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 Wednesday, October 13
Hall of Fame assembles Chamberlain exhibit
 
Associated Press

 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- With flags lowered outside the Basketball Hall of Fame, dozens of visitors paid respects to Wilt Chamberlain on Wednesday at a special display in his honor.

The exhibit was quickly assembled following Chamberlain's death Tuesday at 63. The memorabilia featured sneakers, jerseys and his uniform from his 100-point game in 1962.

A small black wreath and the date of his death were placed beneath a silver medallion bearing his likeness. The three flags outside the building were lowered. Chamberlain was inducted into the shrine in 1978.

Questioned by Hall of Fame staffers, about 50 visitors said they stopped by specifically to pay tribute to one of basketball's most formidable players.

"They wanted somehow to be close to him," said Kimberley Lee, a Hall of Fame spokeswoman. "These are not necessarily basketball fanatics, but simply fans of a man who graced courts across America with a talent that will probably never be seen again."

Attendance at the Hall will not be totaled until the end of the week, but traffic was unusually high for a weekday, Lee said.
 


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