1. George Sylvester Haggarty was an American basketball and baseball player, track athlete, golfer, horse racing advocate, and attorney.
19 Facts About George Haggarty
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George Haggarty was the winner of the retrospective Mr Basketball of Michigan award as the best basketball player in Michigan during 1921.
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George Haggarty won the 1966 United States Seniors' Golf Association championship.
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George Haggarty was an attorney with the Detroit law firm of Dickinson Wright for 20 years.
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At the time of the 1910 United States Census, Haggarty was living with his parents, Charles S and Charlotte Haggarty, in Beaumont, Texas.
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George Haggarty's father was a Michigan native who was employed as a salesman for a lumber mill.
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George Haggarty attended Ypsilanti High School where he was a star athlete in basketball, baseball and track.
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George Haggarty played at second and third base for the baseball team from 1923 to 1925.
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George Haggarty was a starting forward for the basketball team for three consecutive years from 1922 to 1925.
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George Haggarty scored 50 points as a sophomore, 161 points as a junior, and 145 points as a senior.
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George Haggarty then returned to Ann Arbor and enrolled in the University of Michigan law school.
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George Haggarty was the president of the law school's Class of 1928.
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At the time of the 1930 United States Census, George Haggarty was living in Detroit and employed as an attorney.
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George Haggarty invested in real estate in Detroit and mineral interests in Texas.
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George Haggarty purchased the Lake Point Country Club, which later became a municipal golf course, in St Clair Shores, Michigan.
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George Haggarty won the United States Seniors' Golf Association championship in 1966 and finished in a three-way tie for the championship in 1967.
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George Haggarty lost the 1962 championship after forcing George Dawson into a playoff.
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George Haggarty was the president of the American Seniors Golf Association.
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George Haggarty was an officer of the Michigan Racing Association, a horse racing organization, and a director for Storer Broadcasting Co.