Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop backdrop

Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop 2013 Directed by Caroline Laskow , Ian Rosenberg

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Documentary , History
Production Company ESPN Films
Release Date 19 April 2013
9 mins
Cast
Wilt Chamberlain Self (archive footage)