Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

Synopsis

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.

Director

Ian Rosenberg

Studio

ESPN Films

Released

19 April 2013

Genres

Documentary, History