Career Highlights
- Was considered top official in New England for 34 years, handling both high school and college games
- Earned the title of "Mr. Basketball" in New England, traveling the region offering counsel to players and officials
- Helped found Eastern Massachusetts Board of Approved Basketball Officials and served as its president for two years
- Developed a uniform set of rules, interpretations and enforcement procedures that decreased disparity among the rules of various organizations (AAU, YMCA, etc.)
- Pioneer of the more open style of play, creating rules designed to prevent defensive holding and free up offensive players
- Famous for saying, "Basketball is a game of science, not brute strength"
- Helped found New England Interscholastic Basketball Tournament
- Served as Chief of Officials for the Eastern Massachusetts High School Basketball Tournament and as Honorary Chief Official upon his retirement
- Author of The Theory and Practice of Basketball Officiating, considered a classic textbook that made distinctions in style between Eastern and Western officials
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| Name | Hoyt, George |
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| Date of birth | 1883 |
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| Date of death | 1962 |
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