Wilbert Harris Cherry (April 11, 1952;– August 4, 2007)[1] 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.
After high school, Cherry went on to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where he was a walk-on basketball player.
In the 1971–1972 season, he and Larry Robinson, a junior college transfer with an athletic scholarship, became the first African-Americans to play on the university's varsity team.
In 1971–72 Cherry played in four varsity games, making him a member of the 1972 team that won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship.
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