Red Auerbach lights one final victory cigar. The Celtics win their eighth consecutive championship April 28, 1966 8
April 23, 1966: The Theodore Roosevelt Award, the Association’s highest honor, is established. Dwight Eisenhower receives the first award at the 1967 Convention, where 12 astronauts who won varsity letters also are honored. April 23, 1966 12
April 23, 1966: The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau is separated into publishing and public relations functions. The new College Athletics Publishing Service is moved to Phoenix. April 23, 1966 14
March 19, 1966: Texas Western College (now UTEP) defeats Kentucky in the basketball final with a starting team consisting entirely of black players. March 19, 1966 12