Harthorne Wingo

Harthorne Nathaniel Wingo (October 9, 1947 – January 23, 2021) was an American professional basketball player raised in Tryon, North Carolina, one of 14 children. During his senior year of high school he was among the 15 Black students who integrated Tryon High School. Recruited by Bones McKinney for Wake Forest, he instead attended Friendship Junior College before leaving after one year. He worked as a soft-drink cooler assembler in Spartanburg, South Carolina, playing for a local steel mill team, before relocating to New York City in 1968 to pursue the playground basketball scene there.