, 1974's Three the Hard Way, 1975's Take a Hard Ride, 1982's One Down, Two to Go, 1996's Original Gangstas and 2002's On the Edge. He also guest-starred in a handful of television episodes of various programs with Williamson. In 1998, he provided the voice of Butch Meathook in Small Soldiers. Perhaps Brown's most memorable roles were as Robert Jefferson in The Dirty Dozen, and in Keenen Ivory Wayans' 1988 comedy I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Brown also acted in 1987's The Running Man, an adaptation of a Stephen King story, as Fireball. He played a coach in Any Given Sunday and also appeared in Sucker Free City and Mars Attacks!. Brown appeared in some TV shows including Knight Rider in the season 3 premiere episode Knight of the Drones. Brown appeared alongside football hero Joe Namath on The A-Team episode Quarterback Sneak.'[12]
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Brown served as a color analyst on NFL telecasts for CBS in 1977–78.
In 1983, seventeen years after retiring from professional football, Brown mused about coming out of retirement to play for the Los Angeles Raiders when it appeared that Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris would break his all-time rushing record. Brown disliked Harris' style of running, criticizing the Steeler running back's tendency to run out of bounds, a marked contrast to Brown's approach of fighting for every yard and taking on the oncoming tackler. Eventually, Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke the record on October 7, 1984, with Brown having ended thoughts of a comeback. Harris himself, who retired after the 1984 season after playing eight games with the Seattle Seahawks, fell short of Brown's mark. Another Steeler running back, Jerome Bettis (whose running style more resembled Brown's), would later surpass Brown.
Brown's autobiography was published in 1989 by Zebra Books. It was titled Out of Bounds and was co-written with Steve Delsohn. He was a subject of the book Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir of the Great Jim Brown, by James Toback.
In 1993, Brown was hired as a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a role he occupied for the first six pay-per-view events.
In 1988 Brown founded the Amer-I-Can Program. He currently works with kids caught up in the gang scene in Los Angeles and Cleveland through this Amer-I-Can program.[13] It is a life management skills organization that operates in inner cities and prisons.
Brown was convicted of misdemeanor vandalism in 1999 for damaging the automobile of his wife, Monique. Rather than participate in domestic violence counseling, community service, and probation, Brown chose instead to serve several months in jail, because, he said, "The conditions of my sentence were ridiculous.”[14][15]
In 2002, film director Spike Lee released the film Jim Brown: All-American; a retrospective on Brown's professional career and personal life.
In 2008, Brown initiated a lawsuit against Sony and EA Sports for using his likeness in the Madden NFL video game series. He claimed that he "never signed away any rights that would allow his likeness to be used".[16]
As of 2008, Brown was serving as an Executive Advisor to the Cleveland Browns, assisting to build relationships with the team's players and to further enhance the NFL’s wide range of sponsored programs through the team's player programs department.[17]
Football accolades[link]
Brown's memorable professional career led to his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971, while The Sporting News selected him as the greatest football player of all time. Brown's football talents at Syracuse garnered him a berth in the College Football Hall of Fame. Brown also earned a spot in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, giving him a rare triple crown of sorts as well as being one of the few athletes to be a Hall of Fame member in more than one sport.
Brown’s claim to the title of greatest running back of all time is supported by statistics. In 118 career games, Brown averaged 104.3 yards per game and 5.2 yards per carry. None of the NFL’s career rushing leaders come close to these spectacular totals. For example, Walter Payton averaged only 88 yards per game during his career with a 4.4 yards-per-carry average. Emmitt Smith averaged only 81.2 yards per game with a 4.2 yards-per-carry average.[18]
The only top ten all-time rusher who even approaches Brown’s totals, Barry Sanders, posted a career average of 99.8 yards per game and 5.0 yards per carry. However, Barry Sanders’ father, William, was frequently quoted as saying that Jim Brown was “the best I’ve ever seen.”[19]
On November 4, 2010, Brown was chosen by NFL Network's NFL Films production The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players as the second greatest player in NFL history.
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Further reading[link]
- Jim Brown; Myron Cope (1964). Off My Chest. Doubleday. p. 230. (autobiography)
- Jim Brown; Steve Delsohn (1989). Out of Bounds. Zebra Books. p. 230. (autobiography)
- Freeman, Mike (2006). Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero. Harper Collins World. p. 230.
- Toback, James (1971, 2009). Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir on the Great Jim Brown. DOUBLEDAY and COMPANY, INC. (1971) & Rat Press (Mar 3, 2009). p. 230. (autobiography)
- In 2002, film director Spike Lee released the film Jim Brown: All-American; a retrospective on Brown's professional career and personal life.
References[link]
- ^ Heaton, Chuck (December 27, 1964). "Browns Capture Crown, 27–0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. http://www.cleveland.com/brownshistory/plaindealer/index.ssf?/browns/more/history/19641227BROWNS.html. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
- ^ "Football's 100 Greatest Players: No. 1 Jim Brown". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080916111521/http://archive.sportingnews.com/nfl/100/1.html. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
- ^ "Article". Fighting Spirit Magazine. November 12, 1993. http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/article.asp?IntID=127. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ "Jim Brown Biography (1936–)". filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Jim-Brown.html. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ a b Holden, Stephen. "FILM REVIEW; Jim Brown as Football Legend, Sex Symbol and Husband", The New York Times, March 22, 2002. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
- ^ Bob Rubin (November 25, 1983). "Remember Jim Brown, lacrosse star?". The Miami Herald. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB35E1FABDBE6BF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
- ^ "The Cotton Bowl 1957". Mmbolding.com. http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Cotton_1957.htm. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ Mann, Ronald. Bouncing Back: How to Recover When Life Knocks You Down, page 19 (Wordclay, 2010).
- ^ "Jim Brown NFL & AFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. February 17, 1936. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/BrowJi00.htm. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ Schwartz, Larry. “Jim Brown was hard to bring down”, ESPN.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Freeman, Mike. Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero, page 17 (HarperCollins 2007).
- ^ Quarterback Sneak at IMDB
- ^ "The Amer-I-Can Program". Amer-i-can.org. http://www.amer-i-can.org. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ^ "Brown completes jail term", Associated Press via USA Today (July 4, 2002).
- ^ Freeman, Mike. Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero, page 12 (HarperCollins 2007).
- ^ "Football great Jim Brown suing EA, Sony". Yahoo! Video Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/football-great-jim-brown-suing-ea-sony/1234058. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ^ "Cleveland Browns Front Office". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081223184036/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/frontoffice_detail.php?id=245. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ "NFL Career Rushing Yards Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_career.htm. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ "Sanders' humility makes him distinctive". ESPN Classic. http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/sanders_barry.html. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is a former American baseball and football player. He was the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports,[1] and also won the Heisman Trophy in 1985.
In football, he played running back for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League. In baseball, he played left field and designated hitter for the Kansas City Royals, the Chicago White Sox, and the California Angels of the American League in Major League Baseball. While at Auburn University, he won the 1985 Heisman Trophy, the prize annually awarded to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States. He also ran a 40-yard dash in a blistering 4.12 seconds (hand-timed), which is still the fastest verifiable 40-yard dash time ever recorded at any NFL Combine.[2][3] A hip injury severely impaired his professional baseball career, and ended his NFL career.
In 1989 and 1990, Jackson's name became known beyond just sports fans through the "Bo Knows" advertising campaign, a series of advertisements by Nike, that starred Jackson alongside Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Bo Diddley, promoting a cross-training athletic shoe named for Jackson.[1]
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Early life[link]
Jackson, the eighth of ten children, was born in Bessemer, Alabama and named after Vince Edwards, his mother's favorite actor. His family described him as a "wild boar hog," as he would constantly get into trouble. The nickname was eventually shortened to "Bo."[4][5]
Jackson attended McAdory High School, where he rushed for 1175 yards as a running back as a high school senior. Jackson also hit twenty home runs in twenty-five games for McAdory's baseball team during his senior season. He was also a two-time state champion in the 100 meter dash.[6]
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In June 1982, Jackson was selected by the New York Yankees in the second round of the MLB draft, but he instead chose to attend Auburn University on a football scholarship.[7] He was recruited by head coach Pat Dye and then Auburn assistant coach Bobby Wallace. At Auburn, he proved to be a tremendous athlete in both baseball and football. He shared the backfield with Quarterback Randy Campbell, Lionel "Little Train" James and Tommie Agee.
College baseball[link]
Jackson batted .401 with 17 home runs and 43 RBI in 1985. In a 1985 baseball game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, Jackson led Auburn to victory with a 4-for-5 performance, with three home runs and a double.
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During his time playing for the Auburn Tigers football team, he ran for 4,303 career yards,[7] which was the fourth best performance in SEC history. Jackson finished his career with an average of 6.6 yards (6.0 m) per carry, which set the SEC record (minimum 400 rushes).
In 1982, Jackson's freshman year, Auburn played Boston College in the Tangerine Bowl, where Jackson made a one-handed grab off an option pitch. Auburn went on to win the game 33–26.
In 1983, as a sophomore, Jackson rushed for 1,213 yards (1,109 m) on 158 carries, for an average of 7 yards per carry, which was the 2nd best single-season average in SEC history (min. 100 rushes). In the 1983 Auburn-Alabama game, Jackson rushed for 256 yards on 20 rushes (12.8 yards per carry), which at the time was the sixth-most rushing yards gained in a game in SEC history and the 2nd best yard-per-rush average in a game (min. 20 attempts) in SEC history. Auburn finished the season by winning the Sugar Bowl, where Jackson was named Most Valuable Player. In 1984, Jackson's junior year (most of which Jackson missed due to injury), he earned Most Valuable Player honors at Liberty Bowl.[8]
In 1985, Jackson rushed for 1786 yards which was the second best single-season performance in SEC history. That year, he averaged 6.4 yards per rush, which at the time was the best single-season average in SEC history. For his performance in 1985, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy in what was considered the closest margin of victory ever in the history of the award, winning over University of Iowa Quarterback Chuck Long.[7]
Jackson finished his career at Auburn with 4,575 all-purpose yards and 28 touchdowns, with 6.6 yards per carry average. Jackson's football number 34 was officially retired at Auburn in a halftime ceremony on October 31, 1992. His is one of only three numbers retired at Auburn, the others being 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan's number 7, and Sullivan's teammate and favorite receiver, Terry Beasley (88). In 2007, Jackson was ranked #8 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football History list.
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Jackson qualified for the NCAA nationals in the 100 meter dash his freshman and sophomore years. He thought about a career in track and field, but sprinting would not gain him the financial security of the MLB or NFL, nor would he have sufficient time to train, given his other commitments. Going into the NFL draft Jackson ran a 4.12 40 yard dash time.(Unofficial handtimed, the NFL Combine didn't start electronically timing athletes until 1990)
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Kansas City Royals[link]
Jackson was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the first pick of the 1986 NFL Draft, but he opted to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals, the defending World Series champions, instead. He spent most of the season with the Memphis Chicks in the minor leagues before being called up for regular duty in 1987, where he had 22 home runs, 53 RBIs and 10 stolen bases as an outfielder for the Royals.
He began to show his true potential in 1989, when he was voted to start for the American League All-Star team, and was named the game's MVP for his play on both offense and defense. In the top of the first inning, he caught Pedro Guerrero's 2-out line drive to left-center field to save two runs.[9] Then he led off the bottom of the first—his first All-star plate appearance—with a monstrous 448-foot (137 m) home run off Rick Reuschel of the San Francisco Giants. NBC-TV announcer Vin Scully exclaimed, "Look at that one! Bo Jackson says hello!" Wade Boggs followed with his own home run, making them the first pair in All-Star history to lead off their side's first with back-to-back home runs.[10] In the 2nd inning, he beat out the throw on a potential double play to drive in the eventual winning run. He then stole 2nd base, making him one of two players in All-Star Game history to hit a home run and steal a base in the same game (the other is Willie Mays). Jackson finished the game with two hits in four at-bats, one run scored and two RBI.
On June 5, 1989, Jackson ran down a long line-drive deep to left field on a hit-and-run play against the Seattle Mariners. With speedy Harold Reynolds running from first base on the play, Scott Bradley's hit would have been deep enough to score him against most outfielders. But Jackson, from the warning track, turned flat footed and fired a strike to catcher Bob Boone, who tagged the sliding Reynolds out. Jackson's throw reached Boone on the fly. Interviewed for the "Bo Jackson" episode of ESPN Classic's SportsCentury, Reynolds admitted that he thought there was no way anyone would throw him out on such a deep drive into the gap in left-center, and was shocked to see his teammate telling him to slide as he rounded third base.
On July 29, 1989 against the Baltimore Orioles, Jackson, batting against Jeff Ballard, turned to the home plate umpire and attempted to call time out as Ballard was delivering the ball. The time-out wasn't granted, but Jackson recovered to swing and hit the pitch over the left-field wall for a home run despite only really seeing the ball as it was on its way to the plate.
Jackson's 171 strike outs in 1989 tied him for tenth most strike outs in a season for a right hand batter since 1893.[11]
On July 11, 1990 against the Orioles, Jackson performed his famous "wall run," when he caught a ball approximately 2–3 strides away from the wall. As he caught the ball at full tilt, Jackson looked up and noticed the wall and began to run up the wall, one leg reaching higher as he ascended. He ran along the wall almost parallel to the ground, and came down with the catch, to avoid impact and the risk of injury from the fence.
During the 1990 season, Jackson hit HRs in 4 consecutive at-bats tying a Major League record (held by several). His 4th came off of Randy Johnson after hitting his first 3 before a stint on the DL.
After a poor at bat he was known to snap the bat over his knee or, with his helmet on, over his head.
Chicago White Sox and California Angels[link]
Before Jackson finished his career in California he spent two years playing for the Chicago White Sox. It was with the White Sox that he made his only post-season appearance in the 1993 American League Championship Series, which Chicago lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games.
While with the Sox, Jackson promised his mom that once he returned from his hip replacement surgery that he would hit a home run for her. Before he could return, his mother died. In his first at bat after surgery he hit a home run to right field. Jackson had the ball engraved in his mother's tombstone.
In his eight baseball seasons, Jackson had a career batting average of .250, hit 141 home runs and had 415 RBIs, with a slugging average of .474. His best year was 1989, with his effort earning him all-star status. In '89, Bo ranked fourth in the league in both home runs, with 32 and RBI, with 105.
Notable achievements[link]
- AL All-Star (1989)
- 1989 All-Star Game MVP
- 1993 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award
- 20-Home Run Seasons: 4 (1987–1990)
- 30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1989)
- 100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1989)
Football[link]
Jackson was drafted first overall in the 1986 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, the Buccaneers, not wanting their new draftee to injure himself playing baseball for Auburn that year,[citation needed] took Jackson on a trip in a private plane that cost him his college eligibility. They also gave Jackson an ultimatum to choose baseball or football. This prompted him to sign with the Kansas City Royals.[12] Since he did not sign with a team by the 1987 draft, his rights were forfeited by Tampa Bay and his name was thrown back into the draft. The Los Angeles Raiders selected Jackson in the 7th round with the 183rd overall pick.[13] Raiders owner Al Davis supported Jackson and his baseball career and got Jackson to sign a contract by offering him a salary that was comparable to a full-time starting running back but allowing Jackson to join the Raiders only after the baseball season ended.
Joining the Raiders midway through the 1987 season, Jackson rushed for 554 yards on 81 carries in just seven games. Over the next three seasons, Bo Jackson would rush for 2,228 more yards and 12 touchdowns: a remarkable achievement, in light of the fact that he was a "second string" player behind Marcus Allen.
Jackson turned in a 221 yard rushing performance on Monday Night Football in 1987 against the Seattle Seahawks. During this game, he ran over Seahawks linebacker Brian Bosworth, who had insulted Jackson and promised in a media event before the game to contain Jackson. He also made a 91 yard run in the 2nd quarter, to the outside, untouched down the sideline. He continued sprinting until finally slowing down as he passed through the entrance to the field tunnel to the dressing rooms with teammates soon following. Jackson scored two rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown in the game.
In his four seasons in the NFL, Jackson rushed for 2782 yards and 16 touchdowns with an average yards per carry of 5.4. He also caught 40 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson's 221 yards on November 30, 1987, just 29 days after his first NFL carry, is still a Monday Night Football record.
Injury and comeback[link]
During the 1990 playoffs, Jackson was tackled by Kevin Walker of the Cincinnati Bengals, causing a serious hip injury that ended Jackson's football career and seriously threatened his baseball career. After Jackson was tackled and lying in pain on the ground, he allegedly popped his hip back into place. In an interview on Untold, his Royals' teammate George Brett, who attended the game, said he asked the trainer what had happened to Bo. The trainer replied "Bo says he felt his hip come out of the socket, so he popped it back in, but that's just impossible, no one's that strong."[14]
Following surgery and rehabilitation on his injured hip, it was discovered that Jackson had avascular necrosis, as a result of decreased blood supply to the head of his left femur. This caused deterioration of the femoral head, ultimately requiring that the hip be replaced. Amazingly, Jackson was able to return to baseball toward the end of the 1991 season as a member of the White Sox after the Royals released him. Jackson missed the entire 1992 baseball season. When he announced soon after his surgery that he would play baseball again, many thought that goal to be unrealistic, especially at the Major League level.[15]
Before returning to baseball, Jackson tried his luck in basketball; he played briefly for a semi-pro team in Los Angeles before quietly retiring to focus on baseball.
Jackson was able to return to the Chicago White Sox in 1993, and in his first at-bat, against the New York Yankees, he homered on his first swing.[16] The next day Nike ran a full-page ad in USA Today; it simply read "Bo Knew." He would hit 16 home runs and 45 RBIs that season. Jackson was honored with the Tony Conigliaro Award.
Yet while his power remained, he no longer possessed his blazing speed. During his time with the White Sox, Jackson had no stolen bases, though he did play in his only career postseason games. For the 1994 season, he was signed as a free agent by the California Angels for one final season, where he hit another 13 home runs in 201 at bats, before retiring during the strike.[17]
Popularity[link]
"Bo Knows..."[link]
Main article: Bo Knows
Jackson became a popular figure for his athleticism in multiple sports through the late 1980s and early 1990s. He endorsed Nike and was involved in a popular ad campaign called "Bo Knows" which envisioned Jackson attempting to take up a litany of other sports, including tennis, golf, luge, auto racing, and even playing blues music with Bo Diddley, who scolded Jackson by telling him, "You don't know diddley!"[18] (In a later version of the spot, Jackson is shown playing the guitar expertly, after which an impressed Diddley says, "Bo...you do know Diddley, don't you?") Serendipitously, the original spot first aired during the commercial break immediately following Jackson's lead-off home run in the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Video games[link]
Jackson's digital counterpart, known as "Tecmo Bo", was featured in the 1991 video game Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System.[19][20] He also had his own video game for the original Game Boy portable gaming system, Bo Jackson's Hit and Run. The game featured both baseball and football. Released around the same time was Bo Jackson Baseball for the NES system and IBM compatible computers.
Bo Jackson had also made an appearance in the 2004 video game NFL Street 2.
Jackson appeared in ProStars, an NBC Saturday morning cartoon. The show featured Bo, Wayne Gretzky, and Michael Jordan fighting crime and helping children.
Apparel[link]
In 2007, Nike released a set of Nike Dunk shoes honoring Bo Jackson.[21] The set featured three colorways based on previously released Nike shoes: the "Bo Knows" Trainer I, Trainer 91, and Medicine Ball Trainer III.[22]
Pre-game traditions[link]
Before Royals games, Jackson used to shoot at a target with a crossbow while in the Royals clubhouse.[23]
Life after sports[link]
In 1995, Jackson completed his bachelor of science degree at Auburn to fulfill the promise he made to his mother.[7] Through the 1990s, Jackson dabbled in acting, having made several television guest appearances first on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990 as well as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Married with Children. He later appeared in small roles in the films The Chamber, The Pandora Project, and Fakin' Da Funk.
Jackson served as the President of the HealthSouth Sports Medicine Council, part of Birmingham, Alabama based HealthSouth Corporation. He was also spokesman for HealthSouth's "Go For It": Roadshow.
2000s[link]
The Chicago White Sox chose Jackson to throw the ceremonial first pitch before Game Two of the 2005 World Series. The White Sox would win that game on a 9th inning walk-off home run, then go on to sweep Houston for their first Championship in 88 years.
In 2006 Jackson appeared on the Spike TV sports reality show, Pros vs. Joes. In his second appearance, he easily defeated amateur athletes in a home run-hitting contest. When he bunted instead of swinging on his final try for a home run, the announcer stated, "Bo knows taunting."
In 2007 Bo came together with John Cangelosi to form Bo Jackson Elite Sports Complex, an 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m2) multi-sports dome facility in Lockport, Illinois. He is part-owner and CEO of the facility. He has been successful with other investments, like his food company, N'Genuity. He often says that while he may have been great for sports, sports were no doubt greater for him considering the post-career opportunities that have been afforded to him.[24]
Jackson and his family live in Burr Ridge, Illinois. He is among a group of investors who own The Burr Ridge Bank and Trust in the Chicago suburbs where he lives. He's on the bank's board of directors and is said to be "rolling up his sleeves" and working among everyone else to make sure the small bank becomes a success during tough financial times. According to Jackson, "We have no type of debt, like all the other banks. We're a small community bank and one thing we all decided, is that if we are going to do a bank in our community, it needs to be owned by the people who live in the community."
On May 9, 2009 Jackson delivered the commencement speech at Auburn's graduation ceremony. His speech was centered on the benefits of stepping out of one's comfort zone.[25]
On July 12, 2010 Jackson threw the ceremonial first pitch before the 2010 Home Run Derby at Angel Stadium in Anaheim California and participated in the celebrity softball game.
After 20 years since his famous "Bo knows" campaign, Jackson returned to do commercials for Nike in the fall of 2010 for their "BOOM" campaign. In this commercial, he playfully taunted New York Yankees star Robinson Canó during batting practice before being impressed by a hit, responding to it by saying "BOOM!"
In December of that year, Jackson was named a 2011 winner of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, given annually to six former NCAA student-athletes for distinguished career accomplishment on the 25th anniversary of their college graduation.[26]
Currently doing a campaign called "Bo Bikes Bama" for tornado victims all throughout Alabama. April 24-28 2012.
See also[link]
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- Bo Knows Bo, Jackson's autobiography
- List of multi-sport athletes
Further reading[link]
- Gutman, Bill, Bo Jackson, 1991, Simon Spotlight Entertainment
- White, Ellen Emerson, Bo Jackson: Playing the Games, 1990
References[link]
- ^ a b "ESPN Classic". http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Jackson_Bo.html. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ^ Cooney, Frank (February 24, 2008). "With 40-yard (37 m) dash times, nothing's quite 'official'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2008-02-22-40-yard-dash_N.htm. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
- ^ Cooney, Frank (February 18, 2009). "History by the numbers: Combine has come a long way". CBS Sports. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/story/11394538. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Morrison, Alec, Bo Knows the Heisman, CNN/Sports Illustrated, cnnsi.com, November 4, 2000
- ^ Weinre, Michael, Bo Knows Best, ESPN, espn.com, 2008
- ^ "Interview with Bo Jackson". National Strength and Conditioning Association. http://www.nsca-lift.org/interview/BoJackson.shtml. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c d ESPN SportsCentury (TV-Series).
- ^ "Liberty Bowl MVPs". Liberty Bowl. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070811012416/http://www.libertybowl.org/navigation-content-mvp. Retrieved August 18, 2007.
- ^ Baseball Almanac|http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1989as.shtml
- ^ Baseball Almanac 1989 All-Star game play by play |http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/1989_all_star_game_play_by_play.shtml
- ^ The SABR Baseball List & Record Book, Lyle Spatz, Editor. 2007.
- ^ Sport Illustrated (accessdate=2001-02-21). "Say It Ain't So: Tampa Bay Buccaneers". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2001/02/12/sayitaintso_buccaneers/.
- ^ Flatter, Ron (accessdate=2007-08-21). "Bo knows stardom and disappointment". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016045.html.
- ^ Bob Nightengale (7/12/2010). "Bo Jackson reflects on past life 21 years after his All-Star blast". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/allstar/2010-07-11-bo-jackson-all-star-game-bo-knows_N.htm. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Bob Nightengale (7/12/2010). "Bo Jackson reflects on past life 21 years after his All-Star blast". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/allstar/2010-07-11-bo-jackson-all-star-game-bo-knows_N.htm. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Bo Jackson completes comeback with White Sox - Jackson signed by Chicago White Sox". Jet. April 12, 1993. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n24_v83/ai_13610800/. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Bob Nightengale (7/12/2010). "Bo Jackson reflects on past life 21 years after his All-Star blast". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/allstar/2010-07-11-bo-jackson-all-star-game-bo-knows_N.htm. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Best Spots of the 90's". AdWeek. March 20, 2000. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070311111642/http://www.adweek.com/aw/creative/best_spots_90s/90s_112.jsp. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- ^ ESPN.com – Page2
- ^ Video game fame – Salon.com
- ^ EUKicks – Nike “Bo Jackson” Dunk High Pack"
- ^ Nicekicks – Bo Jackson Trainer Dunk Highs
- ^ Kaegel, Dick (February 28, 2004). "Kaegel to cover KC for MLB.com". Kansas City Royals. http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040228&content_id=642571&vkey=spt2004news&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
- ^ Jerry Crowe (April 15, 2009). "Bo Jackson is thriving outside the lines". Statesman.com. http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/04/15/0415sptcol.html.
- ^ Gribble, Andrew (March 10, 2009). "AU FOOTBALL: Bo talks life after football". Auburn University Beat Reporter. http://www.oanow.com/oan/sports/college/article/au_football_bo_talks_life_after_football/71884/. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ "NCAA Names Silver Anniversary Winners" (Press release). NCAA. December 1, 2010. https://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/NCAA/Media+and+Events/Press+Room/News+Release+Archive/2010/Awards+and+Scholarships/20101201+Silver+Award+Rls. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
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| Name | Jackson, Bo |
| Alternative names | Jackson, Vincent Edward |
| Short description | All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, Major League Baseball player, outfielder, Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame member |
| Date of birth | November 30, 1962 |
| Place of birth | Bessemer, Alabama, United States |
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 Welch in April 2010 |
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| Born | Jo Raquel Tejada (1940-09-05) September 5, 1940 (age 71) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse | James Welch (1959–1964) Patrick Curtis (1967–1972) Andre Weinfeld (1980–1990) Richard Palmer (1999–2008) |
Jo Raquel Tejada (born September 5, 1940), better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in an animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. (1966), for which she may be best known. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969) and Myra Breckinridge (1970). Today, Welch is a noticeable face of television commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses.
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Early life[link]
Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois, the older sister to brother James and sister Gayle. She is the daughter of Josephine Sarah (née Hall; 1909–2000), of English ancestry, and Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo (1911–1976), of Bolivian descent.[1][2][3][4] Her father, an aeronautical engineer, emigrated from La Paz, Bolivia at age 17; her mother was American, the daughter of architect Emery Stanford Hall and wife Clara Louise Adams.[5]
As a young girl, she wanted to be a performer. Her first love and ambition was ballet, which she studied from ages seven to seventeen. She gave up ballet after her instructor told her that she did not have the proper body.[6] While a student at La Jolla High School in 1958, she won the Fairest of the Fair beauty pageant at the San Diego County Fair.[7]
Career[link]
She changed her surname to that of her first husband, James Welch, in 1959. That year, she played the title role in The Ramona Pageant, a yearly outdoor play at Hemet, California which is based on the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and Bob Biloe.
She reported the weather at KFMB, a local San Diego television station. Because of her heavy schedule at the time, she decided to leave her studies at San Diego State University (then known as San Diego State College). Her first marriage broke up and she moved with her two children, Damon and Latanne, to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess, intending to move on to New York City from there.
Instead, Welch moved back to California, found a place in Los Angeles, California, and started making the rounds of the movie studios. She was cast in bit parts in two films and in the television shows Bewitched, McHale's Navy, and The Virginian, as well as on the weekly variety series The Hollywood Palace as a billboard girl and presenter of acts.
Welch's first featured role came in the beach film A Swingin' Summer, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She was subsequently cast in a leading role in the sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage (1966), which was a hit and made her a star. She was the last star to be created under the studio system.[citation needed]
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Raquel Welch in her famous pin-up picture from 1966's One Million Years B.C.
On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, Welch starred in the remake of One Million Years B.C. striking an iconic pose in a prehistoric animal-skin bikini. She was described as "wearing mankind's first bikini" and the fur bikini was described as a "definitive look of the 1960s".[8][9] One author said, "although she had only three lines in the film, her luscious figure in a fur bikini made her a star and the dream girl of millions of young moviegoers."[10] Her publicity still for the film became a bestselling poster, and helped her be seen as one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. After her appearance as lust incarnate in the hit Bedazzled, she returned to the U.S. and appeared in the Western film Bandolero!, with James Stewart and Dean Martin, which was followed by the private-eye drama Lady in Cement with Frank Sinatra. Her looks and fame led Playboy to dub her the "Most Desired Woman" of the 1970s. Welch presented at the Academy Award ceremony several times during the 1970s due to her popularity,[11][12][13] and accepted the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on behalf of fellow actress Goldie Hawn when she couldn't be there to accept it.[14]
Welch's most controversial role came in the notorious Myra Breckinridge. She took the part as the film's transsexual heroine in an attempt to be taken seriously as an actress, but the movie turned out to be a dismal failure.
Welch starred in the movie, 100 Rifles, a 1969 western directed by Tom Gries. The film also starred Jim Brown, Burt Reynolds, and Fernando Lamas. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. 100 Rifles was one of the first films to feature an interracial sex scene between Jim Brown and Raquel Welch.
In 1970, Welch teamed up with Tom Jones and producer/choreographer David Winters of Winters-Rosen Productions[15] for the TV special Raquel!, considered by some viewers to be a classic pairing together of 1970s pop-culture icons in their prime.[citation needed] The multi million-dollar TV song-and-dance extravaganza was filmed around the world, from Paris to Mexico. The show featured lavish production numbers of classic songs from the era, extravagant costumes, and notable guest performances, including John Wayne and Bob Hope in the Wild West.
She then returned to film between the 1970s and 1980s: some of the films she did worked, like The Three Musketeers, and some like The Wild Party did not. The actress was due to star in an 1982 adaptation of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, but was fired by the producers a few days into production (they claimed that the 40 year old was too old to play the character). She was replaced with Debra Winger. Welch successfully sued, collecting a $15 million settlement.[16]
In addition to her TV special, Raquel!, her television appearances include the TV movies The Legend of Walks Far Woman and Right to Die in which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, and in the PBS series American Family, about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles. She has appeared in the night-time soap opera Central Park West and made infomercials and exercise videos.
In 1987, she flirted with a pop singing career, releasing the dance single "This Girl's Back In Town." She has performed in a one-woman nightclub musical act in Las Vegas and has starred on Broadway in Woman of the Year, receiving praise for following Lauren Bacall in the title role, and in Victor/Victoria, having less success following Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli in the title roles.
In a 1997 episode of the comedy series Seinfeld entitled The Summer of George, Welch played a highly temperamental version of herself, assaulting series characters Kramer and Elaine, the former because he fired her from an acting job and the latter because Welch mistakenly thought that Elaine was mocking her. She also appeared as a guest on the American TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, as Sabrina's flamboyant Aunt Vesta.
In 2001, she had a supporting role in the hit film Legally Blonde opposite Reese Witherspoon. She also appeared in Welcome to the Captain, which premiered on CBS television on February 4, 2008.
Achievements and awards[link]
In 1974, Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the TV drama Right to Die (1987).
Beauty and business career[link]
The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program was published in 1984. The book, written by Welch with photographs by André Weinfeld, includes a Hatha Yoga fitness program, her views on healthy living/nutrition, as well as beauty and personal style. As a businesswoman, Welch succeeded with her signature line of wigs. She also began a jewelry and skincare line, although neither of those ventures compared to the success of her wig collection HAIRuWEAR.[17]
In January 2007, Welch was selected as the newest face of MAC Cosmetics Beauty Icon series. Her line features several limited edition makeup shades in glossy black and tiger print packaging.[18] As of June 2010, she is featured in several television ads for sunglasses by Foster Grant.[19]
Personal life[link]
Welch has been married to
- James Welch (1959–1964), publicist and agent; divorced
- Patrick Curtis (1967–1972), director and producer; divorced
- Andre Weinfeld (1980–1990), producer, director and journalist; divorced
- Richard Palmer (1999), from whom she is currently (as of 2012) separated.[20]
Welch is the mother of Damon Welch (born November 6, 1959) and actress Tahnee Welch (born Latanne Rene Welch, December 26, 1961). Tahnee followed her mother's December 1979 example and appeared on the cover of Playboy in the November 1995 issue, as well as in a nude pictorial in that issue.[21]
Filmography[link]
- A House Is Not a Home (1964)
- Roustabout (1964)
- A Swingin' Summer (1965)
- Do Not Disturb (1965)
- Sex Quartet (1966)
- The Queens (1966)
- Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- One Million Years B.C. (1966)
- Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
- The Oldest Profession (1967)
- Fathom (1967)
- Bedazzled (1967)
- Bandolero! (1968)
- The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
- Lady in Cement (1968)
- 100 Rifles (1969)
- Flareup (1969)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- The Beloved (1970)
- Myra Breckinridge (1970)
- Hannie Caulder (1971)
- Bluebeard (1972)
- Fuzz (1972)
- Kansas City Bomber (1972)
- The Last of Sheila (1973)
- The Three Musketeers (1973)
- The Four Musketeers (1974)
- The Wild Party (1975)
- Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
- Crossed Swords, a.k.a. the Prince and the Pauper (UK title) (1977)
- L'Animal (1977)
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) (Cameo)
- Chairman of the Board (1998)
- What I Did for Love (1998)
- Get Bruce (1999) (documentary)
- Tortilla Soup (2001)
- Legally Blonde (2001)
- Forget About It (2006)
Television work[link]
- Raquel! (1970)
- Really Raquel (1974)
- NBC's Saturday Night Live (host, April 24, 1976)
- The Muppet Show
- Mork & Mindy 2 Episodes (1979)
- From Raquel with Love (1980)
- The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982)
- Right to Die (1987)
- Scandal in a Small Town (1988)
- Trouble in Paradise (1989)
- Tainted Blood (1993)
- Torch Song (1993)
- Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993) (voice)
- Lois & Clark (Diana Stride) Season 2 Episode 35 "Top Copy" (1995)
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Episode #08 ("Third Aunt From the Sun") as Aunt Vesta (1996)
- Central Park West (1996–1997)
- Seinfeld (1997)
- Spin City (1997, 2000) 3 episodes
- Jim Brown: All-American (2002)
- American Family (2002–2004) 8 episodes
- 8 Simple Rules (2004)
- Welcome to The Captain (2008) 5 episodes
- CSI: Miami (2012) 1 episode
Books[link]
- Raquel Welch: Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, Publisher: Weinstein Books (March 29, 2010), ISBN 978-1-60286-097-1
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ "Tavis Smiley. Shows. Raquel Welch. April 19, 2010". PBS. 2010-04-19. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/actress-raquel-welch/. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Ventura, R. (October 17, 2007). "Raquel Welch: «Si me ven como una ´sex symbol´ es que ésa es mi identidad profesional. www.levante-emv.com. (Spanish)
- ^ "Read Chapter 1 of Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage". Oprah.com. 2010-03-29. http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Excerpt-Raquel-Welchs-Raquel-Beyond-the-Cleavage/print/1. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Raquel Welch Biography (1940-). Film Reference.com.
- ^ Rogers, Daniel T.. "Raquel Welch family tree". rootsweb.ancestry.com. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dantrogers/pafg1969.htm#39196. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Susan Avery, "Raquel Welch, Reluctant Sex Symbol,Talks About Making Amends With Her Kids", ParentDish.com., July 10, 2010).
- ^ "San Diego Union Tribune, March 19, 2006". http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060319/news_m1m19history.html.
- ^ Filmfacts. 1967. http://books.google.com/books?id=zbkvAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Mansour, David (1 June 2005). From Abba to Zoom: a pop culture encyclopedia of the late 20th century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-7407-5118-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&pg=PA345. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Otfinoski, Steven (April 2007). Latinos in the arts. Infobase Publishing. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8160-6394-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=HBog8AUkXRoC&pg=PA243. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Brando spurns Oscar; Liza, 'Godfather' win". Chicago Tribune. March 28, 1973. p. 1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/598511742.html?dids=598511742:598511742&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+28%2C+1973&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Marlon+Brando+refuses+Academy+Award%3B+Liza+Minnelli+and+'The+Godfather'+win&pqatl=google. (Registration required)
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- ^ AP (April 8, 1970). "Favorite, longshot take home Oscars". The Palm Beach Post. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JX8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q7UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2053,2879245&dq=raquel+welch+academy+awards&hl=en.
- ^ Brown, Les (1971) [1971]. "Raquel!". Television: The Business Behind the Box. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. pp. 187, 188. ISBN 978-0-15-688440-2.
- ^ Jones, Lesley-Ann (2008). Raquel Welch. LesleyAnnJones.com.
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- ^ The commercials may be seen at fostergrant.com.
- ^ Andrews, Emily (2008-02-15). "Stunning at 67: Sixties sex siren Raquel Welch returns to TV". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=514411&in_page_id=1773. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer,[1] philanthropist[2] and social activist.[2] Considered a cultural icon, Ali was both idolized and vilified.[3][4]
Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975, and more recently practicing Sufism.[clarification needed][5] In 1967, three years after Ali had won the World Heavyweight Championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger" – one of the more telling remarks of the era.[6]
Widespread protests against the Vietnam War had not yet begun, but with that one phrase, Ali articulated the reason to oppose the war for a generation of young Americans, and his words served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that would rock the 1960s. Ali's example inspired Martin Luther King Jr. – who had been reluctant to alienate the Johnson Administration and its support of the civil rights agenda – to voice his own opposition to the war for the first time.[7]
Ali was eventually arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges; he was stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years while his appeal worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was eventually successful.
Ali would go on to become the first and only three-time lineal World Heavyweight Champion.
Nicknamed "The Greatest," Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches.[8] Notable among these were three with rival Joe Frazier, which are considered among the greatest in boxing history, and one with George Foreman, where he finally regained his stripped titles seven years later. Ali was well known for his unorthodox fighting style, which he described as "float[ing] like a butterfly, sting[ing] like a bee", and employing techniques such as the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope.[9] Ali had brought beauty and grace to the most uncompromising of sports and through the wonderful excesses of skill and character, he had become the most famous athlete in the world.[10] He was also known for his pre-match hype, where he would "trash talk" opponents, often with rhymes.
In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC.[11][12]
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Biography[link]
Amateur career and Olympic gold[link]
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was born on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky.[13] The younger of two boys, he was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician of the same name. His father painted billboards and signs,[13] and his mother, Odessa O'Grady Clay, was a household domestic. Although Cassius Sr. was a Methodist, he allowed Odessa to bring up both Cassius and his elder brother Rudolph "Rudy" Clay (later renamed Rahman Ali) as Baptists.[14] He is a descendant of pre-Civil War era American slaves in the American South, and is predominantly of African-American descent, with some Irish ancestry.[15]
Clay was first directed toward boxing by the white Louisville police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin,[16] who encountered the 12-year-old fuming over a thief taking his bicycle. He told the officer he was going to "whup" the thief. The officer told him he better learn how to box first.[17] For the last four years of Clay's amateur career he was trained by legendary boxing cutman Chuck Bodak.[18]
Clay won six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title, and the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[19][20] Clay's amateur record was 100 wins with five losses.
Ali states in his 1975 autobiography that he threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River after being refused service at a 'whites-only' restaurant, and fighting with a white gang.[21] Whether this is true is still debated, although he was given a replacement medal at a basketball intermission during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he lit the torch to start the games.
Early professional career[link]
After his Olympic triumph, Clay returned to Louisville to begin his professional career. There, on October 29, 1960, he won his first professional fight, a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker, who was the police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia.
Standing at 6'3" (1.91 m), Clay had a highly unorthodox style for a heavyweight boxer. Rather than the normal style of carrying the hands high to defend the face, he instead relied on foot speed and quickness to avoid punches, and carried his hands low.
From 1960 to 1963, the young fighter amassed a record of 19–0, with 15 knockouts. He defeated boxers such as Tony Esperti, Jim Robinson, Donnie Fleeman, Alonzo Johnson, George Logan, Willi Besmanoff, Lamar Clark (who had won his previous 40 bouts by knockout), Doug Jones and Henry Cooper.
Clay built a reputation by correctly predicting the round in which he would "finish" several opponents, and by boasting before his triumphs.[13] Clay admitted he adopted the latter practice from "Gorgeous" George Wagner, a popular professional wrestling champion in the Los Angeles area who drew thousands of fans.[13] Often referred to as "the man you loved to hate," George could incite the crowd with a few heated remarks, and Clay followed suit.
Among Clay's victims were Sonny Banks (who knocked him down during the bout), Alejandro Lavorante, and the aged Archie Moore (a boxing legend who had fought over 200 previous fights, and who had been Clay's trainer prior to Angelo Dundee). Clay had considered continuing using Moore as a trainer following the bout, but Moore had insisted that the cocky "Louisville Lip" perform training camp chores such as sweeping and dishwashing. He considered having his idol, Sugar Ray Robinson, as a manager, but instead hired Dundee.
Clay first met Dundee on February 19, 1957 when the latter was in Louisville the day before a fight with light heavyweight champ Willie Pastrano.[22] The teenaged Golden Gloves winner traveled downtown to the fighter's hotel, called Dundee from the house phone, and was asked up to their room. He took advantage of the opportunity to query Dundee (who had worked with champions Sugar Ramos and Carmen Basilio) about what his fighters ate, how long they slept, how much roadwork (jogging) they did, and how long they sparred.
Following his bout with Moore, Clay won a disputed 10-round decision over Doug Jones in a matchup that was named "Fight of the Year" for 1963. Clay's next fight was against Henry Cooper, who knocked Clay down with a left hook near the end of the fourth round. The fight was stopped in the fifth due to deep cuts over Cooper's eyes.
Despite these close calls, Clay became the top contender for Sonny Liston's title. However, although he had an impressive record, he was not widely expected to defeat the champ. The fight was scheduled for February 25, 1964 in Miami, Florida, but was nearly canceled when the promoter, Bill Faversham, heard that Clay had been seen around Miami and in other cities with the controversial Malcolm X, a member of Nation of Islam. Because of this, news of this association was perceived as a potential gate-killer to a bout which, given Liston's overwhelming status as the favorite to win (7–1 odds),[23] had Clay's colorful persona and nonstop braggadocio as its sole appeal.
Faversham confronted Clay about his association with Malcolm X (who, at the time, was actually under suspension by the Nation as a result of controversial comments made in the wake of President Kennedy's assassination). While stopping short of admitting he was a member of the Nation, Clay protested the suggested cancellation of the fight. As a compromise, Faversham asked the fighter to delay his announcement about his conversion to Islam until after the fight. The incident is described in the 1975 book The Greatest: My Own Story by Ali (with Richard Durham).
During the weigh-in on the day before the bout, the ever-boastful Clay, who frequently taunted Liston during the buildup by dubbing him "the big ugly bear" (among other things), declared that he would "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee," and, summarizing his strategy for avoiding Liston's assaults, said, "Your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see."
First title fight and aftermath[link]
Main article: Muhammad Ali versus Sonny Liston
At the pre-fight weigh-in, Clay's pulse rate was around 120, more than double his norm of 54.[24] Liston, among others, misread this as nervousness. In the opening rounds, Clay's speed kept him away from Liston's powerful head and body shots, as he used his height advantage to beat Liston to the punch with his own lightning-quick jab.[24]
By the third round, Clay was ahead on points and had opened a cut under Liston's eye.[24] Liston regained some ground in the fourth, as Clay was blinded by a substance in his eyes.[24] It is unconfirmed whether this was something used to close Liston's cuts, or deliberately applied to Liston's gloves;[24] however, Bert Sugar has claimed that "in two of his previous fights, Liston's opponents had complained about their eyes 'burning,'"[25] suggesting the possibility that the Liston corner deliberately attempted to cheat.
Liston began the fourth round looking to put away the challenger. As Clay struggled to recover his vision, he sought to escape Liston's offensive. He was able to keep out of range until his sweat and tears rinsed the substance from his eyes, responding with a flurry of combinations near the end of the fifth round. By the sixth, he was looking for a finish and dominated Liston. Then, Liston shocked the boxing world when he failed to answer the bell for the seventh round, stating he had a shoulder injury. At the end of the fight, Clay boasted to the press that doubted him before the match, proclaiming, "I shook up the world!"
When Clay beat Liston, he was the youngest boxer (age 22) ever to take the title from a reigning heavyweight champion, a mark that stood until Mike Tyson won the title (age 20) from Trevor Berbick on November 22, 1986. At the time, Floyd Patterson (dethroned by Liston) had been the youngest heavyweight champ ever (age 21), but he won the title during an elimination tournament following Rocky Marciano's retirement by defeating Archie Moore, the light-heavyweight champion at the time.
In the rematch with Liston, which was held in May 1965 in Lewiston, Maine, Ali (who had by then publicly converted to Islam and changed his name) won by knockout in the first round as a result of what came to be called the "phantom punch." Many believe that Liston, possibly as a result of threats from Nation of Islam extremists, or in an attempt to "throw" the fight to pay off debts, waited to be counted out (see Muhammad Ali versus Sonny Liston). Others, however, discount both scenarios and insist that it was a quick, chopping Ali punch to the side of the head that legitimately felled Liston. Ali was declared the winner after 1 minute and 52 seconds.[26]
Early title defenses[link]
On November 22, 1965, Ali fought Floyd Patterson in his second title defense. Patterson lost by TKO at the end of the 12th round. As would later occur with Ernie Terrell, many sportswriters accused Ali of "carrying" Patterson so that he could physically punish him without knocking him out. Ali countered that Patterson, who said his punching prowess was limited when he strained his sacroiliac, was not as easy to down as may have appeared. During the fight Ali called out "What's my name?" to Patterson, a gesture he would later repeat during the Terrell fight.
Ali was scheduled to fight WBA champion Ernie Terrell (the WBA stripped Ali of his title after his agreement to fight a rematch with Liston) on March 29, 1966, but the llinois Athletic Commission wouldn't approve the Terrell fight unless Ali went to Chicago and apologized for his remarks about the war.[27] The fight destination continued to change venues and ultimately was delayed. Ali won a 15-round decision against substitute opponent George Chuvalo. He then went to England and defeated Henry Cooper by stoppage on cuts May 21, and knocked out Brian London in the third round in August. Ali's next defense was against German southpaw Karl Mildenberger, the first German to fight for the title since Max Schmeling. In one of the tougher fights of his life, Ali stopped his opponent in round 12.
Ali returned to the United States in November 1966 to fight Cleveland Williams in the Houston Astrodome. According to the Sports Illustrated account, the bout drew an indoor world record 35,460 fight fans. A year and a half before the fight, Williams had been shot in the stomach at point-blank range by a Texas policeman. As a result, Williams went into the fight missing one kidney and 10 feet (3.0 m) of his small intestine, and with a shriveled left leg from nerve damage from the bullet that was still lodged in his body. Ali beat Williams in three rounds. Bert Sugar wrote that it had been Ali's greatest performance in the ring.[28]
On February 6, 1967, Ali returned to a Houston boxing ring to fight Terrell in what is regarded as one of the uglier fights in boxing. Terrell angered Ali by calling him Clay, and the champion vowed to punish him for this insult. During the fight, Ali kept shouting at his opponent, "What's my name, Uncle Tom ... What's my name?" Terrell suffered 15 rounds of brutal punishment, losing 13 rounds on two judges' scorecards, but Ali did not knock him out. Analysts, including several who spoke to ESPN on the sports channel's "Ali Rap" special, speculated that the fight continued only because Ali wanted to thoroughly punish and humiliate Terrell. After the fight, Tex Maule wrote, "It was a wonderful demonstration of boxing skill and a barbarous display of cruelty." When asked about this during a replay of the fight on ABC's popular "Wide World of Sports" by host Howard Cosell, Ali said he was not unduly cruel to Terrell- boxers are paid to punch their opponents into submission or defeat. He pointed out that if he had not hit and hurt Terrell, Terrell would have hit and hurt him, which is standard practice. Cosell's repeated reference to the topic surprised Ali. Following his final defense against Zora Folley in March 1967, Ali was stripped of his title the following month for refusing to be drafted into the Army[13] and had his professional boxing license suspended.
Conversion to the Nation of Islam[link]
After winning the championship from Liston in 1964, Clay revealed that he was a member of the Nation of Islam (often called the Black Muslims at the time) and the Nation gave Clay the name Cassius X, discarding his surname as a symbol of his ancestors' enslavement, as had been done by other Nation members. On Friday, March 6, 1964, Malcolm X took Clay on a guided tour of the UN building (for a second time). Malcolm X announced that Clay would be granted his "X." That same night, Elijah Muhammad recorded a statement over the phone to be played over the radio that Clay would be renamed Muhammad (one who is worthy of praise) Ali (fourth rightly guided caliph). Only a few journalists (most notably Howard Cosell) accepted it at that time. Venerable boxing announcer Don Dunphy addressed the champion by his adopted name, as did British reporters. The adoption of this name symbolized his new identity as a member of the Nation of Islam.
Many sportswriters of the early 1960s reported[where?] that it was Ali's brother, Rudy Clay, who converted to Islam first (estimating the date as 1961). Others wrote[where?] that Clay had been seen at Muslim rallies a few years before he fought Liston. Ali's own version[where?] is that he would sneak into Nation of Islam meetings through the back door roughly three years before he fought Sonny Liston.
Aligning himself with the Nation of Islam made him a lightning rod for controversy, turning the outspoken but popular champion into one of that era's most recognizable and controversial figures. Appearing at rallies with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and declaring his allegiance to him at a time when mainstream America viewed them with suspicion—if not outright hostility—made Ali a target of outrage, as well as suspicion. Ali seemed at times to provoke such reactions, with viewpoints that wavered from support for civil rights to outright support of separatism. For example, Ali once stated, in relation to integration: "We who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad don't want to be forced to integrate. Integration is wrong. We don't want to live with the white man; that's all."[29] And in relation to inter-racial marriage: "No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters."[29] Indeed, Ali's religious beliefs at the time included the notion that the white man was "the devil" and that white people were not "righteous." Ali claimed that white people hated black people.
Ali converted from the Nation of Islam sect to mainstream Sunni Islam in 1975. In a 2004 autobiography, written with daughter Hana Yasmeen Ali, Muhammad Ali attributes his conversion to the shift toward Sunni Islam made by Warith Deen Muhammad after he gained control of the Nation of Islam upon the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975. Later in 2005 he embraced spiritual practices of Sufism.[30]
Vietnam War[link]
In 1964, Ali failed the U.S. Armed Forces qualifying test because his writing and spelling skills were sub-par. However, in early 1966, the tests were revised and Ali was reclassified as 1A.[13] This classification meant he was now eligible for the draft and induction into the U.S. Army during a time when the United States was involved in the Vietnam War. When notified of this status, he declared that he would refuse to serve in the United States Army and publicly considered himself a conscientious objector.[13] Ali stated that "War is against the teachings of the Holy Qur'an. I'm not trying to dodge the draft. We are not supposed to take part in no wars unless declared by Allah or The Messenger. We don't take part in Christian wars or wars of any unbelievers." He famously said in 1966: "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... They never called me nigger." Rare for a heavyweight boxing champion in those days, Ali spoke at Howard University, where he gave his popular "Black Is Best" speech to 4,000 cheering students and community intellectuals after he was invited to speak by sociology professor, Nathan Hare, on behalf of the Black Power Committee, a student protest group.[31][32]
Appearing shortly thereafter for his scheduled induction into the U.S. Armed Forces on April 28, 1967 in Houston, he refused three times to step forward at the call of his name. An officer warned him he was committing a felony punishable by five years in prison and a fine of $10,000. Once more, Ali refused to budge when his name was called. As a result, he was arrested and on the same day the New York State Athletic Commission suspended his boxing license and stripped him of his title. Other boxing commissions followed suit. Ali would not be able to obtain a license to box in any state for over three years.[33]
At the trial on June 20, 1967, after only 21 minutes of deliberation, the jury found Ali guilty.[13] After a Court of Appeals upheld the conviction, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court. During this time, the public began turning against the war and support for Ali began to grow. Ali supported himself by speaking at colleges and universities across the country, where opposition to the war was especially strong. On June 28, 1971, the Supreme Court reversed his conviction for refusing induction by unanimous decision in Clay v. United States.[13] The decision was not based on, nor did it address, the merits of Clay's/Ali's claims per se; rather, the Government's failure to specify which claims were rejected and which were sustained, constituted the grounds upon which the Court reversed the conviction.[34]
Quotes about Vietnam war[link]
| “ | I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... they never called me nigger.[35] | ” |
| “ | No, I am not going 10,000 miles to help murder, kill, and burn other people to simply help continue the domination of white slavemasters over dark people the world over. This is the day and age when such evil injustice must come to an end.[36] | ” |
| “ | Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?[35] | ” |
The Fight of the Century[link]
Main article: Fight of the Century
In 1970, while his case was still on appeal, Ali was allowed to fight again. On August 12, 1970, with the help of Leroy R. Johnson, a Georgia State Senator, he was granted a license to box by the City of Atlanta Athletic Commission.[37] In Atlanta on October 26, 1970, he stopped Jerry Quarry on a cut after three rounds. Shortly after the Quarry fight, the New York State Supreme Court ruled that Ali had been unjustly denied a boxing license. Once again able to fight in New York, he fought Oscar Bonavena at Madison Square Garden in December 1970. After a tough 14 rounds, Ali stopped Bonavena in the 15th, paving the way for a title fight against Joe Frazier, who was himself undefeated.
Ali and Frazier met in the ring on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden. The fight, known as "The Fight of the Century," was one of the most eagerly anticipated bouts of all time and remains one of the most famous. It featured two skilled, undefeated fighters, both of whom had legitimate claims to the heavyweight crown. Frank Sinatra—unable to acquire a ringside seat—took photos of the match for Life magazine. Legendary boxing announcer Don Dunphy and actor and boxing aficionado Burt Lancaster called the action for the broadcast, which reached millions of people. The fight lived up to the hype, and Frazier punctuated his victory by flooring Ali with a hard, leaping left hook in the 15th and final round. Frazier retained the title on a unanimous decision, dealing Ali his first professional loss.
Ali rebounded with six victories in 1972, notching wins over Floyd Patterson and Jerry Quarry. In 1972 Muhammad Ali won six boxing matches including one over light-heavyweight champion of the world Bob Foster.
In 1973, Ali fought Ken Norton, who had broken Ali's jaw and won by split decision over 12 rounds in their first bout in 1972. Ali won the rematch, by split decision, on September 10, 1973, which set up Ali-Frazier II, a nontitle rematch with Joe Frazier, who had already lost his title to George Foreman. The bout was held on January 28, 1974, with Ali winning a unanimous 12-round decision.
The Rumble in the Jungle[link]
Main article: The Rumble in the Jungle
In one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, Ali regained his title on October 30, 1974 by defeating champion George Foreman in their bout in Kinshasa, Zaire. Hyped as "The Rumble in the Jungle", the fight was promoted by Don King.
Almost no one, not even Ali's long-time supporter Howard Cosell, gave the former champion a chance of winning. Analysts pointed out that Joe Frazier and Ken Norton had given Ali four tough battles in the ring and won two of them, while Foreman had knocked out both of them in the second round. As a matter of fact, so total was the domination that, in their bout, Foreman had knocked down Frazier an incredible six times in only four minutes and 25 seconds.
During the bout, Ali employed an unexpected strategy. Leading up to the fight, he had declared he was going to "dance" and use his speed to keep away from Foreman and outbox him. However, in the first round, Ali headed straight for the champion and began scoring with a right hand lead, clearly surprising Foreman. Ali caught Foreman nine times in the first round with this technique, but failed to knock him out. He then decided to take advantage of the young champion's weakness: staying power. Foreman had won 37 of his 40 bouts by knockout, mostly within three rounds. Eight of his previous bouts did not go past the second round. Ali saw an opportunity to outlast Foreman, and capitalized on it.
In the second round, the challenger retreated to the ropes—inviting Foreman to hit him, while counterpunching and verbally taunting the younger man. Ali's plan was to enrage Foreman and absorb his best blows to exhaust him mentally and physically. While Foreman threw wide shots to Ali's body, Ali countered with stinging straight punches to Foreman's head. Foreman threw hundreds of punches in seven rounds, but with decreasing technique and potency. Ali leaned on the ropes while covering up his body as Foreman threw punches that were deflected and didn't land squarely. The technique was later termed "The Rope-A-Dope".
By the end of the seventh round, Foreman was exhausted. In the eighth, Ali dropped Foreman with a combination at center ring and Foreman failed to make the count. Against the odds, Ali had regained the title.
The "Rumble in the Jungle" was the subject of a 1996 Academy Award winning documentary film, When We Were Kings. The fight and the events leading up to it are extensively depicted in both John Herzfeld's 1997 docudrama Don King: Only in America and Michael Mann's 2001 docudrama, Ali.
The Thrilla in Manila[link]
Main article: Thrilla in Manila
In March 1975, Ali faced Chuck Wepner in a bout that inspired the original Rocky. While it was largely thought that Ali would dominate, Wepner surprised everyone by not only knocking Ali down in the ninth round, but nearly going the distance. Ali eventually stopped Wepner in the fading minutes of the 15th round. Following a title defense with Ron Lyle, in July Ali faced Joe Bugner, winning a 15 round decision.
On October 1, 1975, Ali fought Joe Frazier for the third time.[13] Taking place in the Philippines, the bout was promoted as the Thrilla in Manila[13] by Don King, who had ascended to prominence following the Ali-Foreman fight. The anticipation was enormous for this final clash between two great heavyweights. Ali believed Frazier was "over the hill" by that point. Ali's frequent insults, slurs and demeaning poems increased the anticipation and excitement for the fight, but enraged a determined Frazier. Regarding the fight, Ali famously remarked, "It will be a killa... and a chilla... and a thrilla... when I get the gorilla in Manila."
The fight lasted 14 grueling rounds in temperatures approaching 100 °F (38 °C). Ali won many of the early rounds, but Frazier staged a comeback in the middle rounds, while Ali lay on the ropes. By the late rounds, however, Ali regained control and the fight was stopped when Frazier was unable to answer the bell for the 15th and final round (his eyes were swollen shut). Frazier's trainer, Eddie Futch, refused to allow Frazier to continue.
Subsequent bouts and retirement[link]
In February 1976, Ali easily beat Jean-Pierre Coopman. In April 1976, he defeated Jimmy Young and then Richard Dunn the following month, which would turn out to be Ali's last knockout victory.
Following that fight, he staged an exhibition match with professional wrestler and martial artist Antonio Inoki.[38] Although widely perceived as a publicity stunt, the match against Inoki would have a long-term detrimental effect on Ali's mobility. Inoki spent much of the fight on the ground trying to damage Ali’s legs, while Ali spent most of the fight dodging the kicks or staying on the ropes.[39] At the end of 15 rounds, the bout was called a draw. Ali's legs, however, were bleeding, leading to an infection. He suffered two blood clots in his legs as well.[38]
In September 1976, at Yankee Stadium, Ali faced Ken Norton in their third fight, with Ali winning a close but unanimous 15-round decision. Soon after the fight, Ali temporarily quit boxing to spread the faith of Islam.[40]
In May 1977, Ali defended his title against Alfredo Evangelista. In September of that year he faced a battering 15 rounds with Earnie Shavers. Fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco left Ali's camp following the Shavers fight after being rebuffed for advising Ali to retire.
In February 1978, Ali lost the heavyweight title to 1976 Olympic Light-Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks. On September 15, 1978, Ali fought a rematch in the New Orleans Louisiana Superdome against Spinks for the WBA version of the Heavyweight title, winning it for a record third time. Ali retired following this victory on June 27, 1979, but returned in 1980 to face current champion Larry Holmes in an attempt to win a heavyweight title an unprecedented four times. Angelo Dundee refused to let his man come out for the 11th round, in what became Ali's only loss by anything other than a decision. The fight has been cited as a contributing factor in Ali's development of Parkinson's Disease.[41] Ali's final fight, a loss by unanimous decision after 10 rounds, was to up-and-coming challenger Trevor Berbick in 1981.
Ali's legacy[link]
Muhammad Ali defeated every top heavyweight in his era, which has been called the golden age of heavyweight boxing. Ali was named "Fighter of the Year" by Ring Magazine more times than any other fighter, and was involved in more Ring Magazine "Fight of the Year" bouts than any other fighter. He is an inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and holds wins over seven other Hall of Fame inductees. He is one of only three boxers to be named "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated.
In 1978, three years before Ali's permanent retirement, the Board of Aldermen in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, voted 6–5 to rename Walnut Street to Muhammad Ali Boulevard. This was controversial at the time, as within a week 12 of the 70 street signs were stolen. Earlier that year, a committee of the Jefferson County Public Schools considered renaming Central High School in his honor, but the motion failed to pass. At any rate, in time, Muhammad Ali Boulevard—and Ali himself—came to be well accepted in his hometown.[42]
In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Ali was tied with Babe Ruth as the most recognized athlete, out of over 800 dead or alive athletes, in America. The study found that over 97% of Americans over 12 years of age identified both Ali and Ruth.[43]
He was the recipient of the 1997 Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
In retirement[link]
Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome in 1984,[44][45] a disease to which those subject to severe head trauma, such as boxers, are many times more susceptible than average.[46] Despite the disability, he remains a beloved and active public figure. In 1985, he served as a guest referee at the inaugural WrestleMania event.[47][48] In 1987 he was selected by the California Bicentennial Foundation for the U.S. Constitution to personify the vitality of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights in various high profile activities. Ali rode on a float at the 1988 Tournament of Roses Parade, launching the U.S. Constitution's 200th birthday commemoration. He published an oral history, Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser, in 1991. That same year Ali traveled to Iraq during the Gulf War and met with Saddam Hussein in an attempt to negotiate the release of American hostages.[49] Ali received a Spirit of America Award calling him the most recognized American in the world. In 1996, he had the honor of lighting the flame at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
He appeared at the 1998 AFL (Australian Football League) Grand Final, where Anthony Pratt invited him to watch the game. He greets runners at the start line of the Los Angeles Marathon every year. Since 1994, Ali has hosted an annual charity event in Phoenix, Arizona called "Celebrity Fight Night", which has raised more than $70 million for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and other charities.[50]
In 1999, the BBC produced a special version of its annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award ceremony, and Ali was voted their Sports Personality of the Century,[51] receiving more votes than the other four contenders combined. His daughter Laila Ali became a boxer in 1999,[52] despite her father's earlier comments against female boxing in 1978: "Women are not made to be hit in the breast, and face like that... the body's not made to be punched right here [patting his chest]. Get hit in the breast... hard... and all that."[53]
On September 13, 1999, Ali was named "Kentucky Athlete of the Century" by the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the Galt House East.[54]
In 2001, a biographical film, entitled Ali, was made, directed by Michael Mann, with Will Smith starring as Ali. The film received mixed reviews, with the positives generally attributed to the acting, as Smith and supporting actor Jon Voight earned Academy Award nominations. Prior to making the Ali movie, Will Smith had continually rejected the role of Ali until Muhammad Ali personally requested that he accept the role. According to Smith, the first thing Ali said about the subject to him was: "Man, you're almost pretty enough to play me."[55]
On November 17, 2002, Muhammad Ali went to Afghanistan as "U.N. Messenger of Peace".[56] He was in Kabul for a three-day goodwill mission as a special guest of the UN.[57]
On January 8, 2005, Muhammad Ali was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George W. Bush.
He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on November 9, 2005,[58][59] and the "Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold" of the UN Association of Germany (DGVN) in Berlin for his work with the US civil rights movement and the United Nations (December 17, 2005).
On November 19, 2005 (Ali's 19th wedding anniversary), the $60 million non-profit Muhammad Ali Center opened in downtown Louisville. In addition to displaying his boxing memorabilia, the center focuses on core themes of peace, social responsibility, respect, and personal growth.
According to the Ali Center website, "Since he retired from boxing, Ali has devoted himself to humanitarian endeavors around the globe. He is a devout Muslim, and travels the world over, lending his name and presence to hunger and poverty relief, supporting education efforts of all kinds, promoting adoption and encouraging people to respect and better understand one another. It is estimated that he has helped to provide more than 22 million meals to feed the hungry. Ali travels, on average, more than 200 days per year."
At the FedEx Orange Bowl on January 2, 2007, Ali was an honorary captain for the Louisville Cardinals wearing their white jersey, number 19. Ali was accompanied by golf legend Arnold Palmer, who was the honorary captain for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade.
A youth club in Ali's hometown and a species of rose (Rosa ali) have been named after him. On June 5, 2007, he received an honorary doctorate of humanities at Princeton University's 260th graduation ceremony.[60]
Ali lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his fourth wife, Yolanda "Lonnie" Ali.[61] They own a house in Berrien Springs, Michigan, which is for sale. On January 9, 2007, they purchased a house in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky for $1,875,000.[62] Lonnie converted to Islam from Catholicism in her late 20s.[63]
On August 17, 2009, it was voted unanimously by the town council of Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland to make Ali the first Freeman of Ennis. Ennis was the birthplace of Ali's great grandfather before he emigrated to the U.S. in the 1860s, before eventually settling in Kentucky.[64] On September 1, 2009, Ali visited the town of Ennis and at a civic reception he received the honour of the freedom of the town.[65]
Ranking in heavyweight history[link]
Ali is generally considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time by boxing commentators and historians. Ring Magazine, a prominent boxing magazine, named him number 1 in a 1998 ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras.[66]
Ali was named the second greatest fighter in boxing history by ESPN.com behind only welterweight and middleweight great Sugar Ray Robinson.[67] In December 2007, ESPN listed Ali second in its choice of the greatest heavyweights of all time, behind Joe Louis.[68]
The Associated Press voted Ali the No. 1 heavyweight of the 20th century in 1999.[69]
Personal life[link]
Muhammad Ali has been married four times and has seven daughters and two sons. Ali met his first wife, cocktail waitress Sonji Roi, approximately one month before they married on August 14, 1964.[citation needed] Roi's objections to certain Muslim customs in regard to dress for women contributed to the breakup of their marriage. They divorced on January 10, 1966.
On August 17, 1967, Ali married Belinda Boyd. After the wedding, she, like Ali, converted to Islam and more recently to Sufism,[70] changed her name to Khalilah Ali, though she was still called Belinda by old friends and family. They had four children: Maryum (b. 1968), Jamillah and Rasheda (b. 1970), and Muhammad Ali Jr. (b. 1972).[71] Maryam has a career as an author and rapper.[72]
In 1975, Ali began an affair with Veronica Porsche, an actress and model. By the summer of 1977, Ali's second marriage was over and he had married Veronica.[73] At the time of their marriage, they had a baby girl, Hana, and Veronica was pregnant with their second child. Their second daughter, Laila, was born in December 1977. By 1986, Ali and Veronica were divorced.
On November 19, 1986, Ali married Yolanda ("Lonnie") Williams. They had been friends since 1964 in Louisville. They have one son, Asaad Amin, who they adopted when Amin was five.[71][74][75][76][77]
Ali was a resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey in the early 1970s.[78] Ali has two other daughters, Miya and Khaliah, from extramarital relationships.[71][79]
In the media and popular culture[link]
File:StangoAli.jpg
Pop art painting of Muhammad Ali by John Stango
Main article: Muhammad Ali in media and popular culture
As a world champion boxer and social activist, Ali has been the subject of numerous books, films and other creative works. In 1963, he released an album of spoken word on Columbia Records titled I am the Greatest! He has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on 37 different occasions, second only to Michael Jordan.[80] He appeared in the documentary film Black Rodeo (1972) riding both a horse and a bull. His autobiography The Greatest: My Own Story, written with Richard Durham, was published in 1975.[81] In 1977 the book was adapted into a film called The Greatest, in which Ali played himself and Ernest Borgnine played Angelo Dundee. When We Were Kings, a 1996 documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle, won an Academy Award,[82] and the 2001 biopic Ali garnered an Oscar nomination for Will Smith's portrayal of the lead role.[83]
For contributions to the entertainment industry, Ali was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.[84]
The Muhammad Ali Effect[link]
The Muhammad Ali Effect is a term used in psychology that was named after him when he stated, "I only said I was the greatest, not the smartest" in his autobiography The Greatest: My Own Story.[81] According to this effect, when people are asked to rate their intelligence and moral behavior in comparison to others, people will rate themselves as more moral, but not more intelligent than others.[85][86]
Professional boxing record[link]
| 56 Wins (37 knockouts, 19 decisions), 5 Losses (4 decisions, 1 TKO), 0 Draws[1] | |||||||
| Res. | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Age | Location | Notes |
| Loss | Trevor Berbick | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01981-12-11December 11, 1981 | &1000000000000003900000039 years, &10000000000000328000000328 days |  Nassau, Bahamas |
"Drama in the Bahamas"[87] |
| Loss | Larry Holmes | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 10 (15) | 01980-10-02October 2, 1980 | &1000000000000003800000038 years, &10000000000000259000000259 days |  Las Vegas, NV |
Lost The Ring World Heavyweight title. For WBC World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Leon Spinks | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01978-09-15September 15, 1978 | &1000000000000003600000036 years, &10000000000000241000000241 days | New Orleans, LA |
Won The Ring & WBA World Heavyweight titles; Vacated WBA title on 1979-09-06. |
| Loss | Leon Spinks | Decision (split) | 15 (15) | 01978-02-15February 15, 1978 | &1000000000000003600000036 years, &1000000000000002900000029 days | Las Vegas, NV |
Lost The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Earnie Shavers | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01977-09-29September 29, 1977 | &1000000000000003500000035 years, &10000000000000255000000255 days | New York City |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Alfredo Evangelista | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01977-05-16May 16, 1977 | &1000000000000003500000035 years, &10000000000000119000000119 days | Landover, MD |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Ken Norton | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01976-09-28September 28, 1976 | &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000255000000255 days | The Bronx, New York |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Richard Dunn | TKO | 5 (15) | 01976-05-24May 24, 1976 | &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000128000000128 days |  Munich, West Germany |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Jimmy Young | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01976-04-30April 30, 1976 | &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000104000000104 days | Landover, MD |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Jean-Pierre Coopman | KO | 5 (15) | 01976-02-20February 20, 1976 | &1000000000000003400000034 years, &1000000000000003400000034 days |  San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Joe Frazier | TKO | 14 (15), 0:59 | 01975-10-01October 1, 1975 | &1000000000000003300000033 years, &10000000000000257000000257 days |  Quezon City, Philippines |
"The Thrilla in Manila"; Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Joe Bugner | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01975-06-30June 30, 1975 | &1000000000000003300000033 years, &10000000000000164000000164 days |  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Ron Lyle | TKO | 11 (15) | 01975-05-16May 16, 1975 | &1000000000000003300000033 years, &10000000000000119000000119 days | Las Vegas, NV |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Chuck Wepner | TKO | 15 (15), 2:41 | 01975-03-24March 24, 1975 | &1000000000000003300000033 years, &1000000000000006600000066 days | Richfield, OH |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | George Foreman | KO | 8 (15), 2:58 | 01974-10-30October 30, 1974 | &1000000000000003200000032 years, &10000000000000286000000286 days |  Kinshasa, Zaire |
"The Rumble in the Jungle"; Won The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Joe Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01974-01-28January 28, 1974 | &1000000000000003200000032 years, &1000000000000001100000011 days | New York City, NY |
Retained NABF Heavyweight title; Vacated title later in 1974. |
| Win | Rudi Lubbers | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01973-10-20October 20, 1973 | &1000000000000003100000031 years, &10000000000000276000000276 days |  Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Win | Ken Norton | Decision (split) | 12 (12) | 01973-09-10September 10, 1973 | &1000000000000003100000031 years, &10000000000000236000000236 days | Inglewood, CA |
Won NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | Ken Norton | Decision (split) | 12 (12) | 01973-03-31March 31, 1973 | &1000000000000003100000031 years, &1000000000000007300000073 days | San Diego, CA |
Lost NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Joe Bugner | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01973-02-14February 14, 1973 | &1000000000000003100000031 years, &1000000000000002800000028 days | Las Vegas, NV |
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| Win | Bob Foster | KO | 7 (12) | 01972-11-21November 21, 1972 | &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000309000000309 days | Stateline, NV |
Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Floyd Patterson | TKO | 7 (12) | 01972-09-20September 20, 1972 | &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000247000000247 days | New York City, NY |
Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Alvin Lewis | TKO | 11 (12), 1:15 | 01972-07-19July 19, 1972 | &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000184000000184 days |  Dublin, Ireland |
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| Win | Jerry Quarry | TKO | 7 (12), 0:19 | 01972-06-27June 27, 1972 | &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000162000000162 days | Las Vegas, NV |
Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | George Chuvalo | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01972-05-01May 1, 1972 | &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000105000000105 days |  Vancouver, Canada |
Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Mac Foster | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01972-04-01April 1, 1972 | &1000000000000003000000030 years, &1000000000000007500000075 days |  Tokyo, Japan |
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| Win | Jürgen Blin | KO | 7 (12), 2:12 | 01971-12-26December 26, 1971 | &1000000000000002900000029 years, &10000000000000343000000343 days |  Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Win | Buster Mathis | Decision (unanimous) | 12 (12) | 01971-11-17November 17, 1971 | &1000000000000002900000029 years, &10000000000000304000000304 days | Houston, TX |
Retained NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Jimmy Ellis | TKO | 12 (12), 2:10 | 01971-07-26July 26, 1971 | &1000000000000002900000029 years, &10000000000000190000000190 days | Houston, TX |
Won vacant NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | Joe Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01971-03-08March 8, 1971 | &1000000000000002900000029 years, &1000000000000005000000050 days | New York City, NY |
"The Fight of the Century"; Lost The Ring World Heavyweight title. For WBA & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Oscar Bonavena | TKO | 15 (15), 2:03 | 01970-12-07December 7, 1970 | &1000000000000002800000028 years, &10000000000000324000000324 days | New York City, NY |
Retained The Ring World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Jerry Quarry | TKO | 3 (15) | 01970-10-26October 26, 1970 | &1000000000000002800000028 years, &10000000000000282000000282 days | Atlanta, GA |
Retained The Ring World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | Zora Folley | KO | 7 (15), 1:48 | 01967-03-22March 22, 1967 | &1000000000000002500000025 years, &1000000000000006400000064 days | New York City, NY |
Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles; Stripped of titles on 1967-04-28. |
| Win | Ernie Terrell | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01967-02-06February 6, 1967 | &1000000000000002500000025 years, &1000000000000002000000020 days | Houston, TX |
Retained The Ring WBC & won WBA World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Cleveland Williams | TKO | 3 (15) | 01966-11-14November 14, 1966 | &1000000000000002400000024 years, &10000000000000301000000301 days | Houston, TX |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Karl Mildenberger | TKO | 12 (15) | 01966-09-10September 10, 1966 | &1000000000000002400000024 years, &10000000000000236000000236 days | Frankfurt, West Germany |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Brian London | KO | 3 (15) | 01966-08-06August 6, 1966 | &1000000000000002400000024 years, &10000000000000201000000201 days |  London, England |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Henry Cooper | TKO | 6 (15), 1:38 | 01966-05-21May 21, 1966 | &1000000000000002400000024 years, &10000000000000124000000124 days | London, England |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | George Chuvalo | Decision (unanimous) | 15 (15) | 01966-03-29March 29, 1966 | &1000000000000002400000024 years, &1000000000000007100000071 days | Toronto, Canada |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Floyd Patterson | TKO | 12 (15), 2:18 | 01965-11-22November 22, 1965 | &1000000000000002300000023 years, &10000000000000309000000309 days | Las Vegas, NV |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Sonny Liston | KO | 1 (15), 2:12 | 01965-05-25May 25, 1965 | &1000000000000002300000023 years, &10000000000000128000000128 days | Lewiston, ME |
Retained The Ring & WBC World Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | Sonny Liston | TKO | 7 (15) | 01964-02-25February 25, 1964 | &1000000000000002200000022 years, &1000000000000003900000039 days | Miami Beach, FL |
Won The Ring, WBA & WBC World Heavyweight titles; Stripped of WBA title on 1964-06-19. |
| Win | Henry Cooper | TKO | 5 (10), 2:15 | 01963-06-18June 18, 1963 | &1000000000000002100000021 years, &10000000000000152000000152 days | London, England |
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| Win | Doug Jones | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01963-03-13March 13, 1963 | &1000000000000002100000021 years, &1000000000000005500000055 days | New York City, NY |
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| Win | Charley Powell | KO | 3, 2:04 | 01963-01-24January 24, 1963 | &1000000000000002100000021 years, &100000000000000070000007 days | Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Win | Archie Moore | TKO | 4 (10), 1:35 | 01962-11-15November 15, 1962 | &1000000000000002000000020 years, &10000000000000302000000302 days | Los Angeles, CA |
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| Win | Alejandro Lavorante | KO | 5 (10), 1:48 | 01962-07-20July 20, 1962 | &1000000000000002000000020 years, &10000000000000184000000184 days | Los Angeles, CA |
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| Win | Billy Daniels | TKO | 7 (10), 2:21 | 01962-05-19May 19, 1962 | &1000000000000002000000020 years, &10000000000000122000000122 days | New York City, NY |
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| Win | George Logan | TKO | 4 (10), 1:34 | 01962-04-23April 23, 1962 | &1000000000000002000000020 years, &1000000000000009600000096 days | New York City, NY |
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| Win | Don Warner | TKO | 4, 0:34 | 01962-03-28March 28, 1962 | &1000000000000002000000020 years, &1000000000000007000000070 days | Miami Beach, FL |
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| Win | Sonny Banks | TKO | 4 (10), 0:26 | 01962-02-10February 10, 1962 | &1000000000000002000000020 years, &1000000000000002400000024 days | New York City, NY |
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| Win | Willi Besmanoff | TKO | 7 (10), 1:55 | 01961-11-29November 29, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &10000000000000316000000316 days | Louisville, KY |
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| Win | Alex Miteff | TKO | 6 (10), 1:45 | 01961-10-07October 7, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &10000000000000263000000263 days | Louisville, KY |
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| Win | Alonzo Johnson | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01961-07-22July 22, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &10000000000000186000000186 days | Louisville, KY |
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| Win | Duke Sabedong | Decision (unanimous) | 10 (10) | 01961-06-26June 26, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &10000000000000160000000160 days | Las Vegas, NV |
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| Win | LaMar Clark | KO | 2 (10), 1:27 | 01961-04-19April 19, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &1000000000000009200000092 days | Louisville, KY |
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| Win | Donnie Fleeman | TKO | 7 (8) | 01961-02-21February 21, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &1000000000000003500000035 days | Miami Beach, FL |
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| Win | Jim Robinson | KO | 1 (8), 1:34 | 01961-02-07February 7, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &1000000000000002100000021 days | Miami Beach, FL |
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| Win | Tony Esperti | TKO | 3 (8), 1:30 | 01961-01-17January 17, 1961 | &1000000000000001900000019 years, &100000000000000000000000 days | Miami Beach, FL |
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| Win | Herb Siler | KO | 4 (8) | 01960-12-27December 27, 1960 | &1000000000000001800000018 years, &10000000000000345000000345 days | Miami Beach, FL |
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| Win | Tunney Hunsaker | Decision (unanimous) | 6 (6) | 01960-10-29October 29, 1960 | &1000000000000001800000018 years, &10000000000000286000000286 days | Louisville, KY |
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See also[link]
- List of heavyweight boxing champions
- List of North American Muslims
- List of people from Louisville, Kentucky
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- Notable boxing families
- Conscientious Objector
Notes[link]
- ^ a b "Muhammad Ali – Boxer". Boxrec.com. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=000180&cat=boxer. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ a b "Muhammad Ali Biography". Biography.com. January 17, 1942. http://www.biography.com/articles/Muhammad-Ali-9181165?part=0. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali – Biography of Muhammad Ali – Page 2". History1900s.about.com. http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/muhammadali_2.htm. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ Cagle, Jess (December 17, 2001). "Ali: Lord of the Ring". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001498,00.html. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ BY: Interview by Deborah Caldwell. "Muhammad Ali has embraced Sufi Islam and is on a new spiritual quest". Beliefnet.com. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Islam/2005/02/Muhammad-Alis-New-Spiritual-Quest.aspx. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ Plimpton, George (June 14, 1999). "MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,991256,00.html#ixzz1WkE11Voo. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "BACKTALK; Today's Athletes Owe Everything to Ali – Page 3 – New York Times". The New York Times. April 30, 2000. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/30/sports/backtalk-today-s-athletes-owe-everything-to-ali.html?pagewanted=3&src=pm. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali". ESPN. January 20, 2012. http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/topics/_/page/muhammad-ali. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. by Muhammad Ali". Quotedb.com. http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3980. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ Plimpton, George (June 14, 1999). "MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,991256,00.html#ixzz1WjqptGlj. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "CNN/SI – SI Online – This Week's Issue of Sports Illustrated – Ali named SI's Sportsman of the Century – Friday December 03, 1999 12:00 AM". Sports Illustrated. December 3, 1999. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/12/02/awards. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "Ali crowned Sportsman of Century". BBC News. December 13, 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/561352.stm.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dawson, Dawn P; Salem Press (February 1, 2002). Great Athletes. 1 (Revised ed.). Salem Press. pp. 38–41. ISBN 978-1-58765-008-6. http://books.google.com/?id=TnIAPwAACAAJ.
- ^ Hauser 2004, p. 14
- ^ "Ali has Irish ancestry". BBC News. February 9, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/1810535.stm. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
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| Preceded by Sonny Liston |
WBA Heavyweight boxing champion February 25, 1964 – June 19, 1964 (Stripped) |
Succeeded by Ernie Terrell filled vacancy |
| WBC Heavyweight boxing champion February 25, 1964 – March 11, 1969 (Stripped) |
Succeeded by Joe Frazier filled vacancy |
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| Preceded by Ernie Terrell |
WBA Heavyweight boxing champion February 6, 1967 – April 28, 1967 (Stripped) |
Succeeded by Jimmy Ellis filled vacancy |
| Preceded by Leotis Martin (Vacated) |
NABF Heavyweight boxing champion December 17, 1970–1971 (Vacated) |
Succeeded by George Foreman filled vacancy |
| Preceded by George Foreman (Vacated) |
NABF Heavyweight boxing champion Ju1y 26, 1971 – March 31, 1973 |
Succeeded by Ken Norton |
| Preceded by Ken Norton |
NABF Heavyweight boxing champion September 10, 1973–1974 (Vacated) |
Succeeded by Ken Norton filled vacancy |
| Preceded by George Foreman |
WBA Heavyweight boxing champion October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978 |
Succeeded by Leon Spinks |
| WBC Heavyweight boxing champion October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978 |
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| Preceded by Leon Spinks |
WBA Heavyweight boxing champion September 15, 1978 – September 6, 1979 (Vacated) |
Succeeded by John Tate filled vacancy |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by none |
United Press International Athlete of the Year 1974 |
Succeeded by João Carlos de Oliveira |
| Preceded by O.J. Simpson |
Hickok Belt Winner 1974 |
Succeeded by Pete Rose |
| Preceded by Dick Tiger |
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 1963 |
Succeeded by Emile Griffith |
| Preceded by Joe Frazier |
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year Shared award with Carlos Monzon 1972 |
Succeeded by George Foreman |
| Preceded by George Foreman |
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 1974, 1975 |
Succeeded by George Foreman |
| Preceded by Carlos Zarate |
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 1978 |
Succeeded by Sugar Ray Leonard |
| Preceded by Willie Pastrano |
BWAA Fighter of the Year 1965 |
Succeeded by Dick Tiger |
| Preceded by George Foreman |
BWAA Fighter of the Year 1974, 1975 (shared award with Joe Frazier) |
Succeeded by U.S. Olympic Boxing Gold Medalists – Sugar Ray Leonard, Leo Randolph, Howard Davis, Jr., Leon Spinks and Michael Spinks |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Preceded by Antonio Rebollo |
Final Summer Olympic Torchbearer Atlanta 1996 |
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| Name | Ali, Muhammad |
| Alternative names | Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Jr. |
| Short description | American boxer, world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist; anti-Vietnam War activist |
| Date of birth | January 17, 1942 |
| Place of birth | Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | August 21, 1936 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Died | October 12, 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 63) Bel Air, California |
| High school | Overbrook HS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
| Listed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Kansas |
| NBA Draft | 1959 / Pick: Territorial |
| Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | |
| Pro career | 1959–1973 |
| Career history | |
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| 1958–1959 | Harlem Globetrotters |
| 1959–1965 | Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors |
| 1965–1968 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1968–1973 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| As coach: | |
| 1973–1974 | San Diego Conquistadors (ABA) |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 31,419 (30.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 23,924 (22.9 rpg) |
| Assists | 4,643 (4.4 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA; he played for the University of Kansas and also for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA. The 7 foot 1 inch Chamberlain weighed 250 pounds as a rookie[1] before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds with the Lakers.[2] He played the center position and is widely considered one of the greatest and most dominant players in NBA history.[2][3]
Chamberlain holds numerous NBA all-time records in scoring, rebounding and durability categories. He is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game or average more than 40 and 50 points in a season. He also won seven scoring, nine field goal percentage, and eleven rebounding titles, and once even led the league in assists.[3] Although he suffered a long string of professional losses,[4] Chamberlain had a successful career, winning two NBA championships, earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards, the Rookie of the Year award, one NBA Finals MVP award, and being selected to 13 All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams.[2][5] Chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996.[5]
Chamberlain was known by various nicknames during his basketball playing career. He hated the ones that called attention to his height such as "Goliath" and "Wilt the Stilt", which was coined during his high school days by a Philadelphia sportswriter. He preferred "The Big Dipper", which was inspired by his friends who saw him dip his head as he walked through doorways.[6]
After his basketball career ended, Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association, was president of this organization, and is enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his contributions.[7] Chamberlain also was a successful businessman, authored several books, and appeared in the movie Conan the Destroyer. He was a lifelong bachelor, and became notorious for his claim to having had sex with over 20,000 women.[8]
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Early years[link]
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a family of nine children, the son of Olivia Ruth Johnson, a domestic worker and homemaker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman.[9] As his biographer Robert Cherry observed, he was a frail child, nearly dying of pneumonia in his early years and missing a whole year of school as a result.[10] In his early years Chamberlain was not interested in basketball, because he thought it was "a game for sissies".[11] Instead, he was an avid track and field athlete: as a youth, he high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and broad jumped 22 feet.[12] But according to Chamberlain, "basketball was king in Philadelphia", so he eventually turned to the sport.[13] Because Chamberlain was a very tall child, already measuring 6 feet at age 10[14] and 6 feet 11 inches when he entered Philadelphia's Overbrook High School,[3] he had a natural advantage against his peers; he soon was renowned for his scoring talent, his physical strength and his shot blocking abilities.[15] According to ESPN journalist Hal Bock, Chamberlain was "scary, flat-out frightening... before he came along, most basketball players were mortal-sized men. Chamberlain changed that."[16] It was also in this period of his life when his three life-long nicknames "Wilt the Stilt", "Goliath", and his favorite, "The Big Dipper", were allegedly born.[2]
High school career[link]
As a player for the Overbrook Panthers, Chamberlain averaged 31 points during the 1953 high school season and led his team to a 71–62 win against the Northeast High School of his future NBA teammate Guy Rodgers. He scored 34 points, won Overbrook the Public League title and a berth for the Philadelphia city championship game against the winner of the rival Catholic league, West Catholic.[17] In that game, West Catholic triple-teamed Chamberlain the entire game, and despite the center's 29 points, the Panthers lost 54-42.[17]
In his second Overbrook season, Chamberlain continued his prolific scoring, among them scoring a high school record 71 points against Roxborough.[18] The Panthers comfortably won the Public League title after again beating Northeast in which Chamberlain scored 40 points, and later won the city title by defeating South Catholic 74–50. Chamberlain scored 32 points and had led Overbrook to a flawless 19–0 season.[18]
During summer vacations Chamberlain worked as a bellhop in Kutsher's Hotel. Red Auerbach, the coach of the Boston Celtics, spotted the talented teenager there and had him play 1-on-1 against Kansas University standout and national champion, B. H. Born, elected the Most Valuable Player of the 1953 NCAA Finals. Chamberlain won 25–10; Born was so dejected that he gave up a promising NBA career and became a tractor engineer ("If there were high school kids that good, I figured I wasn't going to make it to the pros"),[19] and Auerbach wanted Chamberlain to go to a New England university, so he could draft him as a territorial pick for the Celtics, but Chamberlain did not respond.[19]
In Chamberlain's third and final Overbrook season, he continued his high scoring, once logging 74, 78 and 90 points in three consecutive games.[20] The Panthers won the Public League a third time, beating West Philadelphia 78–60, and in the city championship game, they met West Catholic once again. Scoring 35 points, Chamberlain led Overbrook to an easy 83–42 victory.[20] After 3 years, Chamberlain had won Overbrook 2 city championships, logged a 56–3 record and had broken Tom Gola's high school scoring record by scoring 2,252 points, averaging 37.4 points per game.[2][4][21]
After his last Overbrook season, over 200 universities wanted to recruit the basketball prodigy.[3] Among others, UCLA offered Chamberlain the opportunity to become a movie star, the University of Pennsylvania wanted to buy him diamonds, and Chamberlain's Panthers coach Mosenson was even offered a coaching position if he could persuade the center.[22] Cherry has described that Chamberlain wanted a change and therefore did not want to go to or near Philadelphia (also eliminating New York), was not interested in New England, and snubbed the South because of segregation; leaving the Midwest.[22] In the end, after visiting the University of Kansas, also commonly known as KU, with renowned college coach Phog Allen, Chamberlain then proclaimed he was going to play college basketball at KU.[22]
College career[link]
In 1955, Chamberlain joined KU. Cherry described how shocked the young teenager was when he first arrived in the still-segregated city of Lawrence, Kansas: after being treated like a star in his native Philadelphia, he now saw places black people were prohibited to enter. Chamberlain reacted by simply ignoring these signs, eating and going out wherever he wanted.[23] When he discovered that nobody heckled him, he gave up his antipathy, and as a result black people in Lawrence were eventually treated better.[23] Chamberlain enjoyed living in Kansas, especially enjoying the rich jazz scene in nearby Kansas City.[24]
At KU Chamberlain became a player for the Kansas Jayhawks freshman team under coach Phog Allen, whom he admired, and also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, where he was the president of his pledge class.[25] Announced as "looking lighter than his 240 pounds, [able to] reach 9'6" up in the air [flatfooted], and [with a wingspan of] 7'2", his debut was highly anticipated, and he delivered: in Chamberlain's debut game for the freshman squad, the freshman Jayhawks were pitted against the varsity Jayhawks, who were favored to win their conference that year. Chamberlain dominated his older college mates by scoring 42 points (16–35 from the field, 10–12 on free throws), grabbing 29 rebounds and registering 4 blocks.[12] Chamberlain's prospects of playing under Allen ended, however, when the coach turned 70 shortly after and was forced to retire by KU regulation. Chamberlain had a bad relationship with Allen's successor, Dick Harp, fueled by resentment and disappointment: Cherry has doubted whether Chamberlain would have chosen KU if he had known that Allen was going to retire.[26]
On December 3, 1956, Chamberlain made his varsity debut. In his first varsity game the center scored 52 points and grabbed 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time Kansas records in a 87–69 win against the Northwestern team of future NBA team mate Joe Ruklick.[27] Teammate Monte Johnson testified to his athleticism: "Wilt ... had unbelievable endurance and speed ... and was never tired. When he dunked, he was so fast that a lot of players got their fingers jammed [between Chamberlain's hand and the rim]." Reportedly, Chamberlain also broke Johnny Kerr's toe with a slam dunk.[27] By this time, Chamberlain had developed several offensive weapons that became his trademarks: his finger roll, his fadeaway jump shot, which he could also hit as a bank shot, his passing and his shot-blocking.[27] Leading a talented squad of starters, including Maurice King, Gene Elstun, John Parker, Ron Lonesky and Lew Johnson, the Jayhawks went 13–1 until they lost a game 56–54 versus Oklahoma State, who held the ball the last three and a half minutes without any intention of scoring a basket, which was still possible in the days before the shot clock (introduced 1984 in the NCAA).[27]
As he did at Overbrook, Chamberlain again showcased his diverse athletic talent. He ran the 100-yard dash in 10.9 seconds, shot-putted 56 feet, triple jumped more than 50 feet, and won the high jump in the Big Eight track and field championships three straight years.[28]
In 1957, 23 teams played for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The Midwest regional tourney was held in Dallas, Texas, which at the time was segregated. In the first game, the Jayhawks played the all-white Southern Methodist University team, and KU player John Parker later said: "The crowd was brutal. We were spat on, pelted with debris, and subjected to the vilest racial epithets possible."[27] KU won 73–65 in overtime, after which police had to escort the Jayhawks out. The next game against Oklahoma City was equally unpleasant, with KU winning 81–61 under intense racist abuse.[27] In the semi-finals, Chamberlain's Jayhawks handily defeated the University of San Francisco, 80–56, with Wilt scoring 32 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and having at least 7 blocked shots. (Game film is unclear whether an 8th block occurred, or the ball just fell short due to Chamberlain’s withering defensive intimidation). Chamberlain demonstrated his growing arsenal of offensive moves, including jump shots, put-backs, tip-ins, and his turnaround jump shot. He was far more comfortable and effective at the foul line than he would later be during his pro career. He had outstanding foot speed throughout the game, and several times led the fastbreak, including blocking a shot near the basket and then outracing the field for a layup. His stellar performance lead Kansas to an insurmountable lead, and he rested on the bench for the final 3:45 remaining in the game.
Chamberlain made the First Team of the All-America squad and led his Jayhawks into the NCAA finals against the Tar Heels of North Carolina. In that game, Tar Heels coach Frank McGuire used several unorthodox tactics to thwart Chamberlain. For the tip-off, he sent his shortest player, Tommy Kearns, in order to rattle Chamberlain, and the Tar Heels spent the rest of the night triple-teaming him, one defender in front, one behind, and a third arriving as soon as he got the ball.[4] With their fixation on Chamberlain, the Jayhawks shot only 27% from the field, as opposed to 64% of the Tar Heels, and trailed 22–29 at halftime.[27] Later, North Carolina led 40–37 with 10 minutes to go and stalled the game: they passed the ball around without any intention of scoring a basket. After several Tar Heel turnovers, the game was tied at 46 at the end of regulation.[27] In the first overtime each teams scored 2 points, and in second overtime Kansas froze the ball in return, keeping the game tied at 48. In the third overtime, the Tar Heels scored two consecutive baskets, but Chamberlain executed a three-point play, leaving KU trailing 52–51. After King scored a basket, Kansas was ahead by one point, but then Tar Heel Joe Quigg was fouled on a drive with 10 seconds remaining and made his two foul shots. For the final play, Dick Harp called for Ron Loneski to pass the ball into Chamberlain in the low post. The pass was too soft and was intercepted, however, and the Tar Heels won the game. Nonetheless, Chamberlain, who had scored 23 points and 14 rebounds,[27] was elected the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.[4] Cherry has speculated, however, that this loss was a watershed in Chamberlain's life, because it was the first time that his team had lost despite him putting up impressive individual stats. Chamberlain later admitted that this loss was the most painful of his life.[27]
In Chamberlain's junior year (1957–58 NCAA season), the Jayhawks' matches were even more frustrating for him. Knowing how dominant Chamberlain was, the opponents resorted to freeze-ball tactics and routinely used three or more players to guard him.[29] Teammate Bob Billings commented: "It was not fun basketball ... we were just out chasing people throwing the basketball back and forth."[29] In addition Chamberlain grew weary of the punishment inflicted on him; after a game against Missouri, he showed imprints of two rows of teeth marks in his arm. Nevertheless, Chamberlain averaged 30.1 points for the season and led the Jayhawks to an 18–5 record, losing three games while he was out with a urinary infection:[29] because KU came second in the league and at the time only conference winners were invited to the NCAA tourney, the Jayhawks' season ended. It was a small consolation that he was again named an All-American, along with future NBA Hall-of-Famers Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson plus old rival Guy Rodgers.[29]
Having lost the enjoyment from NCAA basketball and wanting to earn money, he left college and sold the story named "Why I Am Leaving College" to Look magazine for $10,000, a large sum when NBA players earned $9,000 in a whole season.[29] In two seasons at Kansas, Chamberlain averaged 29.9 points and 18.3 rebounds per game while totaling 1,433 points and 877 rebounds,[16] and led Kansas to one Big Seven championship.[5] By the time Chamberlain was 21, he had already been featured in Time, Life, Look, and Newsweek magazines, even before he turned professional.[21]
For many years following Chamberlain's departure from the University of Kansas, critics claimed that he either wanted to leave the very white Midwest or was embarrassed by not being able to bring home the NCAA basketball tournament victory. In 1998, Chamberlain returned to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas to participate in a jersey-retiring ceremony for his #13. Around this time, he has been quoted as saying: "There's been a lot of conversation, since people have been trying to get my jersey number retired, that I have some dislike for the University of Kansas. That is totally ridiculous."[30]
Professional career[link]
Harlem Globetrotters (1958–1959)[link]
After his frustrating junior year, Chamberlain wanted to become a professional player before finishing his senior year.[31] However, at that time, the NBA did not accept players who had not finished their last year of studies. Therefore, Chamberlain was prohibited from joining the NBA for a year, and decided to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1958 for a sum of $50,000[2][4] (equal to about $403,000 today).[note 1]
Chamberlain became a member of the Globetrotters team which made history by playing in Moscow in 1959, enjoyed a sold out tour of the USSR and prior to the start of a game at Moscow's Lenin Central Stadium, were greeted by the General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.[32] One particular Trotter skit involved Trotters captain Meadowlark Lemon collapsing to the ground, and instead of helping him up, Chamberlain threw him several feet high up in the air and caught him like a doll. "[Chamberlain] was the strongest athlete who ever lived", the 210-pound Lemon recounted later.[33] In later years, Chamberlain frequently joined the Trotters in the off-season and fondly recalled his time there, because he was no longer jeered at or asked to break records, but just one of several artists who loved to entertain the crowd.[34] On March 9, 2000, Chamberlain's number 13 was retired by the Trotters.[32]
Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (1959–1965)[link]
On October 24, 1959, Chamberlain finally made his debut as an NBA player, starting for the Philadelphia Warriors. The Warriors' draft pick was highly unusual, as it was a so-called "territorial pick", despite Chamberlain's having spent his college years in Kansas, which is not a region covered by Philadelphia (or any other NBA team at the time). However, Warriors owner Eddie Gottlieb, one of the NBA's founding fathers, argued that Chamberlain had grown up in Philadelphia and had become popular there as a high school player, and that because there were no NBA teams in Kansas, the Warriors held his territorial rights and could draft him. The NBA agreed, marking the first time in NBA history that a player was made a territorial selection based on his pre-college roots.[2] Chamberlain immediately became the NBA's best paid player, earning $30,000 (equal to about $239,000 today)[note 1] in his rookie contract; in comparison, the previous top earner was Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics with $25,000; in fact, Gottlieb had bought the whole Warriors franchise for $25,000 seven years earlier.[35]
In the 1959–60 NBA season, Chamberlain joined a Warriors squad that was coached by Neil Johnston and contained Hall-of-Fame guards Tom Gola and Paul Arizin, plus Ernie Beck and his old rival, Guy Rodgers; remarkably, all five starters were Philadelphians. In his first NBA game, against the New York Knicks, the rookie center scored 43 points and grabbed 28 rebounds.[36] In his fourth game, Philadelphia met the reigning champions, the Boston Celtics of Hall-of-Fame coach Red Auerbach, whose offer Chamberlain had snubbed several years before, and Bill Russell, who was now lauded as one of the best defensive pivots in the game.[36] In what was the first of many Chamberlain-Russell match-ups, Chamberlain outscored Russell with 30 points versus 28 points, but Boston won the game. Cherry called this outcome the first of many great duels between these pivots.[36] Chamberlain and his perennial nemesis (Russell) would grow to become one of the NBA's greatest on-court rivalries of all time.[5] Nevertheless, the two also became friends off the court, similar to later rivals Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.[37]
In his first NBA season, Chamberlain averaged 37.6 points and 27 rebounds, convincingly breaking the previous regular-season records. He needed only 56 games to score #2,102, which broke the all-time regular season scoring record of Bob Pettit, who needed 72 games to score 2,101 points.[38] Chamberlain was named NBA MVP and Rookie of the Year that season, a feat matched only by fellow Hall-of-Famer Wes Unseld in the 1968–69 NBA season, and broke eight NBA records.[4][38] Chamberlain capped off his rookie season by winning also the 1960 NBA All-Star Game MVP award with a 23-point, 25-rebound performance for the East. However, it also became evident that he was an atrocious free-throw shooter, making hardly half of his foul shots. As time progressed, Chamberlain grew even worse, and acknowledged he was simply a "psycho case" on that matter.[39]
The Warriors entered the 1960 NBA Playoffs and beat the Syracuse Nationals, setting up a meeting versus the Eastern Division champions, the Boston Celtics. Cherry described how Celtics coach Red Auerbach ordered his forward Tom Heinsohn to commit personal fouls on Chamberlain: whenever the Warriors shot foul shots, Heinsohn grabbed and shoved Chamberlain to prevent him from running back quickly; his intention was that the Celtics would throw the ball in so fast that the prolific shotblocker Chamberlain was not yet back under his own basket, and Boston could score an easy fastbreak basket.[38] The teams split the first two games, but in Game 3, Chamberlain got fed up with Heinsohn and punched him. In the scuffle, Wilt injured his hand, and Philadelphia lost the next two games.[38] In Game 5, with his hand back to normal, Chamberlain scored 50 points on Bill Russell. But in Game 6, Heinsohn got the last laugh, scoring the decisive basket with a last-second tip-in.[38] The Warriors lost the series 4-2.[2]
The rookie Chamberlain then shocked Warriors' fans by saying he was thinking of retiring. He was tired of being double- and triple-teamed, and of teams coming down on him with hard fouls. Chamberlain feared he might lose his cool one day.[2] As Celtics forward Heinsohn said, himself no stranger to dirty play against Chamberlain: "Half the fouls against him were hard fouls ... he took the most brutal pounding of any player ever".[2] In addition, Chamberlain was seen as a freak of nature, jeered at by the fans and scorned by the media. As Chamberlain often said, quoting coach Alex Hannum's explanation of his situation, "Nobody loves Goliath."[4] Eddie Gottlieb coaxed Chamberlain back into the NBA, sweetening his return with a salary raise to $65,000[40] (equal to about $511,000 today).[note 1]
The following season, Chamberlain surpassed his rookie season statistics as he averaged 38.4 points per game and 27.2 rebounds per game. He became the first player to break the 3,000-point barrier and the first and still only player to break the 2,000-rebound barrier for a single season, grabbing 2,149 boards.[41] Chamberlain also won his first field goal percentage title, and set the all-time record for rebounds in a single game with 55.[4] Chamberlain was so dominant on the team that he scored almost 32% of his team's points and collected 30.4% of their rebounds.[40]
Chamberlain again failed to convert his play into team success, however, this time bowing out against the Syracuse Nationals in a three-game sweep.[42] Cherry noted that Chamberlain was "difficult" and did not respect coach Neil Johnston, who was unable to handle the star center. In retrospect, Eddie Gottlieb remarked: "My mistake was not getting a stronghanded coach.... [Johnston] wasn't ready for big time."[43]
In his third Warriors season, the team was coached by Frank McGuire, the coach who had masterminded Chamberlain's painful NCAA loss against the Tar Heels. In that year, Wilt set several all-time records which have never been threatened. In the 1962 season, he averaged 50.4 points and grabbed 25.7 rebounds per game.[41] Perhaps most astounding was, on March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt's scoring 100 points, shooting 36 of 63 from the field, and making 28 of 32 free throws against the New York Knicks. Chamberlain's 4,029 regular-season points made him the first and only player to break the 4,000-point barrier;[2] the only other player to break the 3,000-point barrier is Michael Jordan, with 3,041 points in the 1986–87 NBA season. Chamberlain once again broke the 2,000-rebound barrier with 2,052. Additionally, he was on the hardwood for an average of 48.53 minutes, playing 3,882 of his team's 3,890 minutes.[41] Because Chamberlain played in overtime games, he averaged more minutes per game than the regulation 48; in fact, Chamberlain would have reached the 3,890-minute mark if he had not been ejected in one game after picking up a second technical foul with 8 minutes left to play.[44]
His extraordinary feats in the 1962 season were later subject of the book Wilt, 1962 by Gary M. Pomerantz (2005), who used Chamberlain as a metaphor for the uprising of Black America.[45] In addition to Chamberlain's regular-season accomplishments, he scored 42 points in the 1962 NBA All-Star Game, still the all-time record, on 17–23 shooting and pulled down 24 rebounds.
In the 1962 NBA Playoffs, the Warriors met the Boston Celtics again in the Eastern Division Finals, a team which Bob Cousy and Bill Russell called the greatest Celtics team of all time.[46] Each team won their home games, so the series was split at 3 after six games. In a closely contested Game 7, Chamberlain tied the game at 107 with 16 seconds to go, but Celtics shooting guard Sam Jones hit a clutch shot with 2 seconds left to win the series for Boston.[46][47] In later years, Chamberlain was criticized for averaging 50 points, but not winning a title. In his defense, Warriors coach Frank McGuire said "Wilt has been simply super-human", and pointed out that the Warriors lacked a consistent second scorer, a playmaker, and a second big man to take pressure off Chamberlain.[39]
In the 1962–63 NBA season, Eddie Gottlieb sold the Warriors franchise for $850,000 (equal to about $6.53 million today)[note 1] to a group of businessmen led by Marty Simmons from San Francisco, and the team relocated to become the San Francisco Warriors under a new coach, Bob Feerick.[48] This also meant, however, that the team broke apart, as Paul Arizin chose to retire rather than move away from his family and his job at IBM in Philadelphia, and Tom Gola was homesick, requesting a trade to the lowly New York Knicks halfway through the season.[49] With both secondary scorers gone, Chamberlain continued his array of statistical feats, averaging 44.8 points and 24.3 rebounds per game that year.[41] Despite his individual success, the Warriors lost 49 of their 80 games and missed the playoffs.[50]
In the 1963–64 NBA season, Chamberlain got yet another new coach, Alex Hannum, and was joined by a promising rookie center, Nate Thurmond, who eventually entered the Hall of Fame. Ex-soldier Hannum, who later entered the NBA Hall of Fame as a coach, was a crafty psychologist who emphasized defense and passing. Most importantly, he was not afraid to stand up to the dominant Chamberlain, who was known to "freeze out" (not communicate with) coaches he didn't like.[51] Backed up by valuable rookie Thurmond, Chamberlain had another good season with 36.9 ppg and 22.3 rpg,[41] and the Warriors went all the way to the NBA Finals. In that series they succumbed to Russell's Boston Celtics yet again, this time losing 4–1.[52] But as Cherry remarked, not only Chamberlain, but in particular Hannum deserved much credit because he had basically had taken the bad 31–49 squad of last year plus Thurmond and made it into a NBA Finalist.[53] In the summer of 1964 Chamberlain, one of the prominent participants at the famed Rucker Park basketball court in New York City,[54] made the acquaintance of a tall, talented 17-year old teenager who played there. Soon, the young Lew Alcindor was allowed into his inner circle, and quickly idolized the ten-year older NBA player. Unfortunately, Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as Alcindor would name himself later, would develop an intensely personal antipathy.[55]
In the following 1964–65 NBA season, the Warriors got off to a terrible start and ran into financial trouble. At the 1965 All-Star break Chamberlain was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, the new name of the relocated Syracuse Nationals. In return the Warriors received Paul Neumann, Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer (who opted to retire rather than report to the Warriors), and $150,000[2][4] (equal to about $1.11 million today).[note 1] When Chamberlain left the Warriors, owner Franklin Mieuli said: "Chamberlain is not an easy man to love [and] the fans in San Francisco never learned to love him. Wilt is easy to hate [...] people came to see him lose."[31]
Philadelphia 76ers (1965–1968)[link]
After the trade Chamberlain found himself on a promising Sixers team that included guards Hal Greer, a future Hall-of-Famer, and talented role players Larry Costello, Chet Walker and Lucious Jackson. Cherry remarks that there was a certain tension within the team: Greer was the formerly undisputed leader and was not willing to give up his authority, and Jackson, a talented center, was now forced to play power forward because Chamberlain blocked the center spot; however, as the season progressed, the three began to mesh better.[56] Chamberlain did not care for the Sixer's coach, Dolph Schayes, because Schayes, according to him, had made several disrespectful remarks when they were rival players in the NBA.[56]
Statistically, Chamberlain was again outstanding, posting 34.7 ppg and 22.9 rpg for the second half of the season.[41] After defeating the Cincinnati Royals led by Oscar Robertson in the 1965 NBA Playoffs, the Sixers met Chamberlain's familiar rival, the Boston Celtics. The press called it an even matchup in all positions, even at center, where Bill Russell was expected to give Chamberlain a tough battle.[57] Indeed, the two teams split the first six games, and because of the better season record, the last game was held in the Celtics' Boston Garden. In that Game 7, both centers were marvelous: Chamberlain scored 30 points and 32 rebounds, and Russell logged 16 points, 27 rebounds and 8 assists.[57] In the final minute, Chamberlain hit two clutch free throws and slam dunked on Russell, bringing Boston's lead down to 110–109 with five seconds left. Russell botched the inbounds pass, hitting a guide wire over the backboard and giving the ball back to the Sixers. Coach Schayes called timeout, and decided to run the last play over Hal Greer rather than Chamberlain, because he feared the Celtics would intentionally foul him because he was a poor foul shooter. But when Greer attempted to inbound the ball, John Havlicek stole it to preserve the Celtics' lead.[58] For the fifth time in seven years, Russell's team had deprived Chamberlain of the title.[2] According to Chamberlain, that was the time that people started calling him "loser".[4] Additionally, in an April 1965 issue of Sports Illustrated Chamberlain conducted an interview entitled "My Life In A Bush League" where he criticized his fellow players, coaches, and NBA administrators.[59] Chamberlain later commented that he could see in hindsight how the interview was instrumental in damaging his public image.[59]
In the 1965–66 NBA season the Sixers experienced tragedy when Ike Richman, the Sixers' co-owner as well as Chamberlain's confidant and lawyer, died of a coronary. Still reeling from the shock, the Sixers posted a 55–25 regular season record, and for his strong play, Chamberlain was handed his second MVP award.[5] In that season, the center again dominated his opposition by scoring 33.5 points and 24.6 rebounds a game, leading the league in both categories.[41] In one particular game, Chamberlain blocked a dunk attempt by Gus Johnson so hard that he dislocated Johnson's shoulder.[60] Off the court, however, Chamberlain's commitment to the cause was doubted, as Chamberlain was a late sleeper, lived in New York and preferred to commute to Philadelphia rather than live there, and he was only available during the afternoon for training. Because Schayes did not want to risk angering his best player, he scheduled the daily workout at 4 pm; this angered the team, who preferred an early schedule to have the afternoon off, but Schayes just said: "There is no other way."[61] Irv Kosloff, who now owned the Sixers alone after Richman's death, pleaded to him to move to Philadelphia during the season, but he was turned down.[62]
In the 1966 NBA Playoffs, the Sixers met their familiar foes, the Celtics, and for the first time even had home-court advantage. However, Boston easily won the first two games on the road, winning 115–96 and 114–93; Chamberlain played within his usual range, but his supporting cast shot under 40%. This caused sports journalist Joe McGinnis to comment: "The Celtics played like champions and the Sixers just played."[62] In Game 3, Chamberlain scored 31 points and 27 rebounds for an important road win, and the next day, coach Schayes planned to hold a joint team practice. However, Chamberlain said he was "too tired" to attend, and even refused Schayes' plea to at least show up and shoot a few foul shots with the team. In Game 4, Boston won 114–108.[62] Prior to Game 5, Chamberlain was nowhere to be found, skipping practice and being non-accessible. Outwardly, Schayes defended his star center as "excused from practice", but his teammates knew the truth and were much less forgiving.[62] In Game 5 itself, Chamberlain was superb, scoring 46 points and 34 rebounds, but the Celtics won the game 120–112 and the series.[63] Cherry is highly critical of Chamberlain: while conceding he was the only Sixers player who performed in the series, he pointed out his unprofessional, egotistical behavior as being a bad example for his teammates.[62]
Prior to the 1966–67 NBA season, the friendly but unassertive Schayes was replaced by a familiar face, the crafty but firm Alex Hannum. In what Cherry calls a tumultuous locker room meeting, Hannum addressed several key issues he observed during the last season, several of them putting Chamberlain in an unfavorable light. Sixers forward Chet Walker testified that on several occasions, players had to pull Chamberlain and Hannum apart to prevent a fistfight.[64] Fellow forward Billy Cunningham observed that Hannum "never backed down" and "showed who was the boss". By doing this, he won Chamberlain's respect.[64] When emotions cooled off, Hannum pointed out to Chamberlain that he was on the same page in trying to win a title; but to pull this off, he – like his teammates – had to "act like a man" both on and off the court.[64] Concerning basketball, he persuaded him to change his style of play. Loaded with several other players who could score, such as future Hall-of-Famers Hal Greer and newcomer Billy Cunningham, Hannum wanted Chamberlain to concentrate more on defense.[4][65]
As a result, Chamberlain was less dominant, taking only 14% of the team's shots (in his 50.4 ppg season, it was 35.3%), but extremely efficient: he averaged a career-low 24.1 points, but he led the league in rebounds (24.2), ended third in assists (7.8), had a record breaking .683 field goal accuracy, and played strong defense.[41] For these feats, Chamberlain earned his third MVP award. The Sixers charged their way to a then-record 68–13 season, including a record 46–4 start.[2] In addition, the formerly egotistical Chamberlain began to praise his teammates, lauding hardworking Luke Jackson as the "ultimate power forward", calling Hal Greer a deadly jumpshooter, and point guard Wali Jones an excellent defender and outsider scorer.[64] Off the court, the center invited the team to restaurants and paid the entire bill, knowing he earned 10 times more than all the others.[64] Greer, who was considered a consummate professional and often clashed with the center because of his attitude, spoke positively of the new Chamberlain: "You knew in a minute the Big Fella [Chamberlain] was ready to go... and everybody would follow."[64]
In the 1967 NBA Playoffs, the Sixers yet again battled the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Division Finals, and again held home court advantage. In Game 1, the Sixers beat Boston 127–112, powered by Hal Greer's 39 points and Chamberlain's unofficial quadruple double, with 24 points, 32 rebounds, 13 assists and (unofficially counted) 12 blocks.[66] In Game 2, the Sixers won 107–102 in overtime, and player-coach Russell grudgingly praised Chamberlain for intimidating the Celtics into taking low percentage shots from further outside.[66] In Game 3, Chamberlain grabbed 41 rebounds and helped the Sixers win 115–104. The Celtics prevented a sweep by winning Game 4 with a 121–117 victory, but in Game 5, the Sixers simply overpowered the Celtics 140–116, which effectively ended Boston's historic run of 8 consecutive NBA titles. The Sixers' center scored 29 points, 36 rebounds and 13 assists and was highly praised by Celtics Russell and K.C. Jones.[66]
In the 1967 NBA Finals, the Sixers were pitted against Chamberlain's old team, the San Francisco Warriors of his one-time backup Nate Thurmond and star forward Rick Barry. The Sixers won the first two games, with Chamberlain and Greer taking credit for respectively defensive dominance and clutch shooting, but San Francisco won two of the next three games, so Philadelphia was up 3–2 prior to Game 6.[66] In Game 6, the Warriors were trailing 123-122 with 15 seconds left. For the last play, Thurmond and Barry were assigned to do a pick and roll against Chamberlain and whoever would guard Barry. However, the Sixers foiled it: when Barry ran past Thurmond's pick and drove to the basket, he was picked up by Chet Walker, making it impossible to shoot; Thurmond was covered by Chamberlain, which made it impossible to pass. Barry botched his shot attempt, and the Sixers won the championship.[66] Chamberlain said: "It is a wonderful to be a part of the greatest team in basketball... being a champion is like having a big round glow inside of you."[66] He had contributed with 17.7 ppg and 28.7 rpg against fellow future Hall-of-Fame pivot Nate Thurmond, never failing to snare at least 23 rebounds in the six games.[4][67] Chamberlain himself described the team as the best in NBA history.[41] In 2002, writer Wayne Lynch wrote a book about this remarkable Sixers season, Season of the 76ers, centering on Chamberlain.
In the 1967–68 NBA season, matters began to turn sour between Chamberlain and the Sixers' sole surviving owner, Irv Kosloff. This conflict had been going along for a while: in 1965, Chamberlain asserted that he and the late Richman had worked out a deal which would give the center 25% of the franchise once he had ended his career.[68] Although there is no written proof for or against, ex-Sixers coach Dolph Schayes and Sixers lawyer Alan Levitt assumed Chamberlain was right;[66] in any case, Kosloff declined the request, leaving Chamberlain livid and willing to jump to the rival ABA once his contract ended in 1967. Kosloff and Chamberlain worked out a truce, and later signed a one-year, $250,000 contract.[66]
On the hardwood, Chamberlain continued his focus on team play and registered 24.3 points and 23.8 rebounds a game for the season.[41] The 76ers had the best record in the league for the third straight season. Chamberlain made history by becoming the first and only center in NBA history to finish the season as the leader in assists, his 702 beating runner-up, Hall-of-Fame point guard Lenny Wilkens' total by 23.[21] Chamberlain likened his assist title to legendary home run hitter "Babe Ruth leading the league in sacrifice bunts", and he dispelled the myth that he could not and would not pass the ball.[69] For these feats, Chamberlain won his fourth and last MVP title.[5] Another landmark was his 25,000th point, making him the first ever player to score these many points: he gave the ball to his team physician Dr. Stan Lorber.[70] Winning 62 games, the Sixers easily took the first playoff berth of the 1968 NBA Playoffs. In the 1968 Eastern Division Semifinals, they were pitted against the Knicks. In a physically tough matchup, the Sixers lost sixth man Billy Cunningham with a broken hand, and Chamberlain, Greer and Jackson were struggling with inflamed feet, bad knees, and pulled hamstrings respectively. Going ahead 3–2, the Sixers defeated the Knicks 115–97 in Game 6 after Chamberlain scored 25 points and 27 rebounds: he had a successful series in which he led both teams in points (153), rebounds (145) and assists (38).[71]
In the 1968 Eastern Division Finals, the Sixers yet again met the Boston Celtics, again with home court advantage, and this time as reigning champions. Despite the Sixers' injury woes, coach Hannum was confident to "take the Celtics in less than seven games": he pointed out the age of the Celtics, who were built around Bill Russell and guard Sam Jones, both 34.[72] But then, national tragedy struck as Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. With eight of the ten starting players on the Sixers and Celtics being African-American, both teams were in deep shock, and there were calls to cancel the series.[72] In a game called "unreal" and "devoid of emotion", the Sixers lost 127–118 on April 5. After attending Dr. King's funeral, Chamberlain called out to the angry rioters who were setting fires all over the country, stating Dr. King would not have approved.[72] In Game 2, Philadelphia evened the series with a 115–106 victory, and won Games 3 and 4, with Chamberlain suspiciously often played by Celtics backup center Wayne Embry, causing the press to speculate Russell was worn down.[72] Prior to Game 5, the Celtics seemed dead: no NBA team had overcome a 3–1 series deficit before.[72] However, the Celtics rallied back, winning Games 5 and 6 122–104 and 114–106 respectively, powered by a spirited John Havlicek and helped by the Sixers' terrible shooting.[72]
What followed was the first of three consecutive controversial and painful Game 7s in which Chamberlain played. In that Game 7, the Sixers could not get their act together: 15,202 stunned Philadelphia fans witnessed a historic 100–96 defeat, making it the first time in NBA history a team lost a series after leading 3 games to 1. Although Cherry points out that the Sixers shot badly (Hal Greer, Wali Jones, Chet Walker, Luke Jackson and Matt Guokas hit a combined 25 of 74 shots) and Chamberlain grabbed 34 rebounds and shot 4-of-9, the center himself scored only 14 points.[72] In the second half of Game 7, Chamberlain did not attempt a single shot from the field.[65] Cherry observes a strange pattern in that game: in a typical Sixers game, Chamberlain got the ball 60 times in the low post, but only 23 times in Game 7, and only seven times in the third and only twice in the fourth quarter.[72] Chamberlain later blamed coach Hannum for the lack of touches (i.e. scoring opportunities), a point which the coach conceded himself, but Cherry points out that Chamberlain, who always thought of himself as the best player of all time, should have been outspoken enough to demand the ball himself.[72] The loss meant that Chamberlain was now 1–6 in playoff series against the Celtics.
After that season, coach Alex Hannum wanted to be closer to his family on the West Coast; he left the Sixers to coach the Oakland Oaks in the newly founded American Basketball Association.[73] Chamberlain then asked for a trade, and Sixers general manager Jack Ramsay traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers for Darrall Imhoff, Archie Clark and Jerry Chambers.[65] The motivation for this move remains in dispute. According to sportswriter Roland Lazenby, a journalist close to the Lakers, Chamberlain was angry at Kosloff for breaking the alleged Richman-Chamberlain deal,[31] but according to Dr. Jack Ramsay, who was the Sixers general manager then, Chamberlain also threatened to jump to the ABA after Hannum left, and forced the trade himself.[65] Cherry finally adds several personal reasons: the center felt he had grown too big for Philadelphia, sought the presence of fellow celebrities (which were plenty in L.A.) and finally also desired the opportunity to date white women, which was possible for a black man in L.A. but hard to imagine elsewhere back then.[74]
Los Angeles Lakers (1968–1973)[link]
On July 9, 1968, Chamberlain was the centerpiece of a major trade between the 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers, who sent center Darrall Imhoff (the unfortunate ex-Knicks center who started against Chamberlain when the latter scored 100 points), forward Jerry Chambers and guard Archie Clark to Philadelphia, making it the first time a reigning NBA Most Valuable Player was traded the next season.[75] Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke gave Chamberlain an unprecedented contract, paying him $250,000 after taxes; in comparison, previous Laker top earner Jerry West was paid $100,000 before taxes.[76]
Chamberlain joined a squad which featured Hall-of-Fame forward Elgin Baylor and Hall-of-Fame guard Jerry West, along with backup center Mel Counts, forwards Keith Erickson and Tom Hawkins and talented but diminutive 5'11" guard Johnny Egan. The lack of a second guard next to West (and thus, the lack of speed and quickness) concerned coach Butch Van Breda Kolff; after losing Clark and Gail Goodrich, who joined the Phoenix Suns after the 1968 expansion draft, he said: "Egan gets murdered on defense because of his [lack of] size...but if I don't play him, we look like a bunch of trucks."[77] In addition, Cherry observed that Chamberlain was neither a natural leader nor a loyal follower, which made him difficult to fit in.[76] While he was on cordial terms with Jerry West, he often argued with team captain Elgin Baylor; regarding Baylor, he later explained: "We were good friends, but... [in] black culture... you never let the other guy one-up you."[76] The greatest problem was his tense relationship with Lakers coach Butch Van Breda Kolff: pejoratively calling the new recruit "The Load", he later complained that Chamberlain was egotistical, never respected him, too often slacked off in practice and focused too much on his own statistics.[76] In return, the center blasted Van Breda Kolff as "the dumbest and worst coach ever".[31][76] Laker Keith Erickson observed that "Butch catered to Elgin and Jerry...and that is not a good way to get on Wilt's side...that relationship was doomed from the start."[76]
Chamberlain experienced a problematic and often frustrating season. Van Breda Kolff benched him several times, which never happened in his career before; in mid-season, the perennial scoring champion had two games in which he scored only six and then only 2 points.[77] Playing through his problems, Chamberlain averaged 20.5 points and 21.1 rebounds a game that season.[41] However, Jack Kent Cooke was pleased, because since acquiring Chamberlain, ticket sales went up by 11%.[77]
In the 1969 NBA Playoffs, the Lakers dispatched Chamberlain's old club, the San Francisco Warriors 4–2 after losing the first two games, and then defeated the Atlanta Hawks and met Chamberlain's familiar rivals, Bill Russell's Boston Celtics.[77] Going into the series as 3-to-1 favorites, the Lakers won the first two games, but dropped the next two. Chamberlain was criticized as a non-factor in the series, getting neutralized by Bill Russell with little effort.[77] But in Game 5, the Lakers center started to come to life, scoring 13 points and grabbing 31 rebounds, leading Los Angeles to a 117–104 win. In Game 6, the Celtics won 99–90, and Chamberlain only scored 8 points; Cherry accuses him of choking, because if "Chamberlain had come up big and put up a normal 30 point scoring night", L.A. would have probably won its first championship.[77]
Game 7 featured a surreal scene: in anticipation of a Lakers win, Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke had put up thousands of balloons in the rafters of the Forum in Los Angeles. This display of arrogance motivated the Celtics and angered Jerry West.[77] In that match, Chamberlain experienced his second Game 7 debacle. The Lakers trailed 91-76 after three quarters. But powered by a limping Jerry West, who played with a deep thigh bruise after Game 5, the Lakers mounted a comeback; but then Chamberlain twisted his knee after a rebound and had to be replaced by Mel Counts. With three minutes to go, and West and Counts hitting clutch baskets, the Lakers trailed 103-102. But when the Celtics tightened up their defense, the Lakers committed costly turnovers and lost the game 108–106, despite a triple-double from West, who had 42 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. West became the only player in NBA history to be named Finals MVP despite being on the losing team.[77]
After the game, the key question was why Chamberlain had stayed out the final six minutes. At the time of his final substitution, he had scored 18 points (hitting 7 of his 8 shots) and grabbed 27 rebounds, significantly better than the 10 points of Mel Counts on 4-of-13 shooting.[77] To justify a late minute sub, either Chamberlain's injury had to be grave, or Van Breda Kolff's trust in Counts absolute. Among others, Bill Russell didn't believe Chamberlain's injury was grave, and openly accused him of being a malingerer: "Any injury short of a broken leg or a broken back is not enough."[77] Ironically, Van Breda Kolff came to Chamberlain's defense, insisting the often-maligned Lakers center hardly was able to move in the end.[77] He himself was perceived as "pig-headed" for benching Chamberlain, and soon resigned as Lakers coach.[77] Cherry comments that according to some journalists, that Game 7 "destroyed two careers: Wilt's because he wouldn't take over and Van Breda Kolff because he wouldn't give in".[77]
In his second year with the Lakers under new coach Joe Mullaney, Chamberlain seriously injured his knee. He was injured in the ninth game of the schedule and missed the next several months before appearing in the final three games of the 82-game regular season. Owing to a great start, he managed to average 27.3 points, 18.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.[41] Again, the Lakers charged through the playoffs, and in the 1970 NBA Finals, the Lakers were pitted against the New York Knicks, loaded with future Hall-of-Famers Willis Reed, Dave DeBusschere, Bill Bradley, and Walt Frazier. Cherry observed that Reed, a prolific midrange shooter, was a bad matchup for Chamberlain: having lost lateral quickness due to his injury, the Lakers center was often too slow to block Reed's preferred high post jump shots.[78] In Game 1, Reed masterminded a 124–112 win in which he scored 37 points on Chamberlain. In Game 2, Chamberlain scored 19 points, grabbed 24 rebounds and blocked Reed's shot in the final seconds, leading the Lakers to a 105–103 win.[78] Game 3 saw Jerry West famously hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer to tie the game at 102; however, the Knicks took the game 111–108.[78] In Game 4, Chamberlain scored 18 points and grabbed 25 rebounds and helped tie the series at 2.[78] But in Game 5, things seemed to go awry for the Knicks: trailing by double digits, Reed pulled his thigh muscle and seemed to be done for the series. By conventional wisdom, Chamberlain now should have dominated against little-used Knicks backup centers Nate Bowman and Bill Hosket or forwards Bradley and DeBusschere, who gave up more than half a foot against the Lakers center.[78] Instead, the Lakers gave away their 13 point halftime lead and succumbed to the aggressive Knicks defense: L.A. committed 19 second half turnovers, and the two main scorers Chamberlain and West shot the ball only three and two times, respectively, in the entire second half.[78] The Lakers lost 107–100 in what was called one of the greatest comebacks in NBA Finals history.[78] In Game 6, Chamberlain scored 45 points and almost single-handedly equalized the series in a 135–113 Lakers win, and with Reed out, the Knicks seemed doomed prior to Game 7 in New York.[78]
However, the hero of that Game 7 was Willis Reed. He famously hobbled up court, scored the first four points, and inspired his team to one of the most famous playoff upsets of all time.[79] The Knicks led by 27 at halftime, and despite scoring 21 points, Chamberlain couldn't prevent a third consecutive loss in a Game 7. The Lakers center himself was criticized for his inability to dominate his injured counterpart, but Cherry pointed out that Chamberlain's feat – coming back from career-threatening injury himself – was too quickly forgotten.[78]
In the 1970–71 NBA season, the Lakers made a notable move by signing future Hall-of-Fame guard Gail Goodrich, who came back from the Phoenix Suns after playing for L.A. until 1968. Chamberlain averaged 20.7 points, 18.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists,[41] once again led the NBA in rebounding and the Lakers won the Pacific Division title. After losing Elgin Baylor to an Achilles tendon rupture that effectively ended his career, and especially after losing Jerry West after a knee injury, the handicapped Lakers were seen as underdogs against the Milwaukee Bucks of freshly crowned MVP Lew Alcindor, better known under his later Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and veteran Hall-of-Fame guard Oscar Robertson in the Western Conference Finals. Winning the regular season with 66 wins, the Bucks were seen as favourites against the depleted Lakers; still, many pundits were looking forward to the matchup between the 34-year old Chamberlain and the 24-year old Alcindor.[80] In Game 1, Abdul-Jabbar outscored Chamberlain 32–22, and the Bucks won 106–85. In Game 2, the Bucks won again despite the Lakers center scoring 26 points, four more than his Milwaukee counterpart. Prior to Game 3, things became even worse for the Lakers when Keith Erickson, West's stand-in, had an appendectomy and was out for the season; with only rookie Jim McMillian easing the scoring pressure, Chamberlain scored 24 points and 24 rebounds in a 118-107 victory, but the Bucks defeated the Lakers 117-94 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead. Milwaukee closed out the series at home with a 116–98 victory in Game 5.[81] Although Chamberlain lost, he was lauded for holding his own against MVP Alcindor, who was not only 10 years younger, but still had two healthy knees.[80]
After the 1971 playoffs, Chamberlain had an offer to fight heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The 15-round fight would have taken place on July 26, 1971 in the Houston Astrodome but Chamberlain finally refused the match.[21] In an 1999 interview, Chamberlain stated that boxing trainer Cus D'Amato wanted to train him for the fight, and they offered Ali and him $5 million each to battle each other. However, after checking back with his father, Chamberlain finally said no.[82][83]
In the 1971–72 NBA season, the Lakers hired former Celtics star guard Bill Sharman as head coach. Sharman introduced morning shoot-arounds, in which the perennial latecomer Chamberlain regularly participated (in contrast to earlier years with Dolph Schayes) and transformed him into a defensive-minded, low-scoring post defender in the mold of his old rival Bill Russell.[84] Furthermore, he told Chamberlain to use his rebounding and passing skills to quickly initiate fastbreaks to his teammates, forwards Happy Hairston and MacMillian, guards Goodrich and West, and bench players Flynn Robinson and LeRoy Ellis.[85]
While no longer being the main scorer, Chamberlain was named the new captain of the Lakers: after rupturing his Achilles tendon, perennial captain Elgin Baylor retired, leaving a void the center now filled. Initially, Sharman had wanted Chamberlain and West to share this duty, but West declined, stating he was injury-prone and wanted to solely concentrate on the game.[86] Chamberlain accepted his new roles and posted an all-time low 14.8 points, but also won the rebound crown with 19.2 rpg and led the league with a .649 field goal percentage.[41] Powered by his defensive presence, the Lakers embarked on an unprecedented 33 game win streak en route to a then-record 69 wins in the regular season.
In the post-season, the Lakers defeated the Chicago Bulls in a sweep,[87] then went on to face the Milwaukee Bucks of young superstar center and regular-season MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (he had changed his name) again. The matchup between Chamberlain and Abdul-Jabbar was hailed by LIFE magazine as the greatest matchup in all of sports. Chamberlain would help lead the Lakers past Jabbar and the Bucks in 6 games.[87] Particularly, Chamberlain was lauded for his performance in Game 6, which the Lakers won 104–100 after trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter: he scored 24 points and 22 rebounds, played all 48 minutes and outsprinted the younger Bucks center on several late Lakers fast breaks.[88] Jerry West called it "the greatest ball-busting performance I have ever seen."[88] Chamberlain performed so well in the series that TIME magazine stated, "In the N.B.A.'s western division title series with Milwaukee, he (Chamberlain) decisively outplayed basketball's newest giant superstar, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, eleven years his junior."[89]
In the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers again met the New York Knicks; the Knicks were shorthanded after losing Willis Reed to injury, and so, undersized 6'8" Jerry Lucas had the task to defend against the 7'1" Chamberlain.[90] However, prolific outside shooter Lucas helped New York to win Game 1, hitting 9 of his 11 shots in the first half alone; in Game 2, which the Lakers won 106–92, Chamberlain put Lucas into foul trouble, and the Knicks lost defensive power forward Dave DeBusschere to injury.[90] In Game 3, Chamberlain scored 26 points and grabbed 20 rebounds for another Lakers win, and in a fiercely battled Game 4, the Lakers center was playing with five fouls late in the game. Having never fouled out in his career – a feat that he was very proud of – he played aggressive defense despite the risk of fouling out, and blocked two of Lucas' shots in overtime, proving those wrong who said he only played for his own stats; he ended scoring a game-high 27 points.[90] But in that game, he had fallen on his right hand, and was said to have "sprained" it; it was actually broken. For Game 5, Chamberlain's hands were packed into thick pads normally destined for defensive linesmen in American Football; he was offered a painkilling shot, but refused because he feared he would lose his shooting touch if his hands became numb.[90] In Game 5, Chamberlain recorded 24 points, 29 rebounds, 8 assists and 8 blocked shots. (While blocked shots were not an official NBA stat at that time, announcer Keith Jackson counted the blocks during the broadcast.[citation needed]) Chamberlain's outstanding all-around performance helped the Lakers win their first championship with a decisive 114–100 win.[90] Chamberlain was named Finals MVP,[41] and was admired for dominating the Knicks in Game 5 while playing injured.[90]
The 1972–73 NBA season was to be Chamberlain's last, although he didn't know this at the time. In his last season, the Lakers had lost substance: Happy Hairston was injured, Flynn Robinson and LeRoy Ellis had left, and veteran Jerry West struggled with sensitive hamstrings.[91] Chamberlain averaged 13.2 points and 18.6 rebounds, still enough to win the rebounding crown for the 11th time in his career. In addition, he shot an NBA record .727% for the season, bettering his own mark of .683 from the 1966–67 season — neither percentage has been topped by any other player.[41] It was the ninth time Chamberlain would lead the league in field goal percentage. The Lakers won 60 games in the regular season and reached the 1973 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. This time, the tables were turned: the Knicks now featured a healthy team with a rejuvenated Willis Reed, and the Lakers were now handicapped by several injuries.[91]
In that series, the Lakers won Game 1 115–112, but the Knicks won Games 2 and 3; things worsened when Jerry West injured his hamstring yet again. In Game 4, the shorthanded Lakers were no match for New York, and in Game 5, the valiant, but injured West and Hairston had miserable games, and despite Chamberlain scoring 23 points and grabbing 21 rebounds, the Lakers lost 102–93 and the series.[92][93] After the Knicks finished off the close fifth game with a late flourish led by Earl Monroe and Phil Jackson, Wilt made a dunk shot with one second left, which turned out to be the last play of his basketball career. Chamberlain did not yet know that this loss was the last professional game of his career.
San Diego Conquistadors (1973)[link]
In 1973, the San Diego Conquistadors of the NBA rival league ABA signed Chamberlain as a player-coach for a $600,000 salary.[94] However, the Lakers sued their former star and successfully prevented him from actually playing, because he still owed them the option year of his contract.[4] Barred from playing, Chamberlain mostly left the coaching duties to his assistant Stan Albeck, who recalled: "Chamberlain... has a great feel for pro basketball... [but] the day-to-day things that are an important part of basketball... just bored him. He did not have the patience."[94] The players were split on Chamberlain, who was seen as competent, but often indifferent and more occupied with promotion of his autobiography Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door than with coaching.[94] In his single season as a coach, the "Qs", as the Conquistadors were colloquially called, went a mediocre 37–47 in the regular season and lost against the Utah Stars in the Division Semifinals.[94] However, Chamberlain was not pleased by the meagre Qs' attendance: the crowd was an average 1,843, hardly filling half of the Qs' small San Diego 3,200-seat sports arena.[94] After the season, Chamberlain retired from professional basketball.
NBA statistics[link]
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | ||
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | ||
Regular season[link]
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-60 | Philadelphia Warriors | 72 | 46.4 | .461 | .582 | 27.0 | 2.3 | 37.6 |
| 1960-61 | Philadelphia Warriors | 79 | 47.8 | .509 | .504 | 27.2 | 1.9 | 38.4 |
| 1961-62 | Philadelphia Warriors | 80 | 48.5 | .506 | .613 | 25.7 | 2.4 | 50.4 |
| 1962-63 | San Francisco | 80 | 47.6 | .528 | .593 | 24.3 | 3.4 | 44.8 |
| 1963-64 | San Francisco | 80 | 46.1 | .524 | .531 | 22.3 | 5.0 | 36.9 |
| 1964-65 | San Francisco/Philadelphia 76ers | 73 | 45.2 | .510 | .464 | 22.9 | 3.4 | 34.7 |
| 1965-66 | Philadelphia 76ers | 79 | 47.3 | .540 | .513 | 24.6 | 5.2 | 33.5 |
| 1966-67 | Philadelphia 76ers | 81 | 45.5 | .683 | .441 | 24.2 | 7.8 | 24.1 |
| 1967-68 | Philadelphia 76ers | 82 | 46.8 | .595 | .380 | 23.8 | 8.6 | 24.3 |
| 1968-69 | Los Angeles | 81 | 45.3 | .583 | .446 | 21.1 | 4.5 | 20.5 |
| 1969-70 | Los Angeles | 12 | 42.1 | .568 | .446 | 18.4 | 4.1 | 27.3 |
| 1970-71 | Los Angeles | 82 | 44.3 | .545 | .538 | 18.2 | 4.3 | 20.7 |
| 1971-72 | Los Angeles | 82 | 42.3 | .649 | .422 | 19.2 | 4.0 | 14.8 |
| 1972-73 | Los Angeles | 82 | 43.2 | .727 | .510 | 18.6 | 4.5 | 13.2 |
| Career | 1045 | 45.8 | .540 | .511 | 22.9 | 4.4 | 30.1 |
Playoffs[link]
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | 9 | 46.1 | .496 | .445 | 25.8 | 2.1 | 33.2 |
| 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | 3 | 48.0 | .489 | .553 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 12 | 48.0 | .467 | .636 | 26.6 | 3.1 | 35.0 |
| 1964 | San Francisco | 12 | 46.5 | .543 | .475 | 25.2 | 3.3 | 34.7 |
| 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | 11 | 48.7 | .530 | .559 | 27.2 | 4.4 | 29.3 |
| 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers | 5 | 48.0 | .509 | .412 | 30.2 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| 1967 | Philadelphia 76ers | 15 | 47.9 | .579 | .388 | 29.1 | 9.0 | 21.7 |
| 1968 | Philadelphia 76ers | 13 | 48.5 | .534 | .380 | 24.7 | 6.5 | 23.7 |
| 1969 | Los Angeles | 18 | 46.2 | .545 | .392 | 24.7 | 2.6 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | Los Angeles | 18 | 47.3 | .549 | .406 | 22.2 | 4.5 | 22.1 |
| 1971 | Los Angeles | 12 | 46.2 | .455 | .515 | 20.2 | 4.4 | 18.3 |
| 1972 | Los Angeles | 15 | 46.9 | .563 | .492 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 14.7 |
| 1973 | Los Angeles | 17 | 47.1 | .552 | .500 | 22.5 | 3.5 | 10.4 |
| Career | 160 | 47.2 | .522 | .465 | 24.5 | 4.2 | 22.5 |
Post-NBA career[link]
After his stint with the Qs, Chamberlain successfully went into business and entertainment, made money in stocks and real estate, opened a popular Harlem nightclub, Big Wilt's Smalls Paradise, and invested in broodmares.[34] Chamberlain also sponsored his personal professional volleyball and track and field teams, and also provided high-level teams for girls and women in basketball, track, volleyball and softball,[95] and made money by appearing in ads for TWA, American Express, Volkswagen, Drexel Burnham, Le Tigre Clothing and Foot Locker.[34]
After his basketball career, volleyball became Chamberlain's new passion: being a talented hobby volleyballer (albeit due to lack of technique, not as excellent as volleyball All-American Lakers team mate Keith Erickson) during his Lakers days,[92] he became board member of the newly founded International Volleyball Association in 1974 and became its president one year later.[7] As a testament to his importance, the IVA All-Star game was televised only because Chamberlain also played in it: he rose to the challenge and was named the game's MVP.[7] He played occasional matches for the IVA Seattle Smashers before the league folded in 1979. However, Chamberlain had promoted the sport so effectively that he was named to the Volleyball Hall of Fame: he became one of the few athletes who were enshrined in different sports.[7]
In 1976 Wilt turned to his interest in movies, forming a film production and distribution company to make his first film, entitled "Go For It".[96]
Chamberlain played a villainous warrior and counterpart of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Conan the Destroyer (1984).
In November 1998, Wilt signed with Ian Ng Cheng Hin, CEO of Northern Cinema House Entertainment (NCH Entertainment), to do his own bio-pic, wanting to tell his life story his way.[97] He had been working on the screenplay notes for over a year at the time of his death. "He was more inquisitive than anybody I ever knew. He was writing a screenplay about his life. He was interested in world affairs, sometimes he'd call me up late at night and discuss philosophy. I think he'll be remembered as a great man. He happened to make a living playing basketball but he was more than that. He could talk on any subject. He was a Goliath," said Sy Goldberg, Chamberlain's longtime attorney.[98]
When million-dollar contracts became common in the NBA, Chamberlain increasingly felt he had been underpaid during his career.[99] A result of this resentment was the 1997 book Who's Running the Asylum? Inside the Insane World of Sports Today (1997), in which he harshly criticized the NBA of the 1990s for being too disrespectful of players of the past.[100]
Even far beyond his playing days, Chamberlain was a very fit person. In his mid-forties, he was able to humble rookie Magic Johnson in practice,[101] and even in the 1980s, he flirted with making a comeback in the NBA. In the 1980–81 NBA season, coach Larry Brown recalled that the 45-year-old Chamberlain had received an offer from the Cleveland Cavaliers. When Chamberlain was 50, the New Jersey Nets had the same idea, and Chamberlain declined again.[101] However, he would continue to epitomize physical fitness for years to come, including participating in several marathons.[4]
In 1992, Chamberlain was briefly hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat.[102] According to those close to him, he eventually began taking medication for his heart troubles.[103][104] On October 12, 1999, rescuers found him dead upon being summoned to his Bel Air, California, home.[105] His agent reported, after speaking with Chamberlain's cardiologist, that Chamberlain died of congestive heart failure, his health having deteriorated rapidly during the month preceding his death.[106]
Legacy[link]
| "He was basketball's unstoppable force, the most awesome offensive force the game has ever seen." |
| —Introductory line of Chamberlain's NBA Encyclopedia biography[2] |
Individual achievements and recognition[link]
Chamberlain is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and dominant basketball players in the history of the NBA.[5] The 1972 NBA Finals MVP is holder of numerous official NBA all-time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all-time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter.[107] He led the NBA in scoring seven times, field goal percentage nine times, minutes played eight times, rebounding eleven times, and assists once.[108] He was also responsible for several rule changes, including widening the lane from 12 to 16 feet, as well as changes to rules regarding inbounding the ball[107] and shooting free throws.[101] Chamberlain is most remembered for his 100-point game,[109][110] which is widely considered one of basketball's greatest records.[111][112][113] Decades after his record, many NBA teams did not even average 100 points as fewer field goals per game were being attempted.[111] The closest any player has gotten to 100 points was the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who scored 81 in 2006.[114][115][116] Bryant afterwards said Chamberlain's record was "unthinkable ... It's pretty exhausting to think about it."[117] Chamberlain's main weakness was his notoriously poor free throw shooting, where he has the third lowest career free throw percentage in NBA history with 51.1% (based on a minimum of 1,200 attempts). He later acknowledged that he was a "psycho case" in this matter.[39] On the other hand, he committed surprisingly few fouls during his NBA career, despite the rugged play in the post. Chamberlain never fouled out of a regular season or playoff game in his 14-year NBA career. His career average was only 2 fouls per game, despite having averaged 45.8 minutes per game over his career. He had 5 seasons where he committed less than 2 fouls per game, with a career low of 1.5 fouls during the 1962 season, in which he also averaged 50.4 points per game. His fouls per 36 minutes (a stat used to compare players that average vastly different minutes) was a remarkable 1.6 per game.[3] "First he was a scorer. Then he was a rebounder and assist man. Then with our great Laker team in 1972, he concentrated on the defensive end," said Sharman.[118] In his two championship seasons, Chamberlain led the league in rebounding, while his scoring decreased to 24 and 15 points per game. By 1971–72 at age 35 and running less, his game had transformed to averaging only nine shots per game, compared to the 40 in his record-setting 1961–62 season.[108]
For his feats, Chamberlain was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, ranked #2 in SLAM Magazine's Top 50 NBA Players of All-Time[119] and #13 in the ESPN list "Top North American athletes of the century"[120] and voted the second best center of All-Time by ESPN behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on March 6, 2007.[121] During his career, Chamberlain competed against future Hall of Famers including Russell, Thurmond, Lucas, and Walt Bellamy. He later faced Unseld, Abdul-Jabbar, Dave Cowens, and Elvin Hayes.[122]
Chamberlain-Russell rivalry[link]
From a historical NBA perspective, the rivalry between Chamberlain and his perennial nemesis Bill Russell is cited as the greatest on-court rivalry of all time.[5] There were three NBA Finals matchups in the rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, but they played different positions and did not guard each other.[123] Russell’s Celtics won 7 of 8 playoff series against Chamberlain’s Warriors, Sixers and Lakers teams, and went 57-37 in the regular season and 29-20 in the playoffs against them.[124] Russell's teams won all four seventh games against Chamberlain's—the combined margin was nine points.[108] Chamberlain outscored Russell 30 to 14.2 per game and outrebounded him 28.2 to 22.9 in the regular season, and also in the playoffs, he outscored him 25.7 to 14.9 and outrebounded him 28 to 24.7.[21] The comparison between the two are often simplified to a great player (Chamberlain) versus a player who makes his team great (Russell), an individualist against a team player. In 1961–62 when Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points per game, he noted that Boston did not rely on Russell's scoring, and he could concentrate on defense and rebounding. He wished people would understand that their roles were different. Chamberlain said, "I've got to hit forty points or so, or this team is in trouble. I must score—understand? After that I play defense and get the ball off the boards. I try to do them all, best I can, but scoring comes first."[125] Russell won 11 NBA titles in his career while Chamberlain won two.[126] Chamberlain was named All-NBA first team seven times to Russell's three, but Russell was named league MVP—then selected by players and not the press—five times against Chamberlain's four.[127]
Russell and Chamberlain were friends in private life. Russell never considered him his rival and disliked the term, instead pointing out that they rarely talked about basketball when they were alone. When Chamberlain died in 1999, Chamberlain’s nephew stated that Russell was the second person he was ordered to break the news to.[128] The two did not speak for two decades after Russell criticized Chamberlain after Game 7 of the 1969 Finals. Russell apologized privately to Chamberlain and later publicly.[129]
Rule changes[link]
Chamberlain's impact on the game is also reflected in the fact that he was directly responsible for several rule changes in the NBA, including widening the lane to try to keep him farther away from the hoop, instituting offensive goaltending and revising rules governing inbounding the ball and shooting free throws (such as making it against the rules to inbound the ball over the backboard).[3][101] Chamberlain, who reportedly had a 50-inch vertical leap,[130] was physically capable of converting foul shots via a slam dunk without a running start (beginning his movement at the top of the key).[95] When his dunks practically undermined the difficulty of a foul shot, both the NCAA[131] and the NBA banned his modus operandi.[3][101] In basketball history, pundits have stated that the only other player who forced such a massive change of rules is 6'10" Minneapolis Lakers center George "Mr. Basketball" Mikan, who played a decade before Chamberlain and also caused many rule changes designed to thwart so-called "big men".[84]
Reputation[link]
Although Chamberlain racked up some of the most impressive statistics in the history of Northern American professional sports, because he won "just" two NBA championships and lost seven out of eight playoff series against the Celtics teams of his on-court nemesis Bill Russell, Chamberlain was often called "selfish" and a "loser".[4] Frank Deford of ESPN said that Chamberlain was caught in a no-win situation: "If you win, everybody says, 'Well, look at him, he's that big.' If you lose, everybody says, 'How could he lose, a guy that size?' "[21] Chamberlain himself often said: "Nobody roots for Goliath."[4]
Similar to later superstar Shaquille O'Neal, Chamberlain was also a target of criticism because of his bad free throw shooting. He connected on an abysmal .511 average, including a career low of .380 during the 1967-68 season.[41] Countless suggestions were offered; he shot them underhanded, one-handed, two-handed, from the side of the circle, from well behind the line. Once, Sixers coach Alex Hannum suggested to him to shoot his famous fadeaway jumpshot as a foul shot; but Chamberlain was too scared to bring even more attention to his one great failing.[34]
Furthermore, Chamberlain damaged his reputation in an April 1965 article with Sports Illustrated. In an interview entitled "My Life In A Bush League", he criticized his fellow players, coaches, and NBA administrators.[59] Chamberlain later commented that he could see in hindsight how the interview could have been instrumental in hurting his public image.[59]
However, contemporary colleagues were often terrified to play against Chamberlain. Bill Russell regularly feared being embarrassed by Chamberlain,[31] Walt Frazier called his dominance on the court “comical”,[98] and when 6 ft 11 in 250-pound (in his early years)[132] Hall-of-Fame center Bob Lanier was asked about the most memorable moment of his career, Lanier answered: “When Wilt Chamberlain lifted me up and moved me like a coffee cup so he could get a favorable position.”[34]
Other[link]
In political philosophy, Chamberlain is known for the so-called "Wilt Chamberlain Argument." Libertarian philosopher Robert Nozick states that if fans agreed to pay to see him play, then Chamberlain was entitled to a greater amount of resources because the inequality would have resulted from a free exchange of resources. Nozick used Chamberlain as a real-life example to argue that non-entitlement theories of justice were inherently unjust.[133]
Despite his very public persona, Chamberlain's philanthropy was mostly done out of the spotlight. Upon his death, it was revealed that in his estate he had left $650,000 to the Kansas University Endowment Association. The money was used to establish scholarships for a variety of students, including first-generation low-income students, women athletes, and men's basketball student-athletes. $150,000 established the Wilt Chamberlain KU Basketball Clinic for Special Olympics Fund that aids the existing annual basketball clinic for Special Olympians that are run by the KU athletics department.
Personal life[link]
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See also[link]
- List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff rebounding leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff free throw scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association players with most points in a game
- List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game
- List of National Basketball Association players with most rebounds in a game
- List of National Basketball Association players with most assists in a game
- List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages
- List of National Basketball Association top rookie scoring averages
- List of National Basketball Association top individual rebounding season averages
- List of National Basketball Association top rookie rebounding averages
- List of National Basketball Association top individual field goal percentage seasons
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game
- List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
Notes[link]
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Further reading[link]
- Chamberlain, Wilt; Shaw, David (1973). Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door. New York: Macmillan.
- Chamberlain, Wilt (1992). A View From Above. New York: New York Signet Books. ISBN 0-451-17493-3.
- Chamberlain, Wilt (1997). Who's Running the Asylum? Inside the Insane World of Sports Today. International Promotions. ISBN 1-57901-005-9.
- Cherry, Robert (2004). Wilt: Larger than Life. Chicago: Triumph Books. ISBN 1-57243-672-7.
- Heisler, Mark (2003). Giants: The 25 Greatest Centers of All Time. Chicago: Triumph Books. ISBN 1-57243-577-1.
- Mosenson, Cecil (2008). It All Began With Wilt. Oklahoma: Tate Publishing & Enterprises. ISBN 978-1-60604-055-3.
- Pluto, Terry (1992). Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-74279-5.
- Pomerantz, Gary M. (2005). Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era. New York: Crown. ISBN 1-4000-5160-6.
- Taylor, John (2005). The rivalry : Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the golden age of basketball. New York: Random House. ISBN 1-4000-6114-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=qiKBNaDzv3gC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:1400061148&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3IowT8SNJqqpsQLQhfHXBg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
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- "Wilt's Big Night," Weekend America, American Public Media, June 4, 2005, How the 100-point game almost went un-recorded.
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| Name | Chamberlain, Wilt |
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| Short description | Basketball player |
| Date of birth | August 21, 1936 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Date of death | October 12, 1999 |
| Place of death | Bel Air, California |
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