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Inductee
PAPPAS, GEORGE
PAPPAS, GEORGE
Born on December 14, 1942
Hammond, IN
Inducted On
May 18, 2003
Location Inducted
Merrillville, IN
Region Number
1
Hammond
Player
Hammond
1961
Two years All-State (AP & UPI); High School All-American (Scholastic Coach) 1960; played on two undefeated high school teams 1958 and 1960; in four years, team lost only twice; Most Valuable Lineman 1959 and 1960.
Purdue University
1965
Most Valuable Player and outstanding freshman lineman by vote of freshmen teammates; started as a sophomore and lettered three years; was smallest guard in Big 10 for 3 years; played under Ernie Zwalen and Jack Mollenkopf.
Wife, Mary; children, Alexandra, Katherine, Jamie.
Coaching Experience: Graduate assistant at Purdue 1965-1966; assistant coach at North Central HS 1969-1974; head coach at North Central 1975-1991, retiring from coaching at the end of the 1991 season.
Coaching Honors: Record at North Central was 126-53.
Outstanding Players Coached: Al Darring (1976) All-State, All- American, IU; Gary England (1972) All-State, track star at University of Alabama; Dan Marr (1972) All-State, IU; Tim Hull (1976) All-State, PU; Mike Teeuws (1978) All-State, PU; Ken Smith (1977) All-State, Stanford University; Duane Gunn (1979) All-State, All-American, IU; Ray Wallace (1981) All-State, All-American, PU, Houston Oilers; John Teeuws (1983) All-State, Stanford; Lars Tate (1983) All-State, All-American, University of Georgia, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Tony Henderson (1989) All-State, All-American, University of Michigan; Tony Nibbs (1990) All-State, Ball State University; Derrick Mayes (1991) All-State, All-American, University of Notre Dame, Green Bay Packers and Seattle Sea Hawks; Jerry Strayhorn (1976) IU on track scholarship.
Coaching Honors: Record at North Central was 126-53.
Outstanding Players Coached: Al Darring (1976) All-State, All- American, IU; Gary England (1972) All-State, track star at University of Alabama; Dan Marr (1972) All-State, IU; Tim Hull (1976) All-State, PU; Mike Teeuws (1978) All-State, PU; Ken Smith (1977) All-State, Stanford University; Duane Gunn (1979) All-State, All-American, IU; Ray Wallace (1981) All-State, All-American, PU, Houston Oilers; John Teeuws (1983) All-State, Stanford; Lars Tate (1983) All-State, All-American, University of Georgia, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Tony Henderson (1989) All-State, All-American, University of Michigan; Tony Nibbs (1990) All-State, Ball State University; Derrick Mayes (1991) All-State, All-American, University of Notre Dame, Green Bay Packers and Seattle Sea Hawks; Jerry Strayhorn (1976) IU on track scholarship.