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Originally Posted by Jesse James
You've got a scoop if Loyola's Johnny Egan was black.
Texas Western beat Kentucky in 1966.
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I have no scoop, Little Johnny Egan was pasty white. Yup, it was 1966, 1964 was UCLA with Gail Goodrich I think. Loyola was first team ,D1, to field an all black
lineup.
"Civil Rights Movement & 1963 NCAA Basketball Championship
The 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and the obstacles faced on the team's road to victory in a racially segregated country put Loyola in the national spotlight. Before the championship, there was a gentlemen's agreement among college teams limiting how many black players could play during a game. In 1961, Loyola head coach George Ireland broke the gentleman's agreement by fielding four black players at every game. He made history that year at a game against Wyoming,
with Loyola being the first Division I team ever to field five black players in competition. "
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"In 1963 college basketball coaches had an agreement that limited the number of black players on a team and how many could be in the game at one time. Typically no more than three black players could be in the game at one time, but early on in the '62-'63 season the coach at Loyola, George Ireland, began putting four black players into games regularly. In a game against Wyoming, when white starter John Egan fouled out and Ireland inserted a substitute, Loyola became the first Division 1 team to sport an all black lineup."