Inductees

Alva Winfred “Win” Wilfong, a Missouri native, was born on March 18, 1933. He played college basketball at the University of Missouri from 1951 to 1953.

In 1955, Wilfong returned to college basketball at the University of Memphis, where he played until 1957.

He was selected in the first round of the 1957 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks. The year after being selected fourth overall, Wilfong won a league championship with the Hawks.

Wilfong played for the St. Louis Hawks, Cincinnati Royals, and the Kansas City Steers in his four-year professional career. he scored 1,826 points in his career, collecting 910 rebounds and 565 assists.

Ironically, he went by “Win” because that seemed to be all he did. Winfred Wilfong was a true All-American, small-town hero. He was struck down by cancer in 1985 at the age of 52 after a truly remarkable basketball career.