 During summer vacations Chamberlain worked as a bellhop in <unk> 's Hotel . Subsequently , owners Milton and Helen <unk> kept up a lifelong friendship with Wilt , and according to their son Mark , " They were his second set of parents . " Red Auerbach , the coach of the Boston Celtics , spotted the talented teenager at <unk> 's and had him play 1 @-@ on @-@ 1 against Kansas University standout and national champion , B. H. Born , elected the Most Valuable Player of the 1953 NCAA Finals . Chamberlain won 25 @-@ 10 ; Born was so dejected that he gave up a promising NBA career and became a tractor engineer ( " If there were high school kids that good , I figured I wasn 't going to make it to the pros " ) , and Auerbach wanted Chamberlain to go to a New England university , so he could draft him as a territorial pick for the Celtics , but Chamberlain did not respond . 
