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*In [[World War II]], Sanchez was a tailgunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress and flew thirty-five air missions over [[Germany]].
*In [[World War II]], Sanchez was a tailgunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress and flew thirty-five air missions over [[Germany]].
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'''Crispin Eliseo Sanchez''' (December 15, 1925 – March 18, 2008) was a south [[Texas]] trailblazer in the fields of [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] [[education]] and sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=106571402|publisher=''Austin Statesman''|title=Crispin E. Sanchez obituary|date=March 30, 2008|accessdate=November 6, 2019}}</ref>
'''Crispin Eliseo Sanchez''' (December 15, 1925 – March 18, 2008) was a south [[Texas]] trailblazer in the fields of [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] [[education]] and sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=106571402|publisher=''Austin American Statesman''|title=Crispin E. Sanchez obituary|date=March 30, 2008|accessdate=November 6, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Sanchez doubled as the Laredo College athletic director and oversaw the creation of [[basketball]] (since disbanded) and baseball teams. One year LCC basketball was ranked No. 1 in the United States and the players were featured in ''Sports Illustrated'' [[magazine]], recalled Sal Otero, former sports editor of ''The Laredo Morning Times.''<ref name=wire/>
Sanchez doubled as the Laredo College athletic director and oversaw the creation of [[basketball]] (since disbanded) and baseball teams. One year LCC basketball was ranked No. 1 in the United States and the players were featured in ''Sports Illustrated'' [[magazine]], recalled Sal Otero, former sports editor of ''The Laredo Morning Times.''<ref name=wire/>
Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr., who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at Laredo College, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." [[José Roberto Juárez]], Sr., of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments: "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems."<ref name=wire/>
Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr. (1937-2017), who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at Laredo College, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." [[José Roberto Juárez]], Sr., of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments: "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems."<ref name=wire/>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==