STATISTICS & HISTORY
George Wilcoxon earned two varsity letters in both football and basketball ay Mt. Union College on Ohio. Wilcoxon earned All-Ohio honors in both sports, both years and helped win two conference titles in football for Mt.Union. Wilcoxon briefly played independent professional basketball and played five games with for the Canton Orphans in the National professional Basketball League. Wilcoxon earned a degree from the School of Medicine at Chicago University and a Master of Science from the University of Illinois. Wilcoxson returned to hos hometown, Alliance, Ohio to practice medicine. He simultaniosly embarked on a very successful career as the football and basketball coach at Alliance High School. Over the next thirteen years, the football team posted an 83-19-2 reord. His 1932 team was undefeated. During the same years, Wilcoxson coached the the basketball team to an 83-37 record. In 1940, Wilcoxon retied from coaching to devote his entire time to his medical practice. Wilcoxson served in World War II as a flight surgeon with the Army Air Corp. in Europe.
GEORGE WILCOXON | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Mt.Union’27 | |||||
Dr. George Mansel Wilcoxon | Born: Aug 2, 1905 | Died: Feb 6, 1989 | Hometown: | Alliance, Oh. | |||||||
REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1924-25 | Mt. Union (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
1925-26 | Mt. Union | College | |||||||||
1926-27 | Mt. Union | College | |||||||||
1927-28 | Alliance Studebakers | College | |||||||||
1928-29 | Alliance Studebakers | Indep | |||||||||
1928-29 | Salem Althouse | Indep | |||||||||
1928-29 | Canton Orphans | Indep | |||||||||
1929-30 | Canton | NPBL | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 3.8 | ||||
Major League Totals | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 3.8 |