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GEORGE
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2005 - FOOTBALL |
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Graduate, Canon-McMillan High School
and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a B.S. in
Communications.
A 9-time letter winner at Cannon-McMillan in three sports, football,
wrestling and baseball. A 1972, 165 lb. WPIAL Wrestling Champion, and a
two-time PIAA Wrestling Champion, 165 lbs. in 1972 and 167 lbs. in 1973.
George has the distinction in 1973 of being the first Western
Pennsylvania wrestler not a reigning WPIAL Champion to win a PIAA title.
Compiled a 81-5 record in high school for a remarkable winning
percentage of .942, and was a High School All-American as a senior.
In football he played quarterback for the Big Mac's and was the Western
Conference 1st Team All-Star quarterback, Western Conference MVP, All-WPIAL,
Honorable Mention All-State as a quarterback and "Big 33" Honorable
Mention in 1973.
At the University of Pittsburgh he played Quarterback and Defensive Back
and was a 2 year letterman. A member of the 1976 Pitt NCAA National
Champion football team. Was a 3 year letterman in wrestling at Pitt,
qualifying for 2 NCAA Wrestling Tournaments. As a testament to his
athletic abilities, George made the Pitt baseball team and only an
injury prevented him from being a 3-sport letterman, a dying breed in
major college athletics.
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