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Today’s featured inductee is Marist School and Georgia Tech graduate George Maloof. Maloof will be inducted into the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame on Oct. 22 at the College Football Hall of Fame. George Maloof Marist School Graduate Georgia Maloof was a do-it-all athlete and student at Marist, playing four sports and taking the place of colonel for the Cadet Corps. He made All-State, All-Southern and prep All-America teams as a football end and was named the most valuable prep lineman by the Atlanta Touchdown Club in 1947. He also made the first Wigwam All-America team, the lone Georgian to earn this honor. His career at Georgia Tech would be best defined by the 11-0-1 1951 season. Against Georgia that year, Maloof scored four rushing touchdowns in the 48-6 win. In baseball, Maloof was named to the All-SEC team twice as a third basemen. After graduating in 1952, Maloof served two years in the Air Force and returned to football as a coach. In 1958, he started the program at St. Pius X, where he would compile a record of 168-82-12 with a 1968 state title. His sons Kevin and Keith would follow him as long-time head coaches in Gwinnett County, and his grandson Tyler Maloof is head coach now at Lanier. Georgie Maloof passed away from cancer in 2009. |
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