Documentaries, Biography, Sports
An unexplored and pivotal chapter in the life of one of basketball's greatest players, and a fascinating glimpse of a time when a very different era of basketball met the Borscht Belt in its heyday.
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop
DETAILS
In 1954, before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job that would change his life. He worked as a bellhop at Kutsher's Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskill Mountains. By day he was making 2 dollars an hour and getting great tips from the awestruck guests as he lifted their luggage through a second floor while standing outside on the ground.
- Duration:
- 8m
- Release Date:
- 2013
- Genre:
- Documentaries,
- Biography,
- Sports
- Rating:
- Director:
- Caroline Laskow
- Ian Rosenberg
- Starring:
- Sandy Ader
- Ray Scott
- Tommy Kearns
- Mark Kutsher