Summary : Wilt Chamberlain 's ' Nobody Loves Goliath '

He was the youngest of 5. in 1937 he enrolled in pasadena junior college. His first year he was a shortstop and hit over 400 and stole over 20 bases in 25 games. During his second year, he played football. He ran for more than 1,000 yards and scored 17 touchdowns in 11 wins. He ever was a kick returner and ran back a 104 yard kickoff to the house for a touchdown. in the same year he played basketball and scored about 19 points a game and led his team to a championship. Later the same year he was MVP on his baseball team leading them to a championship, all while running track. the next year he went to UCLA on a scholarship for football and led the nation with a average of 12 yards a carry. He was the first four-letter athlete at UCLA playing baseball, football, track, and basketball. He later met a nursing student, Rachel Isum, his future wife. After he left college in 1942 he was drafted into the Army and was involved in World War II.For the next seventeen years, Jackie lived a great life after retiring from baseball. He was chosen to be in the Hall Of Fame in 1962. He was a advocate to bring public attention to the African American struggle and to help end racial discrimination..For the next seventeen years, until his death in 1972, Robinson lived an extraordinary yet difficult life.Opponents were always an issue with Jackie. During the games they would use racial slurs and rather cruel

Russell Westbrook was born on November 12, 1988. He is the oldest of two children in his family. He has one younger brother, Raynard Westbrook. His parents names are Russell Sr. and Shannon Westbrook. His mother played a very supportive role in his life. She made sure that both of her boys studied hard and had good grades.

Michael Jordan, in his prime, was thought of as one of the greatest basketball champions of all time. A shooting guard, standing at six-six, Jordan was able to out play anyone in his position. He started his career at the University of North Carolina, where he helped his team win a national championship. He then was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984-85 season. While playing for the Bulls, Jordan received many awards such as, MVP, five championships, Olympic gold medals, slam dunk contests, and many more defensive and offensive awards. Jordan simply dominated the nineties and left the game as a NBA Finals winner in 1998.

Jordan burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Hard work, dedication, and the desire

"Forget the stories of magic leprechauns in the rafters of Boston Garden and how the cramped visitors' dressing room and psychological games created some sort of Celtics' mystique," Oscar Robertson observed. "No matter how good the players surrounding him were, no matter how competitive his coach was, Bill Russell was the Celtics' mystique." Needless to say, Russell's legacy is as grand as they come. From the beginning of his playing days through the decades that have passed since he has made an indelible impact on everything he has touched. For 13 years, it was the Celtics organization, and that is why he is regarded as the greatest champion of all time.For all that he accomplished on and off the field, Bill Russell is definitely one of the all-time great players of

Later in Chris’s life he finished high school with 961 points and 598 rebounds. Then he got a full on scholarship to the University of Iowa. In one of the tournaments in college he scored 52

He won rookie of the year, and was only the begging for the awards he would receive. He later receive MVP, and elected into the Hall Of Fame.

He was an MVP and 12x batting title. He had one of the best batting averages ever. He could pitch play center field and almost every other position. He had an overall batting average was a .366. His best one was a .420, which still holds records today.(BR)

Michael Jordan. MJ, Air Jordan, His Airness, Money, Black Cat, the list goes on. Call him what you want, but one thing is for sure; he is one of the greatest and most influential athletes of all time. Not only did he leave his mark on basketball forever, but he also sparked the the globalization of American sport. Growing up in a small, middle class town, Jordan defied all odds in order to make it as a player. He was cut from his high school team as a sophomore and dealt with racism soon after, yet finished his NBA career with six championship rings (LaFeber 30). But how did Michael Jordan become the icon that is pervasive today?

He led them to the BCS National Championship and along the way he was named the Southeastern conference player of the year and the AP player of the year. He also won the Heisman trophy.

In his Junior year, 2012, he was capable of being named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch offensive player of the year after rushing for an impressive 1,802 yards and thirty four touchdowns and receiving twenty passes for 401 yards and scoring six times. While he was a Senior, 2013, he had 3,061 all-purpose yards and fifty total touchdowns, in those fifty touchdowns, he managed to get, 2,155 rushing yards and forty rushing touchdowns. He led the football team to three straight title games, but sadly could not manage to lead his team to victory in any of the games.

Chamberlain was born on September 8, 1828 in Brewer, Maine. He was married to Fanny Adams and had five children. He attended Bowdoin College and graduated in 1852. After he graduated from Bowdoin, he studied theology at Bangor Theological Seminary. Following his graduation from Bangor he returned to Bowdoin College to work as a professor teaching

Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson trophy, Consensus First Team All-American, PAC-10 co-Player of the Year w/Damon Stoudamire, first team All-American for the 3rd consecutive year, UCLA’s co-MVP w/Tyus Edney, the retirement of his jersey number 31 and induction into the UCLA Athletes Hall of Fame in 2005, and the PAC-12 Basketball Hall of Honor in 2012 (WebCite, 2011).

He was known for his man to man defense. He helped Boston Celtics win eight consecutive championships. Bill Russel could not be doing anything off the court physically, so he won on the court. Demolishing all his opponents and winning tons of games. He was a superstar with a superstar salary. Bill Russel had won eleven rings in total and becoming the first black coach for Boston Celtics. Everything he has accomplish was historical. It was a wonderful thing to see happen for an African American because Africans usually don’t break history in this sport but Bill Russel

After he graduated from high school, he decided to go and play for the University of North Carolina Where he was a big star and won a championship title with a last two-second shot. He was nominated player of the year. He then was drafted to the Chicago Bulls, where he had a long list of outstanding accomplishments.