George Yardley
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George Yardley (November 3, 1928 in Hollywood, California - August 12, 2004 in Newport Beach, California) was an NBA Hall of Famer, the first player in history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by fellow Hall of Famer George Mikan.
A two-time All-American at Stanford University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, he led the Fort Wayne Pistons to two NBA Finals before the team moved to Detroit in 1957.
George had a degree in engineering and after the NBA he started his own engineering company which is also in California.
Yardley died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
