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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: WILT CHAMBERLAIN
FILE NUMBER: 164-3110
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RE CHICAGO TELETYPE INSTANT
AUSA ROGER H. DUSBERGER, CHICAGO, DECLINED TO AUTHORIZE
ACTING FACTS OF INCIDENT DID NOT INDICATE VIOLATION.
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GENERAL INVESTICATIVE'UTVf$IQN
This cgnnérns a boarding incident which tookplace 12/13/72, wherein Wilt Chamberlain,Los Angeles Lakerbasketball team star, made in-flammatory remarks prior to boarding a TansWorld Airlines TWA! flight on route_from ChicagmIllinois, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. _Theseremarks were brought about after a lenghthyplane delay,.and the passengers being subjectedto a pre-boarding screening by Customs SecurityOfficers. Customs Air Security Supervisor toldOfficers" at gate no violation and to adviseTWA officials of remarks and verify that TWAdid not regard remarks as threat to aircraft.TWA Passenger's Service representative on sceneadvised and requested to speak with Chamberlainand Laker's coach relative to the remarks he hadmade. Chamberlain, when confronted in jetway,became belligerent, used profane and obscenelanguage and left the boarding area. Chamberlainsubsequently flew to Philadelphia via UnitedAir1ines.' U. S. Customs did not notify ChicagoOffice at time of incident since they did not fconsider remarks possible violation. Therewere no Bureau Agents present at time ofg¥%idggt. 'FAA aware of incident. ghicagoice instructed to present facts to United§§%§§§u%§33 3°iA1§hi°ag°' I11 °s» °Jgiidk 92 P °° h%%p
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;?NILT CHAMBERLAIN, CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT,-AIR PIRACY [
FALSE REPDRI. '
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IKE/TELEPHONE CALL OF INSPECTOR HENRY 5CHl%TZ TO
CHICAGO INCIDENT. -
CHAMBERLAIN, LOS ANGELES LAKER BASKETBALL TEAM STAR,
WAS PASSENGER ALONG WITH LAKER TEAM ON TRANSWORLD AIRLINES
TWA!, FLIGHT ONE
FOR PHILADELPHIA,
DUE TO MECHANICALSEVEN EIGHT, SCHEDULED T0 DEPART CHICAGO ";. 4 $5NINE THIRTY AM, DECEMBER THIREEN LAST. 9292 ~92
FAILURE FLIGHT DELAYED AND FINALLY CANCELLED -
INCLUDING CHAMBERLAIN, SAT on BOARD AFTER PASSENGERS,
AIRCRAFT AT GATE FO-R ONE HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTES.
/TWA MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHAMBERLAIN AND REST OF
LAKEYS TO FLY TWA FLIGHT TWO THREE EIGHT, SCHEDULED TO I
DEPART FOR PHILADELPHIA AT_ ELEVEN FORTYFIVE AM. _ ' 9
AS TWA FLIGHT TWO THREE EIGHT PASSENGERS; INCLUDING
CHAMERLAIN AND LAKERS wERE GIVEN A ROUTIN §§EEuR1rY
SCREENING BY u.s. cusroms, SECURITY OFFICERS, THREE or 1 JMl°9
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THESE SECURITY OFFICERS HEARD CHAMBERLAIN REMARK, "1 MAY"""
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CUSTOMS SECURITY OFFICERS, AWARE OF FACT CHAMBERLAIN
PROMINENT BASKETBALL STAR AND WAS IRRITATED AT DELAY
IN DEPARTURE, VERIFIED HE HAD NO WEAPON AND WAS NO
POTENTIAL HIJACKER, AND CALLED SUPERVISOR FOR INSTRUCTIONS
CHAMBERLAIN AND OTHER LAKERS PROCEEDED ON BOARD FLIGHT-
CUSTONS AIR SECURITY SUPERVISOR TOLD OFFICERS AT GATE
NO VIOLATION AND TO MERELY ADVISE TWA OFFICIALS OF
REMARK AND VERIFY THAT TWA DID NOT REGARD REMARK AS THREAT
TO AIRCRAFT, NOTING NO TWA PERSONNEL HAD HEARD REMARK
OF CHAMBERLAIN'5.
TWA PASSENGER'S SERVICE REP ON SCENE ADVISED, AND
WITH SECURITY OFFICERS, REQUESTED CHAMBERLAIN AND
LAKER'S COACH SHERMAN, TO STEP or? PLANE zuro JETWAY
IN ORDER THAT CHAMBERLAIN MIGHT MERELY BE CAUTIONED
ABOUT REMARK. TWA REP FELT CHAMBERLAIN SHOULD BE
APPRISED OF SERIOUSNESS OF sucn REMARKS SINCE THERE
mleur BE OTHER PAssE&sERs HEARING IT wno WERE NOT
AWARE or FACT HE was IMPORTANT BASKETBALL STAR, AND
THAT THESES PASSENGERS MIGHT BE FRIGHTENED.
WHEN CHAMBERLAIN CONFRONTED IN JETWAY BETWEEN
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TERMINAL AND AIRCRAFT, HE RESPONDED, BULLSHIT. I
NEVER SAID THAT. IT IS YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE. I
snzo 1 mxsnr SHOOT som£sonY," BECAUSE OF THE DELAY,
'1 AN TIRED OF THIS BULLSHIT. 1 eor THIS KIND or
BULLSHIT ALL'THROUGH MY LIFE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING, DO IT NOW, MR. FEDERAL OFFICER" TO CUSTOMS
SECURITY. AT THIS POINT, JET ENGINES REVVED FOR
DEPARTURE AND;FURTHER CONVERSATION IMPOSSIBLE.
ACHAMBERLAIN RETURNED TO AIRCRAFT, RETRIEVED
LUGGAGE, AND THEN DEPLANED. TWA ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN
WERE NOT CHALLENGING HIS BOARDING AIRCRAFT AND ANXIOUS TO
HAVE CHAMBERLAIN FLY-TWA. CHAMBERLAIN nsspouuzo, "1 AM nor
eoxue T0 FLY YOUR COBSCENE! AIRLINE. 1 HAVE HAD suousn .
BULLSHIT', AND LEFT AREA. CHAMBERLAIN SUBSEQUENTLY_
FLEN TO PHILADELPHIA ON DECEMBER THIRTEEN LAST VIA
UNITED AIRLINES. I
U.S. CUSTOMS DID NOT NOTIFY CHICAGO, FEDERAL '
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OFFICE, AT TIME OF INCIDENT A
SINCE DID NOT CONSIDER REMARKS POSSIBLE VIOLATION.
M BUREAU AGENT ON SCENE.
FAA AWARE. AZiN0FOLLOWS.
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!-..'I'heLos esl.akei*soccnter, Wilt gotinto .a squabble, with.ilransWorld Airline officials and Fed-eral egents__ln_ Chicago today_after a:_remarl: about
While the rest of theteamflew ontoiiladelgahia for tonight: National sketballlissocnationgam e with the 76ersChamber ain took a later ighton another-airline. '
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porter traveling with the teamsaid the Lakers were delayedabout three hours in Chica 0- where they had defeated elBl1llS, 106-I05 Tuesday night '-'because their plane had_mechanieal troubles. Anotherlplane was obtained and as the[players lined up in the board-
nng area, ,a Federal customs-lgent searching their duffel;bag; said, fl know you guystare O.K., but I have to dorthis.'f_ -_ _ - .
Chamberlain said he then
commented to Jerry West. "the
way I feel right now; if lhad a gun in my bag, I mightshoot somebody." . ,The center said he boardedthe plane and 10 minutes latera 'l.W.A. agent came on andasked him to step outside,where he said, Federal Bureau,of investigation agent accused'him of talking about hijacking;Other agents cleared him, he-said._b_u,L,,hg_,,retriev§ his
bags from the plane and leftto catch 'l!929992°?.-..-. ._-.. ._. 3 A ' T.W.A," spokesman " con-
firmed that he left voluntanly.
Chamberlain--Said 11¢ W15anngyed not-only with thehen in of that situation but_also w|;th'a previous 1'.W.A.
incident that.he said ¢8"-W!him to miss playing in a bentfit
gamein New York._ _Re said he h_ad no quarrelwith anti-hijacking proceduresas such. .
I fly 500.000 miles a yearand I appreciate the fact these[gufvs have to do this Job. he
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: WILT CHAMBERLAIN
FILE NUMBER: 166-4152
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__ ' An information copy is being submitted to theLos Angeles Office in view of their interest in this
matter.
d - On_5/29/69, ~advised sA_ Phat the 6th p yo game between the os Angelesa ers and the Boston Celticswas held 5/3/69, and playedat__Bos_ton'. -__To__ the best of threcollection, _theopening-price was 3} and close pointsiavoringBoston. A11 of themoney was on Boston because JERRYWEST was an unknown quantity for the bakers due to theN
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any bets placed in Las~'v'e_gas would beqmde befne 5,00p.m. PDT, The informant1'eiterated that all of themoney was on Boston and that no money of any consequenceshowed for. the Lakers. .
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v p e was 32 and b1os'ed at 5 po1n!,,,_ g Boston. All of the money was on Boston because JERRYWFST7was an unknown quantity for th_ _ _, ye I.a1gers_';_',d11"e to evfact that he92had<;é pulled a "groin muscle92'the revi 0'p ous game. féoalls that Bostonwon by some 12 or 13 points -
Game time was 8:00 p.m. at Boston and , there_fore _a.ny"*bets placed in ¢Las Vegas would be made befo _ - re 5:90 p.m. PDT. Theinformant reiterated that all of the money was on Boston and that._no money of any consequence showed for the Lakers. "E W ~ On '6/25/69, the Los Angeles Division advisedtthatzr£/ contacts with Los Angeles informa t _ n s had failed to reflect anyinformation which would substantiate"'the allegation conce ibets made b- rn ng y CHAMIBERLAIN_ the Lakers and Celticsgame. r -
"Logical _i_nfo_r1yapts _o_f the Las Vegas Office have been[contacted in an"'¬_ffort to determine if they have any knowledge-of anyone:',§ " outside of Lasvegas for any largeamountwof-' substantiate the allegation concerningJbetsmadei CHAMBERLAIN. No substantiation has beendeveloped,;b Office and further the informantscontacted h 8d_ t no large amounts of money were bet onthe Lakers in the Las Vegas area,
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Information has previously been developed thatCHAMBERLAIN bets on his own team and this information is containedin Bufile 172-69."Ilos 1e contacted. _and ha ow e ge o matter econcerning CI-IA
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: WILT CHAMBERLAIN
FILE NUMBER: 172-69
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For information al1_offices it sho 1d, n be stressedith informants and sources that this type of information isremely in rtant d itpo an a is essential that such be receivedy you as quickly as possible.
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-- me Philadelphia "Bulletin," l0/30/66, in reportingBoston - Philadelphia game 10-29, said CHAMBERLAIN ledPhiladelphia defense with WALKER and GREEK scoring 18 and 26points, respectively. In post game interview, CHAMBERLAIN
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was quoted as saying, "They'll say RUSSELL is slipping ondefense." QHAMBERLAIN thought RUSSELL played "wonderful?game. CHAMBERLAIN played 42 minutes, got four out of sevenfield goal tries, five out of ten foul tries for thirteengoints. Made 31 rebounds, nine assists. RUSSELL played1 minutes, got four of eleven field goal tries, four ofseven foul tries for twelve points. Made 19 rebounds, fiveassists. For Boston, SAM JONES was out with injury andHAVL1CEK out after 22 minutes with injury. ' ~
In reporting game of ll/5/66 at Boston, the "Bulletinsaid Boston defense crowded front court making pass-offs fromCHAMBERLAIN impossible. GREER got nine points and WALKER nine,for Philadelghia. CHAMBERLAIN forced to shoot and in #7minutes got of 16 field goal tries, l0 of 22 foul triesfor 26 points. Made 23 rebounds, 3 assists. HAVLICEK and SAM JONES each scored 29 points for Boston. =
The "Bulletin" also ointed out Philadelphia playedSt. Louis at Pittsburgh on 11/§/66, San Francisco at Phila-delphia, on ll/#/56, and Boston at Boston, on ll/5/66, withPhiladelphia reportedly showing effects of three games inthree nights in three different places.
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Re BOstOn airtel, ll/9/66.
Informant stated that during the 1965-66 probasketball season there
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at Boston. .
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be noted, however, th hadthat WILT CHAMBERLAINaddi
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advised on
is not personally
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that this is a Joint vi-n
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1!992 - * PHILADELPHIA AND mew HAVEN are requested to40/ contact logical informants. .
v -Q_ ' NEW ORLEANS is reauested to contac_
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ng January and early February contactshe advised that he had been unable to
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12, 1967
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- and apparently during of this
game did not play up to par. "
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team members had wagered on this game, which Boston won by
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_i ling the Celtics players, suc
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to'anyone outside the Bureau in order not to COmprOm1s8 this
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H The Bureau and Boston will be kept advised of any
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Re New Orleans letter to Bureau and Boston,.
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Director, FBI 72-69! , DATE: June 29, 1967
qsac, Boston 72-11! c!,
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BRIBERY
Continual contact with Boston informants in connection withinstant case has provided no further information concerningsame. In view of the fact that the basketball season hasended, no further investigation is being conducted by Boston.
If any information is obtained, Bureau will "be advised.
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Re New Orleans airtel to the Bureau dated 3/15/58.
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: WILT CHAMBERLAIN
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paid on the game._ CHAMBERLAIN isalbged to knee in practice just prior to thegame or the day before the game. This resulted in a very .poor performance during the game. As a result of CHAMBERLAINi1 d d" " e was ade a ainstamount
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Numerous Philadelphia sources of information GD were contacted with negative results concerning possiblezamblinz activities of HAMBERLAIN. _~ . soread or regulati 5 R m H, owever, the turn oi 92 §_ , _ . -- . ._,_,___,, .... ._.. -3 _, ___~@X__ents does look auspicious .
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