George McGinnis

Nicknames: "Big Mac", "The Baby Bull"
Ht. 6-8
Wt. 235
College - Indiana
ABA Team: Indiana (71-72 to 74-75)

All-American at Indiana University. Drafted # 1 by Pacers in 1971. ABA All-Rookie Team in 1972. ABA Co-MVP with Julius Erving in 74-75. Led ABA in Scoring in 74-75 with 29.8 ppg. Second in ABA Scoring 2 years in a row: 72-73 (27.6 ppg) and 73-74 (25.9 ppg). 3-Time ABA All-Star. 3-Time Member of ABA All-Pro Team. Played on 2 Indiana Pacers ABA Championship Teams.

From Jim O'Brien's 1972-73 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball:
After first working against McGinnis, Willie Wise, who's regarded as one of the toughest two-way forwards in pro ball, offered this remark: "The man's just too strong to be playing basketball." . . . After the rookie had 30 points and 20 rebounds against New York, Nets' coach Lou Carnesecca called him "a heavyweight contender." . . . Always remember him grabbing rebound, dribbling length of court through everyone, then throwing a behind the back pass to Roger Brown for an easy layup along the baseline . . . Signed with Pacers after sophomore season at Indiana University, where he led Big Ten in scoring (29.9) and rebounds (14.5) . . . Was All-America in high school in football as well as basketball. "I think I could've played pro football too," he says. "I think football helped me physically in basketball. I like going inside, knocking a few people around and coming out with the ball."