Boston College Class of 1966
Men's Basketball • Guard
Washington, D.C. • DeMatha Catholic
John Austin was a trailblazer, a program-changer. First he transformed DeMatha, a Catholic high school in his hometown of D.C., into a powerhouse program with back-to-back conference titles in 1961 and 1962. After playing on the freshman team at Boston College, he moved into the starting lineup for head coach Bob Cousy’s squad and was the best player on the floor, night-in and night-out, for three years as the most prolific scorer the Eagles have ever had.
Austin broke barriers at both schools as the first African-American in either program’s history.