George Haggarty

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.

Early 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.

Student athlete at Michigan Haggarty attended the University of Michigan. While attending Michigan, he played three years each for both the baseball and basketball teams. He played at second and third base for the baseball team from 1923 to 1925. After his senior year, one newspaper wrote that Haggarty "was acclaimed the greatest basketball player of the Big Ten and was almost a unanimous selection for the mythical all star cage team." In March 1925, Fred Young of the Chicago Daily Tribune wrote that Haggarty "will go down into history as one of Michigan's best forwards."

While he was a student at Michigan, Haggarty was also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Michigamua, the Sphinx, the Board in Control of Athletics, and the Blue Key.

Later years After receiving his bachelor's degree, Haggarty reportedly played professional basketball for a short time.

After receiving his law degree, Haggarty practiced law with the Detroit law firm, Dickinson Wright, for 20 years.

In the late 1940s, Haggarty opened his own law practice. He also invested in real estate in Detroit and mineral interests in Texas. He also purchased the Lake Point Country Club, which later became a municipal golf course, in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Haggarty was also the president of the American Seniors Golf Association. and a director for Storer Broadcasting Co.