George Mrvosh is known in
Beaver County sports circles as “Mr American Legion”, a title
he earned during thirty years as a Legion player, manager,
and official in various sports. George was a strong
player for the Beaver Falls Armstrong Cook team that won the 1940
and 1941 Beaver County Industrial Basketball League titles. After
serving in the Army during World War II, he joined the Beaver
Falls American Legion Basketball team that won its first state title
in 1947 and whipped the national Legion champs from Midland (MI) that year in an exhibition game at Beaver Falls, 66-49,
but the 1947 Pennsylvania state tourney ended too late for the
Tommies to enter the national playoffs. In 1947 George
became business manager of the Beaver Falls Legion cagers, who went
on to win four more state titles and the national championship
in 1948 and runners-up in the 1950 Legion national
tourney. The team compiled a 251-46 record, including 88 straight
wins against Legion cage teams. During his thirty years in American
Legion sports, George served as a member of the state committee and
as area Legion sports director, district director, and regional
director. In 1948 he organized the Beaver Falls American Legion
baseball team and served as business manager for the first two years
to get the club off to a good start. The local Legion post has
supported the team ever since. In 1953, George and
Dom Casey took
over the Beaver Falls Recreation Sports program, which included
adult basketball and softball, plus youth baseball, and they shared the
reigns as directors for thirteen years and greatly expended the
programs.
George Mrvosh is known in
Beaver County sports circles as “Mr American Legion”, a title
he earned during thirty years as a Legion player, manager,
and official in various sports. George was a strong
player for the Beaver Falls Armstrong Cook team that won the 1940
and 1941 Beaver County Industrial Basketball League titles. After
serving in the Army during World War II, he joined the Beaver
Falls American Legion Basketball team that won its first state title
in 1947 and whipped the national Legion champs from Midland (MI) that year in an exhibition game at Beaver Falls, 66-49,
but the 1947 Pennsylvania state tourney ended too late for the
Tommies to enter the national playoffs. In 1947 George
became business manager of the Beaver Falls Legion cagers, who went
on to win four more state titles and the national championship
in 1948 and runners-up in the 1950 Legion national
tourney. The team compiled a 251-46 record, including 88 straight
wins against Legion cage teams. During his thirty years in American
Legion sports, George served as a member of the state committee and
as area Legion sports director, district director, and regional
director. In 1948 he organized the Beaver Falls American Legion
baseball team and served as business manager for the first two years
to get the club off to a good start. The local Legion post has
supported the team ever since. In 1953, George and