Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Lorenzo Charles, Whose Slam Dunk Won '83 NCAA Title For NC State, R. I. P.

Lorenzo Charles, the former North Carolina State basketball player whose slam dunk at the buzzer in the title game won the 1983 NCAA men's national championship for the Wolfpack, passed away on Monday when a tour bus he was driving crashed a Raleigh, North Carolina.  


Nicknamed "Zo," Mr. Charles, who was 47 years of age, grabbed an errant 30-foot shot from teammate Dereck Whittenburg and dunked it for the game-winning points in the 1983 title game played at Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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