Jerry Harkness, 81, Dies; Star of a Historic Integrated Basketball Team

Jerry Harkness, 81, Dies; Star of a Historic Integrated Basketball Team

The New York Times-Sports·2021-08-28 06:02

Jerry Harkness, an All-American forward who led Loyola University Chicago’s integrated basketball team to the 1963 N.C.A.A. championship, along the way defeating a Mississippi State team that had previously refused to play against Black athletes, died on Tuesday in Indianapolis. He was 81.

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