How an NCAA Superstar Quit Basketball After Playing a High Schooler Who Would Become a Legend

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Born spent part of the summer of 1954 in the Catskills in New York, where young basketball players would work in hotels during the day and play organized games at night. One of his opponents: A high school star named Wilt Chamberlain. Before their first meeting, Born’s coach told him to go easy on the youngster.

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