IV 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 71 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 1, 2011 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Wilt Chamberlain and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Whereas Wilt Chamberlain was a professional NBA basketball player for 14 years, playing for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers; Whereas in his first NBA season, Wilt Chamberlain was named Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player in the NBA All-Star Game, and Most Valuable Player for the regular season; Whereas Wilt Chamberlain won a total of 4 regular-season Most Valuable Player awards in the NBA (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968); Whereas Wilt Chamberlain holds a number of NBA records, including top single-season scoring average, most regular season rebounds, most rebounds in a single game, top rookie scoring average, and top single season rebounding average; and Whereas, on March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain became the only NBA player to score 100 points in a single game: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that— (1)the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Wilt Chamberlain; and (2)the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such stamp be issued.