Ray Crowe
Raymond Province Crowe (May 30, 1915 – December 20, 2003) was a basketball coach, educator, school administrator, and Republican politician in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is best known as the head basketball coach of Crispus Attucks High School from 1950 to 1957, after which he served another decade as the school's athletic director. His teams won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1955 and 1956, becoming the first all-black school to win a state championship in the country, and the first Indianapolis team to win the Hoosier state title. Crowe coached numerous Indiana All-Star players, including Oscar Robertson, Hallie Bryant, and Willie Meriweather, and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
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Ray Crowe
Raymond Province Crowe (May 30, 1915 – December 20, 2003) was a basketball coach, educator, school administrator, and Republican politician in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is best known as the head basketball coach of Crispus Attucks High School from 1950 to 1957, after which he served another decade as the school's athletic director. His teams won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1955 and 1956, becoming the first all-black school to win a state championship in the country, and the first Indianapolis team to win the Hoosier state title. Crowe coached numerous Indiana All-Star players, including Oscar Robertson, Hallie Bryant, and Willie Meriweather, and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
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Paul E. Burkley, Donald T. Nelson
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1915-05-30
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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2003-12-20
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Ray P. Crowe
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Basketball coach, politician, parks director
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Robert V. Bridwell
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Betty Ewing
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Indiana
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Indiana
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William L. Soards
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1972-11-07
1975-07-31
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1966-11-09
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