Wilbert H. Cherry

Biography

Wilbert Harris Cherry (April 11, 1952;– August 4, 2007) participated in the desegregation of U.S. college basketball as the first African American to play basketball for the University of Tennessee, in 1970–1971, and one of the first two African Americans (Larry Robinson was the other one) to play on the university's varsity team, in 1971–1972. Cherry was born in Dayton, Tennessee. He grew up in Morristown, Tennessee, and the Karns community of Knox County, where he attended Karns High School.

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