NBA LEGEND, WILT CHAMBERLAIN FELL IN LOVE WITH BEACH VOLLEYBALL WHILE REHABBING A KNEE INJURY IN THE EARLY 1970s. LATER, ALONG WITH BEACH LEGEND, GENE SELZNICK, WILT SPONSORED SEVERAL TRAVELING TEAMS THAT PROMOTED THE SPORT AND WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN FOUNDING THE I.V.A. (INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION).

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