Player of the Week
2017 Gus Macker World Tour
As of 8/16/2017
April
May
June
Grand Rapids, MI
June 3-4
Jamestown, NY
June 3-4
Gladstone, MI
June 10-11
Chesaning, MI
June 10-11
Mescalero, NM
June 10-11
Grand Island, NY
June 10-11
Ludington, MI
June 17-18
Sterling, IL
June 17-18
Hastings, MI
June 24-25
Linden, MI
June 24-25
Athens, OH
June 24-25
Rochester, NY
June 24-25
Green Bay, WI
June 24-25
July
Greenville, MI
July 8-9
Byesville/Cambridge, OH
July 8-9
Norwich, NY
July 8-9
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
July 15-16
Haslett/Okemos, MI
July 15-16
Racine, WI
July 15-16
Decatur, IL
July 15-16
Columbus, OH
July 22-23
Peoria, IL
July 29-30
Hornell, NY
July 29-30
Indianapolis, IN
July 29-30
August
Belding, MI
August 5-6
Sheboygan, WI
August 5-6
Syracuse/Cicero, NY
August 12-13
Olean, NY
August 19-20
Midland, MI
August 19-20
Oshkosh, WI
August 26-27
Otsego, MI
August 26-27
September
Stevens Point, WI
September 9-10
Sparta, MI
September 9-10
Huntersville, NC
September 16-17
Niagara Falls, Canada
September 23-24
October
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The Gus Macker 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament is designed so that anyone can play: male or female, young and old, short and tall, the most experienced or no experience at all. This maintains the purity and integrity of the driveway game.
Since 1987, the Macker tour has expanded, holding a total of 972 tournaments with over 2.2 million players – male and female from 7 years old to 50+ - and more than 23 million spectators.
Learn MoreGR INDOOR LAYOUT, BRACKET ASSIGNMENTS AND PLAYER LIST
Court Layout of the GR Indoor:
Gus Macker Hall of Fame
Larry Abbey
The Forgotten Brother
Craig “Skinny Mulligan” Anderson
Dominant Driveway Player
Cla Avery
Local Organizer, Roswell, N.M.
Bad Boyz, In Your Face
Cedric Wynn, Artese Simmons, Ernest Walker, Mike Hidden, Mike Ayers, Lester Hubbard
Russ Bartz
Parini’s Pasta Palace
Bob Becker
Putting Gus in the Headlines
1987 Belding City Council and City Manager
Will Youngs, Ed Jenkins, Val Whitkey, Dan Blunt, Ron Hughes, John Nienela
Shawn Biggs
Macker’s Quiet Stat-Man
Dick, Nola, and Lane Bryan
The First Family
Bill Buckey
Ultimate Macker Hoops Junkie!
Laurie Byrd
Queen of The Macker
Chippewa Pride
Val Bracey, Tim Bracey, Leon Guydon, Coach Tom Crean
Judge Connors and his Ann Arbor Squad
The Judge and His Court Jesters
Steve “Baby Dawk” Doyle and Geoff “Stormy” Stormzand
Original Macker Advisory Council
Dream Kids
Gus Macker’s Youngest Stars
Sharon and Gary Eickhoff
Original Neighborhood Volunteers
Miss Elizabeth’s Fan Club
Jerry Fike, Richard Paff, Ralph Mora, Bernard Balaney
Frankovich Family
The Frankies
Rodney Glassnor
“For The Love of the Game”
Orloe and Mary Ann Gwatkin
The original Macker neighbors
Chris “The Artist” Hankinson
Bringing the Macker Man to Life
Ned Henley and Dave VanKeulen
Ned and His Neighbor
Kipp Jones and Kita Jones
Tom Men’s Division
Jumpin’ Jack Kelly
Dunk Legend
Joe “Smoothie” Killinger, Art Maui Legend Finger
The Original Gus Busters
The Flying Knueppel Brothers
Klint, Kon, Kole and Klay – Akrobatic Kings of the Kourt
Tom LaMonde
The Georgia Gunner
Mike Lavery
Quincy Macker’s Founding Father
Steve “Preacher” Lee
Louie’s Records
Marvin Stevens, Karl Newman, Hank Cornley, Derek Fields
Gary Love
The Defender of Human Rights
T.O. “World” Mattern
Macker Fanatic
Melvin "Sugar" McLaughlin
Dick and Bonnie McNeal
Mom and Dad Macker
Coach Parfitt
Coach Dick Parfitt of Central Michigan University
Ron “Huckleberry” Parker, Bill “Manute” Saunders
King Ding Ding and Captain Crunch
The Root Brothers
A Family Tradition
Rick Thomson
Nickname Originator
Carlton Valentine
The Big Fella with the Big Heart
Don Warsaw
Senior Player
West Michigan All-Stars
Bob Mitchell, Steve Harvey, Todd Hennink, Tim Muller, Steve Honderd, Brad Holwerda, Shawn O’Mara
Betsy Wiersma and Don Zulauf
Local Tournament Organizers
Zach Williams
The Happy Macker Hoopster
Alex Wolff
Sports Illustrated Writer, Player
Larry Wray
Godfather of Macker in Ohio
Tom Crean
From the Macker Driveway to Indiana University
Ernie Cryer
No. 1 in our Hearts, The Entertainer
Gus Ganakas
Put the “Gus” in Macker
Don “The Bracketologist” Stabenow, Dean “Mr. Happy” Wallin
The Gusbuster Originators
Warren Reynolds
Grand Rapids Sportscaster Legend
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Owner
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