Tommy Curtis is an American former college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. He played on two undefeated national championship teams at UCLA. He did not lose a game in college until his final season, helping the school to a record 88-game consecutive win streak. Curtis was the first African American to play basketball at his high school in Florida, where he won two state championships and was named the state's basketball player of the year in 1969. He left his home state of Florida to attend college at the University of California, Los Angeles. A small but quick point guard, he helped the Bruins establish a national collegiate record of seven consecutive national titles under coach John Wooden. After earning a Master of Business Administration at UCLA, Curtis returned to Florida and worked for the state's Department of Commerce and later a Florida business council assisting minorities. 

January 1st, 1952 in Tampa  /  Died:   Aug 3rd, 2021