Comments on: ITH Super Happy Fun Time Top 10 List: George McGinnis

By: wolfer

wolfer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:05:28 +0000

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wolfer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:05:28 +0000

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By: kate545

kate545 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:10:44 +0000

Thanks for such a informative reply.

By: kate545

kate545 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:31:04 +0000

I remember first seeing George during the 1969 IHSAA championship when he was playing for Indianapolis Washington. It was obvious then that this guy was the stuff. Even as an early teen(but already a hoosier fan), I felt disappointed when he went pro.

slojoe – I seem to have a vague memory that the NCAA forbid freshmen from playing, regardless of academic qualifications. (Benson, I think, was the first to benefit from the rule change)

By: indiananorthshore

indiananorthshore — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:50:32 +0000

If he would have played 3 years at IU, he would have been the best ever. Also first team high school all american in football (reciever) as well as basketball. Co-MVP in ABA with Dr J. Turned the Sixers around from a nine win season before he arrived to a playoff team the year he arrived. A physical specimen like Karl Malone

By: nchoosier

nchoosier — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:54:49 +0000

another reason why this topic is so tough. hard to rank a guy that only played one year. isiah too. what if EJ played 4 years? we could go on and on!

By: DJW

DJW — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:21:52 +0000

It would have been intersting if George would have stayed and completed his entire career at IU playing with his HS teammate Steve Downing.

What an amazing team that could have been.

What other players were on that team when McGinnis was played…do you remember?

By: DJW

DJW — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:43:38 +0000

I am firmly convinced that if McGinnis would have played his entire career at IU he would have been the greatest of all time.

All of his I.U. achievements were accomplished in his first year of playing college basketball.

Unfortunately, he turned pro in his next season.