Charles Lawrence Davis (born September 7, 1949) is best known for being an outstanding college basketball player for
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...
(WFU). From
New York City
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, he was the second
African American
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player in Wake Forest's history. Davis was the 1971
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Player of the Year, and the first black player to win the award.
Davis garnered first-team All-ACC honors for three years in a row, and was an eighth-round NBA draft pick (120th overall) by the
Cleveland Cavaliers in
1971.
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1949 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks
Cleveland Cavaliers players
Point guards
Portland Trail Blazers players
Basketball players from New York City
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