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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 572 

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Texas Western College’s 1966 NCAA 

Basketball Championship and recognizing the groundbreaking impact 

of the title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights in the 

United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2015 

Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself, Mr. HURD of Texas, and Mr. PEARCE) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Texas Western College’s 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recognizing the groundbreaking impact of the title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights in the United 

States. 

Whereas, on March 19, 1966, Texas Western College (the 

‘‘Miners’’) defeated the University of Kentucky in the 

National Collegiate Athletic Association (‘‘NCAA’’) men’s 

college basketball final at Cole Field House in College 

Park, Maryland, by a score of 72–65; 

Whereas the 1966 Miners are still the only team from the 

State of Texas to win a NCAA Basketball Championship; 


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Whereas this marked the first time an all-Black starting lineup had won the NCAA Basketball Championship; 

Whereas after the 1966 championship, many college teams 

throughout the South following the Miners’ example 

began recruiting Black athletes, ending years of segregation; 

Whereas immediately after the championship, between the 

years of 1966 and 1985, the average number of Black 

players on college teams nearly doubled; 

Whereas every southern conference team (including the 

Southeastern Conference) followed the Miners’ example, 

and all basketball teams were integrated the following 

season; 

Whereas the top-ranked University of Kentucky men’s basketball team was favored in the final over the thirdranked Texas Western College squad; 

Whereas Texas Western College was led by coach Don 

Haskins and the University of Kentucky by coach Adolph 

Rupp; 

Whereas Coash Haskins taught his team the ‘‘swinging gate’’ 

defensive style he had learned as a player at Oklahoma 

Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma 

State University) under legendary coach Henry Iba; 

Whereas the 1966 Texas Western College basketball team of 

Bobby Joe Hill (Detroit, Michigan), Orsten Artis (Gary, 

Indiana), Togo Railey (El Paso, Texas), Willie Worsley 

(New York, New York), David Palacio (El Paso, Texas), 

Dick Myers (Peabody, Kansas), Harry Flournoy (Gary, 

Indiana), Louis Baudoin (Albuquerque, New Mexico), 

Nevil Shed (New York, New York), Jerry Armstrong 

(Eagleville, Missouri), Willie Cager (New York, New 


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York), and David ‘‘Big Daddy’’ Lattin (Houston, Texas) 

finished the basketball season 28–1; and 

Whereas the Texas Western College’s journey to the 1966 

NCAA championship was depicted in the 2006 film titled 

‘‘Glory Road’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives cele2 brates the 50th anniversary of the Texas Western Col3 lege’s 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recog4 nizes the groundbreaking impact of the title game victory 

5 on diversity in sports and civil rights in the United States. 

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