A 6'8" forward/center from Monrovia, California by way of Detroit, Trapp played his senior year of high school basketball at Monrovia High School in 1966–67 where Trapp contributed to the Wildcats first CIF basketball Championship.

[1] Trapp won two Pacific Coast Athletic Association MVP Awards with Long Beach.

[1] After his college career ended, Trapp was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the fifth pick of the 1971 NBA draft.

He played six seasons in the NBA with the Hawks (1971–1973) and Detroit Pistons (1973–77), and averaged 8.8 points per game over his career.

[9] George is also a member of the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame, inducted in 1991.