George Irvine
Ballard High School 1966
Basketball
SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA
High School
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Played two years on Seattle’s All-City basketball team
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Named The Seattle Times’ second-team all-time high school player
College
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Three-year starter for University of Washington
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Team captain, All-Pac-8 team, and leading scorer for Huskies as a junior and senior
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Ranked fifth all-time points leader in UW history when he graduated, and his career scoring average
still ranks seventh all-time
Professional
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Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics, but joined the newly formed American
Basketball Association (ABA)
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25-year career in the NBA as a coach, scout and executive
Other
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One of eleven players selected to the Huskies' All-Century Team in 2002
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Jersey (number 44) has been retired by Ballard
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In 2012, he was inducted into the Pac-12’s Basketball Hall of Honor