Indiana University of Pennsylvania Athletics

It may be what he accomplished in two football season at then Indiana State Teacher College that prompted George Hay’s selection to the Hall Fame.
In 1934 and '35 he played every game, at under 200 pounds, as both an offensive guard and defensive lineman and in 1949 (by the campus newspaper The Penn ) an again in 1960 (by The Pittsburgh Press) was named to all -time Indiana teams, a guard.
The 1934 team, with Hay providing up-front protection for today's fellow inductee Marshall Woodring at quarterback and 1996 inductee Mike Gendich at halfback, is to this day the only one in IUP history to post an undefeated, untied record.
The Indians defeated six opponents by scoring a total of 128 points while giving up 17. Only two opponents scored touchdowns against Coach George P. Miller’s team. (IUP did complete undefeated regular seasons in 1968, 1991 and '93 but lost postseason contests each year.)
Hay's life since then, though, truly describes him as a "man for all seasons." First going to work building floating power plants for the U.S. Navy at Bethlehem Steel in 1936, he served on board ship in the Pacific in World War II (1943-46).
Graduating from the Ross Leffler School of Conservation in 1948, Hay became a state game protector in Greene County (the Waynesburg area), then returned home to Somerset County to serve in the same capacity. The Pennsylvania Game Commission honored his service in wildlife and natural resources.
While working, Hay commuted to Indiana State Teachers College to complete a bachelor's degree in social studies, English and driver education in 1958.
After completing a master's degree in counseling education in 1960, Hay became a guidance counselor at North Star High, in Boswell, and taught extension courses in guidance for Penn State until retiring in 1984.
In 1963, he established the College Board Examination and American College Testing Centers at Somerset High School and directed this until '84.
Mrs. Hay, the former Emma Shafer, graduated from Indiana in 1937 with majors in Latin, English and social studies; she was a teacher and counselor in the Somerset schools until 1976. Daughter Emma Lou Keene, a 1960 IUP grad, is a former member of the university's mathematics faculty.