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Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

WILT CHAMBERLAIN: BORSCHT BELT BELLHOP

Directed by Caroline Laskow, Ian Rosenberg
United States, 2013
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job at Kutsher’s Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskills. By day, he was making $2 an hour. At night, he played on Kutsher’s basketball team, coached by its then-unknown athletic director, Red Auerbach.

Synopsis

Before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job at Kutsher’s Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskills. By day, he was making $2 an hour. At night, he played on Kutsher’s basketball team, coached by its then-unknown athletic director, Red Auerbach.