George Haggarty

George Haggarty

Haggarty from the 1925 Michiganensian
Personal information
Born	December 14, 1902 Texas
Died	April 26, 1971(1971-04-26) (aged 68) Miami, Florida
Listed height	6 ft 04 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
College	Michigan
Career highlights and awards
Mr. Basketball of Michigan, 1921 (retrospective)

George Sylvester Haggarty (December 14, 1902 – April 26, 1971) was an American basketball and baseball player, track athlete, golfer, horse racing advocate, and attorney. As a student at the University of Michigan, he was a member of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team from 1922 to 1925. He was the leading scorer on the 1923–24 and 1924-25 teams. He was also the captain of the 1924–25 team. He was the winner of the retrospective Mr. Basketball of Michigan award as the best basketball player in Michigan during 1921. He also won the 1966 United States Seniors' Golf Association championship. He was also an attorney with the Detroit law firm of Dickinson Wright for 20 years.

Haggarty was born in Texas in 1902. At the time of the 1910 United States Census, Haggarty was living with his parents, Charles S. and Charlotte Haggarty, in Beaumont, Texas. His father was a Michigan native who was employed as a salesman for a lumber mill.

Haggarty moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he lived with his aunt, Ursula Herrick. He attended Ypsilanti High School where he was a star athlete in basketball, baseball and track. As a senior in 1921, Haggarty was selected as an All-State player, scored 105 baskets in 10 games, and led Ypsilanti to finish among the top eight teams in the state. In track, he won the state title in the high and low hurdles during his senior year and finished third in the low hurdles at the national track meet in Chicago. In 2011, the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan named a retrospective list of winners of the Mr. Basketball award to the persons chosen for each year from 1920 to 1980 as the best basketball player in the State of Michigan. Haggarty was selected as Mr. Basketball for 1921.