Wink Davenport

Wink Davenport
Wink Davenport
Personal information
Full name	Winthrop Davenport, Jr.
Nationality	United States
Born	April 12, 1942 (age 82); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hometown	Binghamton, New York, U.S.
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Career
Teams
	Westside Junior College
National team
	United States
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing the United States
Pan American Games

Winthrop "Wink" Davenport (born April 12, 1942) is an American former volleyball player, and the father of tennis champion Lindsay Davenport. He grew up in Binghamton, New York.^[1]^[2] He was part of the USA Pan Am volleyball squad that won a gold medal in 1967 and played on the 1968 Olympic volleyball team for United States, and finished seventh with the team in Mexico City.^[3] In 1969, he was a member of the USA World Cup squad, and later captained the U.S. national championship club team while earning All-America honors in 1971.^[2] He later worked as a volleyball referee in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and became the secretary of the international referees committee of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.^[4] Davenport played basketball at Wesleyan University, where he was a three- letterman in basketball and team captain in 1963–64. In addition to his basketball, he also lettered twice as a member of the Wesleyan golf team.^[2]

References

^ Jares, Joe (May 17, 1971). "http://www.si.com/vault/1971/05/17/611551/first-stop-for-the-us-on-the-road-to-havana". Sports Illustrated. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "WINTHROP "WINK" DAVENPORT '64". Wesleyan University. Retrieved September 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wink Davenport". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
^ Crowe, Jerry (February 20, 1994). "Davenport Earning Her Degree as Pro : Tennis: Murrieta Valley High senior is knocking on the door of top 10 as she readies for Evert Cup". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] Jares, Joe (May 17, 1971). "http://www.si.com/vault/1971/05/17/611551/first-stop-for-the-us-on-the-road-to-havana". Sports Illustrated. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[wesleyan-2] "WINTHROP "WINK" DAVENPORT '64". Wesleyan University. Retrieved September 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wink Davenport". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

[latimes1994-4] Crowe, Jerry (February 20, 1994). "Davenport Earning Her Degree as Pro : Tennis: Murrieta Valley High senior is knocking on the door of top 10 as she readies for Evert Cup". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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