Coach Ray Crowe

ID: 466 ~ Source: Indianapolis Recorder Collection ~ Date: 1950s
This file appears in: The Crispus Attucks High School Tigers
Coach Ray Crowe

During the late 1950s, Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis, IN won three boys state basketball championships. Coach Ray Crowe, pictured here, led the basketball team to state championships in 1955 and 1956.
Photo Courtesy of Indiana Historical Society.

This file appears in: The Crispus Attucks High School Tigers

By John Dichtl
On March 19, 1955, the Tigers of Crispus Attucks High School defeated the Roosevelt Panthers of Gary, Indiana, earning the capital city its first state high school boys basketball championship. On a national level, the victory marked the first time…