The first time the Craggs household received a call asking for Whitey, his mother replied, "There’s nobody here by that name," and immediately hung up the phone.
What Gladys Craggs didn’t know was that her fair-haired young son had acquired a nickname from his peers, one that would stick for the rest of his 70-some years on this earth, all the while becoming a moniker in Puget Sound soccer that was every bit as recognizable as any player.
From then on, noted George Craggs, "if they asked for Whitey, it was soccer. If they asked for George, it was something else.