Gary Pajcic (/ˈpædʒɪk/; October 2, 1947 – August 2, 2006), was a high school and college athlete, lawyer, and philanthropist in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida.
That was the season he threw the pass that resulted in "The Catch", the most controversial play in Florida State football history.
At the snap, he blew past the Gator defensive backs and Pajcic threw a perfect 45-yard pass to Fenner in the end zone, who caught it over-the-shoulder.
Pictures in newspapers the following day seem to support the claim that he was in-bounds and many Seminoles regard this event as the start of their bitter rivalry with the Gators.
In 1992, Pajcic and his brother, Steve, established a million dollar endowment at the University of North Florida to pay the full tuition of any graduate of their alma mater, Paxon High School, who was accepted and enrolled at UNF.
Two other high-profile donations included $100,000 to the Warrick Dunn Foundation to help single mothers buy their first homes and $100,000 to former Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel's Desire Street Ministries to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
[citation needed] Pajcic fell ill on a Friday night, experiencing chills that had developed by Saturday into a fever.