Harthorne Wingo

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Early life and career

A 6'6" forward born in Tryon, North Carolina and from Friendship Junior College,[2] Wingo (also known as "Wingo Harthorne"[3]) played for the New Haven Elms in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) during the 1968–69 season.[4] He played for the Allentown Jets from 1970 to 1973.[4] He won an EBA championship with the Jets in 1972.[5] Wingo was selected as the EBA Most Valuable Player and a member of the All-EBA First Team in 1972.[4]

He played four seasons (19721976) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks. He averaged 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in his career and won a league championship in 1973. After the 1975–76 season he moved to Italy and played with Pallacanestro Cantu (1976–1978), with whom he won the European Cup Winner's Cup twice, and Superga Mestre (1978–1980).[6] He died in New York City in 2021 at the age of 73.[7][8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

NBA

Source[9]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1972–73 New York 13 0 4.5 .409 .333 1.2 .1 1.5
1973–74 New York 60 0 8.9 .477 .632 2.8 .4 .1 .2 3.5
1974–75 New York 82 10 20.6 .460 .754 5.6 1.0 .6 .4 7.4
1975–76 New York 57 0 9.4 .442 .667 1.9 .3 .3 .1 3.2
Career 212 10 13.3 .459 .702 3.5 .6 .4 .3 4.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1973 New York 3 4.0 .385 .500 2.3 .0 3.7
1974 New York 5 3.2 .545 .6 .2 .2 .0 2.4
1975 New York 3 25.3 .435 .700 7.3 2.3 1.3 .0 9.0
Career 11 9.5 .447 .667 2.9 .7 .6 .0 4.5

Notes

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