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August 22, 2013 03:31 am GMT

NBA Legend Wilt Chamberlain Was an Astoundingly Big Fourth-Grader

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NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain was an astonishingly large man, standing more than 7 feet tall, and weighing in at over 270 pounds. But he was also an even more astonishingly large fourth-grader

We know this for certain thanks to the always-interesting Andy Gray, who mans the @si_vault Twitter account, and constantly shares a stream of remarkable sports photos from venerable print publication Sports Illustrated's extensive archives. Check out this post from Wednesday, which he tweeted to commemorate what would have been the aptly nicknamed Wilt the Stilt's 77th birthday:

Wilt Chamberlain would've turned 77 today. Here he is in fourth grade. Can you spot him? pic.twitter.com/ZybwJFUF9I

— Andy Gray (@si_vault) August 21, 2013 Read more...

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