Joe Quigg

Joe Quigg is an American former basketball player who starred at the University of North Carolina in the mid-1950s. Standing 6 feet 9 inches and playing center, he attended St. Francis Prep in New York City before coming to Chapel Hill through coach Frank McGuire's "underground railroad" of New York players, alongside Pete Brennan, Tommy Kearns, Danny Lotz, and Lennie Rosenbluth.

Quigg was a two-year starter for the Tar Heels across the 1955–56 and 1956–57 seasons. As a sophomore he averaged 12.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, and as a junior he averaged 10.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. North Carolina went undefeated during his junior year and won the 1957 national championship. Quigg was instrumental in the title game, making the game-winning free throws and then knocking down a pass intended for 7-foot-1 Kansas center Wilt Chamberlain in the closing seconds of the 54–53 triple-overtime victory.

Quigg returned with a strong nucleus and was primed for a productive senior season in 1957–58. He was later selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 1958 NBA draft.