The 1955 Champion Tigers

ID: 478 ~ Source: Indianapolis Recorder Collection ~ Date: 1955
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The 1955 Champion Tigers

In 1955, The Crispus Attucks Tigers defeated Gary Rooselvelt 97-74, becoming the first Indianapolis teams to win the Indiana High School Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Image courtesy of the 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…