Jerry Harkness, captain of the 1963 Loyola basketball national champions and a ‘trail blazer` for civil rights, dies at age 81
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

Jerry Harkness, who died Tuesday at age 81, was remembered not only as a star of the Chicago basketball scene in the 1960s and captain of Loyola`s 1963 national championship team, but also as a civil rights pioneer.