Former Illinois and King High basketball player Efrem Winters died Monday at 61 after a lengthy illness. Courtesy of CBS Share In 1982, the McDonald’s All-American Game, then in its sixth year ...

Efrem Winters, a key driver in the revival of Illinois basketball in the mid-1980s and a widely beloved figure among Illini fans, died Monday at age 61 after battling an illness for several years.

Efrem Winters started 120 games during his four seasons with the Illinois men’s basketball team from 1982-86 and the Chicago native left as the program’s all-time leading rebounder.

Efrem Winters started 120 games during his four seasons with the Illinois men’s basketball team from 1982-86 and the Chicago native left as the program’s all-time leading rebounder.

Former Illinois men's basketball standout Efrem Winters died Monday morning after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, according to the university. He was 61. The Champaign News-Gazette was ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -- To scores of Fighting Illini fans in the 1980s, the lob pass from Bruce Douglas to Efrem Winters was both a thing of beauty and fury, as Winters would complete the play ...

Illinois legend Efrem Winters died Monday at 61 years old, according to the team. Officials said he was battling an illness for several years. Winters joined Lou Henson and the Illini in 1982 ...

The death of former Chicago prep star Efrem Winters in Aurora at age 61 advances as good an argument for NIL compensation as there is. A basketball prodigy, the 6-foot-9 Winters powered programs ...