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Texas High School Basketball Champions By Dr. Billy Wilbanks
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INTRODUCTION Each of the 644 narratives gives scores and details of the champion’s state tournament games; the number of times the school has played in the state finals and/or won state; the championship coach; team rosters; top scorers in the tournament games; the All State Tournament Teams; and later career info on selected players. The "Miscellaneous Facts" section provides tables listing the coaches and schools and counties with the most championships; a breakdown by school of the 1,778 All State Tournament selections for boys from 1921-2008 and the 1,474 selections for girls from 1951-2008. A listing of (later) NBA, WNBA and NFL stars from the Texas state tournaments is provided along with information on "great finishes," father (coach) and son champs, girl champs who were also track stars, and a "quiz" that provides additional "tidbits" of information. This tentative draft is“posted” (at www.TexasBasketballChamps.com ) so one may go to the site and see what is included thus far and provide "corrections" and additional information by contacting Dr. Wilbanks who is particularly interested in “later career” information on players (e.g., “Joe Smith played basketball at Baylor” or “Joe Smith became a teacher/coach in Abilene,”). Team photographs are not included in this website but are being collected and will be provided upon request via disc to interested parties. Discs will also be available for all material in this website for those who wish to "download" this "website/book" to their home computer. Team photographs with captions identifying each player are being sought for each of the 644 championship teams along with photos of banners, trophies, etc. and team "reunion" photographs. Wilbanks may be contacted at: WilbanksWilliam@hotmail.com Billy Wilbanks, 281 Whispering Wind, Georgetown, TX 78633 Cell Phone: 512-864-4756 Wilbanks is a retired University Professor and was a member of Belton's state 2A basketball championship team in 1958. He is also the author of: Texas High School Track Champions, 1906-2006 and numerous other books. The Internet also includes two of his other "Walls of Honor" at: www.BeltonWallofHonor.com and www.TrueHeroines.com For additional info on Dr. Wilbanks see: www.DrBillyWilbanks.com This venture is “non-profit” and is being posted on the internet to provide this service free of charge. The tentative draft on the Internet will be revised regularly as revisions/additions are received. The UIL supports this research/website but it is not an official UIL site and the UIL is not responsible for any errors. In the index below, "click" on a team listed in blue below and the cursor will “jump” to the narrative on that team. |
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