Word: haywood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black Faculty member, Haywood Henry Jr., Visiting Lecturer on Afro-American Studies, called on all blacks at Harvard, including the faculty, to leave if the University takes further disciplinary action against the students involved in the takeover...
...turned out, Haywood was more than good enough. With the agility and speed of a backcourt guard, he un nerved opponents by blocking numerous shots, scoring 145 points and leading the team in rebounds. "He's the best amateur basketball player I've ever seen," exclaimed the Yugoslav coach after the U.S. had defeated his team for the gold medal...
...playing for the University of Detroit, Haywood has many a U.S. coach talking like the awed Yugoslav. Last week his average of 23.8 rebounds per game was best among major college players; he stood third in scoring (31 average) and ninth in field-goal percentage (62%), which places him ahead of Alcindor in the first two categories. In Detroit's 71-68 victory over then undefeated St. Bonaventure, Haywood bagged 15 points and 16 rebounds. His only apparent weaknesses: he can be forced into an occasional bad pass or haphazard shot...
Always Playing. Haywood was born in Silver City, Miss., the second youngest of six brothers who kept the family's backyard basket always in use. "Not one of them was less than 6 ft. 4 in.," Haywood says of his brothers. "I can't remember not playing basketball. If you didn't play, you got beat up." At 15, Haywood went to live with relatives in Detroit, where he came under the tutelage of Will Robinson, coach of Pershing High, who has since become his legal guardian. After leading Pershing to the state championship in his senior...
...confident that he could have starred in the Olympics even if Alcindor and the boycotters had played. "I think I'm just as good as they are," says Haywood, who is hoping to prove it in a confrontation with Alcindor at the post-season N.C.A.A. tournament...