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Ray Crowe (May 30, 1915 — December 20, 2003)〔(Ray Crowe Obituary ), Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers〕 was a basketball coach, educator, school administrator, and public official in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is best known as the head basketball coach of Crispus Attucks High School from 1950 to 1957. His teams won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1955 and 1956, the first all-black school to win a state championship in the country, and the first Indianapolis team to win the Hoosier state tourney. He coached numerous Indiana All-Star players, including Oscar Robertson, Hallie Bryant, and Willie Meriweather. Crowe was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968. Crowe was Athletic Director at Crispus Attucks High from 1957 to 1967. He then served in the Indiana state House of Representatives, where he was chair of the House Education Committee. He was later assistant director of the Indiana Department of Public Instruction, director of the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation, and served on the City-County Council. Crowe was also the older brother of George Crowe, the first Indiana Mr. Basketball and a major league baseball player. The University of Indianapolis has a building on campus, Ray & George Crowe Hall, named in their honor. == Early life and career == Ray Crowe was born and raised on a farm near Franklin, Indiana, one of ten children.〔A. James Fuller, (Ray Crowe '38: Don't Let the Legend Die ), University of Indianapolis Profile〕 He was the older brother of George Crowe, who was the first Indiana Mr. Basketball and a major league baseball player. Ray played basketball and baseball at Whiteland High School in Johnson County, the only black player on the team. He was a four-year letterman in basketball, twice the leading scorer and team captain, and three-year letterman in baseball.〔(Ray Crowe ), Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Profile〕 Crowe then attended Indiana Central College (now known as the University of Indianapolis), where he earned nine letters in basketball, baseball, and track. He graduated with a degree in education.〔 After college and working as a sweeper at International Harvester, Crowe taught math and coached basketball at an Indianapolis grade school.〔 Despite growing up in an area with a large Ku Klux Klan membership, Crowe claimed to have never experienced discrimination. He maintained a stoic demeanor and responded to racial adversity by emphasizing discipline and achievement. "I don't talk a lot about being black and what all of that might or might not mean," Crowe stated."〔Arum Goudsouzian, ("Ba-ad, Ba-a-ad Tigers": Crispus Attucks Basketball and Black Indianapolis in the 1950s ), Indiana Magazine of History, Volume 96, Issue 1 (Indiana University Department of History, 2000), pp 4-43.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Crowe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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