Career
He also played one season of professional basketball for the Chicago Bruins in 1939-1940. Playing career
A 6"1" forward, Wilson played in the National League (a forerunner to the National Basketball Association) during the 1939-1940 season. He averaged 1.1 points per game in 16 games for the Chicago Bruins.
Coaching career
He was replaced following the 1964 season and spent one year as an assistant coach for the Washington Redskins before being named the first ever head coach of an American League expansion franchise, the Miami Dolphins, in 1966.
After four losing seasons in Miami, he was replaced with former Baltimore Colts coach Don Shula after the 1969-1970 season. In 1980, Wilson was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
Wilson"s career record was 68–84–8 as head coach, with 2–0 record in the postseason. He is 65th in all-time wins by an NFL coach.
Film George Wilson appeared as himself in Paper Lion, the 1968 sports comedy film starring Alan Alda as writer George Plimpton, based on Plimpton"s 1966 nonfiction book of the same title depicting his tryout with the Detroit Lions of the National League.
The movie premiered in Detroit on October 2, 1968 and was released nationwide the week of October 14, 1968.
