Born got close to Chamberlain during their time in the Catskills, and he helped recruit the future Hall of Famer to his alma mater. “We both played in the Catskills one summer for different teams the hotels put together to entertain (tourists),” Born said. “He was a senior in high school and I was a senior in college. I suppose there was a half-dozen times I talked to Chamberlain one-on-one, and no one at that time had ever contacted him from Kansas.”