Let’s file this one under: It’s new to me.
Way, way back in the day, Super Bowl winning Chiefs coach Hank Stram offered a contract to ... Wilt Chamberlain.
Yes, that Wilt Chamberlain.
This tryout was mentioned briefly in an article in our Arrowheadlines this week and I did some Googling to confirm and, yep, Hank Stram wanted Wilt Chamberlain.
"I had him stand under the crossbar of the goal posts. I told him I was going to throw the football a little above the bar. The first throw touched the bar and bounced on over.