George Gregory, Jr. (born 1906, New York City, died May 11, 1994, Washington Heights, New York City, New York) was the first black basketball player to be selected as an All American college basketball player, in 1931. Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... The term All-American has two uses: It can be used as a reference to an athlete selected as a member of an All_America team, as in Eddie George was named an All-American football player by both wire services in 1995. ... College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. // The game of basketball was devised by James Naismith in 1891. ...

Gregory graduated in 1927 from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, where he was a standout player. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

A scholarship player at Columbia University, Gregory scored 155 points in 17 games in his freshman season to rank fourth in the Ivy League. During his college career, he helped his team to two consecutive Ivy League titles and two Eastern Intercollegiate League titles. Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. ... The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. ...

The 6'4" Gregory was the captain and star center of the 1930-31 Columbia team that went 21-2 and that some say rivaled or was actually better than the famed St. John's University "Wonder Five". St. ...

He was named to the Helms Foundation All-America team in 1931, becoming the first African-American voted to college All-America status in basketball. He was joined on the All-America squad by John Wooden, the future legendary UCLA coach. In his three-year career, Gregory, the second African-American to play at Columbia, scored 509 points in 62 games, for an 8.2 points per game average in that low scoring era of college basketball. John Wooden on UCLA sideline with game program John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910), in Hall, Indiana, is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (Class of 1961) and a coach (Class of 1973). ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ...

Although Gregory was a scholarship student at Columbia, he also helped support himself by working as a red cap porter at Penn Station. Look up Porter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Porter - a person who carries objects Porter - a style of beer Porter - one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry / a doorkeeper or gatekeeper Porter- mexican indie band Porter - the railroad occupation. ... For the Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey or Baltimore, Maryland, see Pennsylvania Station (Newark) or Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore). ...

While studying at Columbia, he served as the boys' director for the Harlem Center of the Children's Aid Society. It was the start of his career in battling juvenile delinquency and defending civil rights.

After college, he attended law courses at night at St. John's University, while playing for several semi-professional basketball teams. St. ...

Later, Gregory began a long career in directing settlement houses and youth clubs, such as the Harlem Youth Center and the Forest Neighborhood House in the Bronx. He was also a founding member of the New York City Youth Board in 1947. From 1954 to 1968, he was a commissioner on the Municipal Civil Service Commission. He was chairman of the Manhattan Community Board 10 in the office of the Manhattan Borough President, from 1950 to 1965. Gregory was an assistant administrator of what is now the Department of Environmental Protection from 1968 to 1970. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... The Manhattan Community Board 10 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Harlem and Polo Grounds in the borough of Manhattan. ...

Gregory was a well-known figure in New York City Democratic politics, who championed urban redevelopment in Harlem and increased job opportunities for African Americans He was also instrumental in starting public jazz concerts and art exhibitions in Harlem. Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ...

Gregory died of colon cancer in 1994, at the age of 88.

He was posthumously inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.