
“Big G” was Our First Mr. Basketball

HIGH SCHOOL:
Franklin High School (1939)
COLLEGE:
Indiana Central (1943)
Scored 13 of Franklin High School’s 22 points in 1939 state championship game loss to Frankfort … Mr. Basketball … All State … called by legendary Coach Fuzzy Vandivier ‘the best money player I have ever seen’ … 12 letters in 3 sports at Indiana Central … center for a nationally ranked Greyhound team … 6-4 standout played professional basketball 7 years with Los Angeles Red Devils, New York Renaissance and Harlem Yankees … also a standout pitcher, he played Major League baseball 10 years, with the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves and St. Louis Cardinals. His brother is Hall of Famer Ray Crowe.