George Scott Red Sox Heart
by Elaine Koury (Boston)
George Scott was a terrific lover of kids. During Boston's racial troubles, a boy named Daryl Williams was shot and paralyzed while in the huddle of a high school football game between Jamaica Plain (mostly African-American) and Charlestown (mostly white). Scott - without fanfare - quietly showed up at the next Jamaica Plain practice to encourage the kids on the team. Although they had been traumatized by the shooting, the team was buoyed by the attention of a sports star. Scott understood what his presence would mean to them, and went to the practices and games for the rest of the season.
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