1957 Championship Video - UNC 54 Kansas 53

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_NCAA_Men's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history 6. 1957 Championship Game (North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 in 3OT) Carolina center Joe Quigg sank two free throws with six seconds remaining in the third overtime to tie the score and provide the decisive point against the Wilt Chamberlain-led Jayhawks. Although Lennie Rosenbluth was the unbeaten Tar Heels' leading scorer in 27 of their 32 contests, they won the NCAA final despite him fouling out with 1:45 remaining in regulation.

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Former UNC star Pete Brennan dies at 75

Pete Brennan (left) with his UNC coach Frank McGuire -- the two combined on a 32-0, national championship season in 1957.

Pete Brennan, the leading rebounder on North Carolina’s undefeated 1957 national championship team and the author of one of the most important shots in Tar Heel basketball history, died Friday in Chapel Hill after a battle with cancer. He was 75.

I did a couple of long interviews with Brennan a number of years ago about his career in preparation for a book I was writing. He was a joy to talk to. He told me in one of those interviews that he was one of 10 children and that ultimately he had five children of his own.

As Brennan cracked, "I’m only half the man my father was." more" . .from Scott Fowler

Read more here: http://scottfowlerobs.blogspot.com/2012/06/former-unc-star-pete-brennan-dies-at-75.html#storylink=cpy