John Crawford
Basketball
New York, N.Y.
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- First African-American basketball player at Iowa State
- Member of the 1956 team that won the school’s first conference tournament title defeating highly favored Kansas and moving to No. 8 in the polls
- Starred on the team that upset top-ranked Kansas (and Wilt Chamberlain), the first time Iowa State beat the nation’s No. 1 squad
- Ranked first in career rebounding and second in scoring (behind his teammate, Gary Thompson) when he left ISU
- Tied a school record by making all 15 of his free throws in a 1956 win over Nebraska