George McGinnis

George McGinnis fascinates me because his game broke the rules of what a man his size was supposed to do. At 203 cm he should have been a lumbering post player, yet he handled and moved with a fluid power that defined an era of Pacers basketball across the ABA and NBA. What I admire most is how completely Indiana claimed him as its own, from his Hoosiers college days to his pro career. When he passed in 2023, the grief felt local and personal. To me that is the real measure of an athlete: not just the stats, but becoming woven into a place's identity.

Name (English)

George McGinnis

Name (Japanese)

ジョージ・マクギニス

Reading

じょーじ・まくぎにす

Born

August 12, 1950 – December 14, 2023

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

Origin

Harpersville, Alabama, United States

Height

203 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

George Washington Community High School

University

Indiana University Bloomington

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20McGinnis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AE%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2563071

Tags

• Alabama
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.