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George Wright

Class of 1957 - Inducted 2012

George was inducted into the SHSAA Packer Sports Greats in 2012.

George “Dumpy” Wright earned two letters in football and three in wrestling at SHS. He was named All-City two years and All-State champion one year in wrestling and was Team Captain. At 138lbs. he won the North High Invitational his senior year. He was in ROTC at SHS and was on the rifle team. He served as a Big Brother and was in Spanish Club. He played football and wrestled for four years. He was on the basketball team one year, track team one year and baseball team two years. After graduation, he played semi-pro baseball throughout the Midwest against such teams as the K.C. Monarchs and the Indy Clowns.

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