Ken Harrelson - Early Life

Early Life

Ken Harrelson was born in Woodruff, South Carolina, and his family moved to Savannah, Georgia, when he was in fifth grade. As a child Harrelson was interested in basketball and he hoped to pursue a basketball scholarship from Kentucky. His parents divorced when he was eight.

He played golf, baseball, football and basketball at Benedictine Military School in Savannah, Georgia.

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