Posted on 12/04/2014 12:16:24 PM PST by llevrok
PHILADELPHIA, PA – DECEMBER 3, 2014 – In conjunction with the Philadelphia 76ers’ announcement today of their wide-ranging partnership with DraftKings, the team’s Official Daily Fantasy Game Partner, the Sixers and DraftKings have announced an Instagram contest for fans, with the grand prize of a trip for four to see the team play in New Orleans.
The Philadelphia 76ers today announced details for the official First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Wilt Chamberlain Forever stamps. As the first NBA player to be immortalized on a stamp, the December 5 ceremony honoring the Sixers legend takes place when the Sixers host the Oklahoma City Thunder at 7:00 p.m.
"It is an honor to be a part of history as we dedicate this stamp and celebrate the great Wilt Chamberlain with his family, friends and teammates," said Sixers Chief Executive Officer Scott O’Neil. "That he is the first NBA player to be featured on a United States Postal Service stamp speaks to the untouchable legacy he left behind on the court, and we are proud to call him a Sixer."
Wilt Chamberlain stamps sales tip off when doors open for the game at 6:00 p.m. All fans attending the game will receive a commemorative poster featuring images of Chamberlain from his illustrious career as well as an image of the stamps. Fans may purchase the stamps inside the concourse and outside next to Wilt’s statue.
The halftime dedication ceremony will feature the use of the Sixers’ three-dimensional court projection system in a brand-new video. Chamberlain’s sisters Barbara Lewis and Selina Gross will also attend and take part in the ceremony, as will Sixers legends Julius "Dr. J" Erving and Wali Jones, Sixers advisor Sonny Hill and Sixers Director of Statistical Information Harvey "Super Stat" Pollack.
Throughout the night, the Sixers will showcase the Chamberlain’s immense contributions to the franchise and game through video tributes and other interactive features.
Wasn’t Wilt kind of a sleeze ball? Or am I just remembering his house?
If sleeping with more than 10 thousand women is a sleeze ball...then yes. :-)
Will the stamp say “Wilt the Stilt”? just asking . . .
I gotta start thinking faster, everyone keeps beating me to it--this was my first thought exactly.
Exactly. Wilt claimed to lay more peener pipe than any living man and Coz is trying to downplay whatever the he11 he did. #confused
The 7’1” long sheets each contain 10,000 stamps (or 20,000 depending on who you believe).
I met the man, he was a jerk and a pig and the hookers hated him.
Mr. Mercat was in the LHS pep band when he was playing at KU and got to go to a lot of games. He says that when Wilt was coming in for a layup, that entire end of the field house pulled back. He also watched him bowl back when they still used pin boys. Wilt would bring the ball back and up so far it touched the ceiling. He would first though yell at the pin boys to get out of the way and then literally throw the ball the entire length of the lane.
I thought you had to be dead twenty years before they would put you on a stamp.
Michael Brown next?...............Trayvon?..............
Maybe they can put Bill Cosby on the stamp with Wilt.
That’s one stamp I wouldn’t want to lick.
I hope they make the Wilt stamp seven inches tall.
Everyone in every sequel to Conan the Barbarian should get their own postage stamp.
But he should be excused because there were ten thousand women willing to crawl in the sack with him.
Will the stamp say “Wilt the Stilt”?
He hated that name, preferred to be called “The Big Dipper”. Thanks!
...though these are nice ones too:
...but if they came out with a Milton Friedman Forever stamp I would stock up on them, for sure.
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