George Crowe

George Daniel Crowe (March 22, 1921 – January 18, 2011) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 702 games in the major leagues as a first baseman and pinch hitter between 1952 and 1961. Before joining minor league baseball in 1949, Crowe played with the Negro National League's (Rochester) New York Black Yankees in 1947 and 1948, and he also played professional basketball.

Born in Whiteland, Indiana, Crowe graduated from nearby Franklin High School in 1939. He led the Franklin Grizzly Cubs to a notable state runner-up finish in 1939 in the IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament. He attended college at Indiana Central College (now the University of Indianapolis), where he was a member of the Class of 1943. He was the first Indiana "Mr. Basketball" and served in the United States Army during World War II.