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Jon McGlocklin is so legendary he has not one, but two nicknames… Jonny Mac and Mr. Buck.
Jonny Mac grew up in Franklin, Indiana a fan of the Hurryin’ Hoosiers and spurned all others suitors to join fellow sought-after recruits, Tom and Dick Van Arsdale, to play for Branch McCracken. All three went on to put up prodigious numbers at IU, all three went on to be drafted, and all three went on to become NBA All-Stars.
Jonny Mac was not only an All-Star, but started alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson on one of the greatest basketball teams ever assembled, the 1971 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. After retirement he joined the Bucks broadcast team as color commentator, a job he held for an astonishing 45 years.
His greatest accomplishment, however, is off the court. This real-life Hoosier hero has raised almost 80 million dollars to fight childhood cancer with his remarkable Macc Fund https://maccfund.org/donation/
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