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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.
USA Volleyball is saddened to learn of the death of Wink Davenport, a 1968 Olympian and longtime volleyball official. Winthrop “Wink” Davenport passed away on May 3. He began playing volleyball in the late 1950s at the Binghamton, N.Y. YMCA.
May 3, 2022 · 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.
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.
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.
Winthrop “Wink” Davenport Jr. 2021. 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.
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.