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AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904

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THE GREATEST GW ATHLETES OF ALL TIME: No. 9 — Steve Korchek

9 Steve Korchek
Football, Baseball (1950-1954; Pennsylvania)

From his center position, Steve Korchek became GW’s only football Southern Conference Player of the Year in 1953.

Korchek, also a catcher in baseball, was honorable mention on current baseball coach Tom Walter’s All-Century Team. He is only one of three Colonials to make the major leagues, where he caught for the Washington Senators. He was GW’s baseball coach in the 1960s.

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