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Orsten Artis

1943–2017

United States

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Orsten Artis (June 7, 1943 – December 26, 2017) was an American basketball player. He started at guard for the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team, the first team in history to win an NCAA championship with five African-American players in the starting lineup.

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