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>> GERRY: THIS TRAIL-BLAZING,

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BARRIER-BREAKING INDIANA HIGH

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SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHING

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LEGEND RECENTLY WAS POSTHUMOUSLY

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INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL HIGH

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SCHOOL HALL OF FAME. BILL BENNER

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HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S INSIDE

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INDIANA SPORTS. BILL.{GERRY}

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>> BILL: THAT LEGEND IS NO OTHER

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THAN RAY CROWE THAT GUIDED THE

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TIGERS INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIPSHIP

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IN 1956.

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HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF

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FAME.

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JOINING US TODAY TO DISCUSS HER

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FATHER'S LEGACY IS HIS DAUGHTER

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LINDA CROWE AND IT WONDERFUL TO

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SEE YOU.

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YOU WERE THERE ON JULY 1 FOR THE

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INDUCTION CEREMONY AND YOU MUST

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BE THRILLED FOR YOU AND YOUR

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FAMILY.

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>> THRILLED IS WHAT IT WAS.

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I WANT TO THANK BRUCE HOWARD AND

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HIS COMMITTEE FOR MAKING OUR

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TRIP THERE JUST FABULOUS.

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THE INDUCTION CEREMONY ITSELF

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WAS JUST -- I HAD TINGLES THE

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WHOLE TIME.

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SUCH AN HONOR FOR HIM TO GET

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THIS AWARD AND BOTH MY BROTHERS,

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WELL, THE WHOLE FAMILY, BUT MY

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TWO BROTHERS AND I ARE VERY,

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VERY PROUD.

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>> BILL: THE FIRST COACH TO GET

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THIS DISTINCTION.

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>> HE HAS BEEN A TRAILBLAZER ALL

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HIS LIFE AND THAT WAS JUST

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ANOTHER ACCOLADE FOR HIM.

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>> BILL: YOU'RE MISSING ANOTHER

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ACCOLADE, BECAUSE IN THE SPRING,

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THEY HAD AN AWARD NAMED FOR HIM,

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THE EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP

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AWARD, AGAIN, EXCELLENCE IN

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LEADERSHIP.

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THAT SAYS RAY CROWE.

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>> YES, AND THAT WILL BE AWARDED

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TO A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EVERY

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YEAR GOING FORWARD.

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THIS YEAR WAS RECENTLY FOR THAT,

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RECENTLY NAMED.

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>> BILL: LONG OVERDUE, I THINK.

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>> LONG OVERDUE.

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19 YEARS AFTER HIS PASSING THIS

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IS ALL HAPPENING AND I DON'T

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KNOW WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS IS

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RAY CROWE, RAY CROWE, THIS AND

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THAT AND THE HONORS AND THE

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NATIONAL HONOR AND THE --

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EVERYTHING.

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ALL OF A SUDDEN, I DON'T KNOW

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WHY, BUT IT IS WONDERFUL.

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I AM VERY PROUD.

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>> BILL: THERE IS A SCHOOL NAMED

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AFTER HIM WHERE THE CROWE FAMILY

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GROWED UP AND THAT IS HOW HE

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LEARNED TEAMWORK.

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>> HE HAD SENT BRO BROTHER -- SN

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BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.

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IT WAS ALWAYS A TEAM EFFORT.

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I THINK GROWING UP IN THAT

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ENVIRONMENT AND HELPING EACH

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OTHERS A AND ALL OF THAT WAS

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INGRAINED IN HIM FROM THE

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BEGINNING.

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>> BILL: GREAT CAREER AND YOU

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AND WE MENTIONED HIS COACHING.

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179-20 RECORD AND I REMEMBER

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WATCHING THE TEAMS WHEN I WAS A

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KID.

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THEY WERE PHENOMENAL LED BY

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OSCAR ROBERTSON.

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>> RIGHT, RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY.

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I MEAN, I WAS A BABY AT THAT

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TIME, SO I GREW UP HEARING THE

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STORIES.

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PEOPLE ASKED ME, WHAT DID YOU

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THINK ABOUT AND I DIDN'T THINK

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ANYTHING, BECAUSE I WAS NOT

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AWARE.

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I GREW UP HEARING THE STORIES BY

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THE PLAYERS, THEY WERE ALL KIND

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OF UNCLES TO ME AND MY BROTHER.

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>> BILL: WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE

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LEFT PERFECT AFTER HIS COACHING

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CAREER, CITY COUNCILMAN, HOUSE

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OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, THE

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PARKS DEPARTMENT.

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RAY DIDN'T STOP.

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>> HE DIDN'T STOP.

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HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COMMUNITY

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SERVANT AND LOVED IT.

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THAT IS WHAT HE DID.

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THAT IS WHAT HE DOES.

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HE LOVED INDIANA AND LOVED

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HELPING AND DOING THINGS FOR THE

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CITY.

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>> BILL: ONE OF THE GREAT HONORS

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OF MY SPORTS WRITING CAREER IS

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HAVING A LONG CONVERSATION WITH

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YOUR FATHER.

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IF I THINK OF ONE WORD THAT

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OPTIMIZED RAY, GENTLEMAN.

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>> YES, HE WAS.

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ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS COACH

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CROWE OR MR. CROWE.

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IT WAS AN HONOR TO HIM THAT HE

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WAS REFERRED, EVEN HIS PLAYERS,

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IT WAS COACH OR MR. CROWE.

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>> LINDA, IT IS WONDERFUL TO

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HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM.

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IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOUR