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  1. Winthrop "Wink" Davenport Jr. (April 12, 1942 – May 3, 2022) was an American lead volleyball official, former college basketball player, former National team volleyball player. He is best remembered as the most prominent volleyball official in the United States, arising from his frequent service as a volleyball referee officiating the nation ...

    • Winthrop Davenport Jr.
    • American
    • 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
    • 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
  2. Next Rudy Suwara (1965), and Wink Davenport (1966) moved to California to train and make the 1968 Olympic Team by winning the gold medal at the 1967 Pan-Am games in Winnipeg, Canada. So sad to lose our good friend Wink Davenport on May 3, 2022, two days after he was selected to the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame.”

  3. Jun 6, 2022 · Wesleyan Hall of Famer Winthrop 'Wink' Davenport, who excelled on the basketball court as a Cardinal and forged a career in national and international volleyball, passed away on May 3 at the age of 80. Davenport, class of 1964, was a three-year letterman in basketball and team captain in 1963-64. He left Wesleyan holding the records for points ...

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  4. May 3, 2022 · Biography. Wink Davenport attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1964, where he was a three-year letterman in basketball and played on the golf team. He started playing volleyball at a YMCA in Binghamton, New York in the 1950s. Moving to California, he became a top volleyballer and made the 1967 Pan American Team, winning a gold medal.

  5. Biography. Wink Davenport attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1964, where he was a three-year letterman in basketball and played on the golf team. He started playing volleyball at a YMCA in Binghamton, New York in the 1950s. Moving to California, he became a top volleyballer and made the 1967 Pan American Team, winning a gold medal.

  6. May 17, 1971 · Winthrop (Wink) Davenport grew up in Binghamton, N.Y., where, since 1921, a phenomenon called the Noon League has drastically cut down the per capita consumption of lunchtime martinis. A group of men, some down around Wink's age (29) and some up in their 70s, meets at the YMCA to smash volleyballs at each other, and since a ball weighs only ...

  7. Wink started playing AAU volleyball in New York around a Hall of Fame career (inducted 2009) attending Wesleyan University in Connecticut on a basketball scholarship. The team captain set a school record with 44 points, while averaging 19.6 ppg for his career. He also lettered two years in golf before turning to a volleyball.

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