Columbia Athletics: Lions hoops great and Rhodes Scholar Heyward Dotson dies at 71

Heyward Dotson speaking to Columbia Athletics in 2018, when he was inducted into the Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame. (Columbia Athletics)

Columbia men’s basketball great and Rhodes Scholar Heyward Dotson died Friday at 71, Columbia Athletics announced Sunday.

The Columbia Athletics Hall of Famer was a standout on the Lions’ 1968 Ivy League championship team, still the last squad to win an Ivy title for the program.

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