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George A. Hansell Jr.

  • Class
  • Induction
    2014
  • Sport(s)
    Coach/Administrator
Hansell enjoyed a storied career that influenced the trajectory of Widener Athletics as well as the Middle Atlantic Conference.  He spent 38 years with PMC/Widener that included nine as the football coach, totaling a 50-23 mark that was the second-best win total in school history at the time.  The team won the MAC with a 7-0 mark in 1954 and also captured the league crown in 1958.  Hansell coached PMCs track & field team from 1946-1974, notching a 138-51-1 record.  The team won six MAC titles, recorded four undefeated seasons and had a 27-match winning streak in dual meets over five years.  He also served as Widener’s Director of Athletics from 1955-79, introduced the University’s Physical Education Program and brought women’s sports on campus in 1972.  The Hansell Awards, which honors the University’s Scholar-Athletes of the Year, were named in his honor in 1997.  The track at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium was named in his honor in 1984.  Hansell also planned and oversaw construction of Widener’s Schwartz Center and was influential in encouraging the Philadelphia Eagles to use the university facilities for their summer camp in the 60s.  Hansell was a former member of the executive committee and former president of the Middle Atlantic Collegiate Track and Field Association.  He also served on the executive committee of the Middle Atlantic Collegiate Football Association.  After his retirement, Hansell continued to work part-time in the university’s Development Office in planning and fund-raising.  He worked there from his retirement as Director of Athletics in 1979 until his death in 1988.
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