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Hall of Fame

George K. Shako

  • Class
    1940
  • Induction
    1945
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Basketball, Baseball
Triple-threat backfield man, played football four years ... Competency and popularity caused him to become acting captain of team in  junior year, when the captain was injured ... Team elected George the following season to the full position ... Played basketball ... Baseball captain in  third and fourth years ... Phalanx tapped him in 1939 ... A beribboned and bemedaled Army Air Forces Captain.
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