Jerry Armstrong, 1966 Texas Western championship team member, dead at 76
UTEP Athletics
Jerry Armstrong as a member of the Texas Western championshp basketball team.
EL PASO, Texas Jerry Armstrong, a key member of Texas Western’s famed 1966 men’s basketball national championship team, passed away Thursday morning.
He was 76 years old.
Armstrong saw action in 24 games as a senior during the 1965-66 championship season.
He scored 45 points and grabbed 33 rebounds. Armstrong led the Miners at the free throw line, shooting 87.5 percent (21-24).
The 6-4 forward from Eagleville, Mo., lettered three seasons (1963-66). During his junior campaign, Armstrong shot 42.6 percent from the field and 72 percent from the foul line over 22 contests.