Strongest Players of All Time For Each Position

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[jlauber]

Just google Wilt...and then you tell me...

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Just google Wilt...and then you tell me...

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[L.Kizzle]

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[28renyoy]

Just google Wilt...and then you tell me...

Shaq would break Wilt like a toothpick

[PHILA]

Shaq would break Wilt like a toothpick

The Miami News - Nov 7, 1962

'He can clean and jerk a 375-lb. weight, run the quarter mile in 47s, and high-jump over 6-11.'


Sports Illustrated - March 2, 1964

'The St. Louis Hawks' 6-foot-9, 240-pound Zelmo Beaty, for example, found out recently that he can no longer take Chamberlain's great strength for granted. Unable to slow Wilt down with conventional maltreatment, Beaty tried to yank his shorts off. Chamberlain, who can press 400 pounds without breathing hard, makes it a point to control his temper, primarily because he is genuinely afraid he might kill somebody. Beaty's unethical yank, however, was too much. Wilt flicked an arm, and Beaty flew across the floor like a man shot out of a cannon. Referee Mendy Rudolph rushed over to him and said: "For God's sake, stay down, man. Don't even twitch a muscle." Beaty didn't twitch, and he is still active in the NBA.'



The Evening Independent - Sep 15, 1966

'Chamberlain, like Brown, is a great athlete and seriously considered becoming a fighter a year and a half ago. Wilt and Jimmy have competed against each other in foot races and tests of strength.

"I'd rather fight Clay than Wilt," Brown said. "Chamberlain's too big and he's too strong, but I'm no fighter. I'm saving whatever fighting I've got to do for the Dirty Dozen."'



St. Petersburg Times - Feb 25, 1969

'Wilt Chamberlain is probably the first giant in history to be able to break 50 seconds in the 440, win a Big Eight high-jump title and be able to set a pick. In fact, he may not be a true giant. Medicine has taken the mystery out of gigantism. Most giants of the past were physical weaklings. Some were 90 percent legs. Wilt Chamberlain, by common consent, is the world's strongest man.'

The Evening Independent - Jan 6, 1967

"I'd bet you $1,000 I could lift 1,000 pounds," the 76ers singular 7-1 center said, "I have. I've also hand-wrestled two men at the same time and beat them. And there's nothing I'd like to do better than play pro football."



Ocala Star-Banner - Sep 17, 1975

'As inconspicuously as possible for a 7-foot 1-inch impresario, Wilt Chamberlain stopped by the New York Knicks' office for a quick social hello and now he was waiting for an elevator that would take him upstairs to the Madison Square Garden arena floor. When the elevator doors opened, Wilt stepped back as two husky workmen struggled to wheel a heavily loaded dolly into the corridor. On the dolly there were 10 big cartons of envelopes. For perhaps a minute the workmen pushed and pulled, trying to get the wheels of the dolly across the uneven gap between the elevator and the floor, huffing and puffing, they finally dropped their hands in frustration. "You look," Wilt said, "like you need a little help," His massive arms unencumbered by a chocolate sleeveless shirt, he reached down, grabbed the rope attached to the dolly and lifted the load into the corridor as if it had been a baby in a stroller. The workmen stared and thanked him. Wilt smiled, entered the elevator and the doors closed.

"I never saw anything like that," one of the workmen said. "These carton each weight about 80 pounds. This is an 800 pound load."

That's the approximate weight of four Knick teammates. And if Wilt were to join the Knicks for the approaching National Basketball Association season, he believes he could lift the team into contention with the Boston Celtics for the Atlantic Division title.'


http://wiltfan.tripod.com/chat.htm


NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain 4-18-97


Host Chris_MSNBC2 says:
M3 says:
Question for Wilt...watched you bench press about 465 lbs like it was a match stick at the Stanford gym when you were working out there for some reason...how much can you still push up?

Host Wilt_Chamberlain says:
Well, probably I can push up a little more than that right now, because I was bench pressing some great weights. I was a shot-putter and lifting weights was a great joy to me. I liked to show off, I don't do that anymore, but I could probably bench press more than 465 pounds now.

[therammingman]

artest sf?

[Samurai Swoosh]

Just google Wilt...and then you tell me...

Weak.

C - Kareem
PF - Duncan
SF - Bird
SG - Jordan
PG - Magic

[TheCorporation]

Could Wilt really bench press more than 465?

That is an insane amount of weight to bench press.

[knightfall88]

Could Wilt really bench press more than 465?

That is an insane amount of weight to bench press.

Theres a lot of BS floating around with wilt, wasn't his vert supposedly 40" as well. Also how many women did he say he slept with?

[TheCorporation]

Theres a lot of BS floating around with wilt, wasn't his vert supposedly 40" as well. Also how many women did he say he slept with?

Exactly haha

465 is an INSANE amount to bench press, and he is saying he could do more than that. So we'll say 475 or so. That is near elite level body building #'s lol I think most aspire to hit 315 or 405 and thats if they focus on weight lifting all the time. But I guess it is possible for sure.

[Laimbeer_Rodman]

C:Shaquille O'Neal
PF:Karl Malone
SF:Larry Johnson
SG:Michael Jordan
PG:don't know,Rumeal Robinson? or maybe LBJ (i don't know what he's playin' but sure as hell ain't SF)

[blablabla]

artest for sf or maybe melo he is pretty strong

[Bogus_Sting]

Artis Gilmore is known as the strongest player ever.

[Bigsmoke]

i'm too young to know who the strongest in each position of all time... dumb question BTW anyway.

I'm just going to do right now


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