Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

9min

Documentary

History

In 1954, before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job that would change his life, working as a bellhop at Kutsher's Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskill Mountains. 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.

Cast

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Release date

19th Apr 2013

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English