Petrie is credited as the first NBA player to switch from Converse brand athletic shoe, which were popular in the 1970s, to Nike brand.
Geoff Hurst | Geoff Corrigan | Geoff Capes | Geoff Downes | Flinders Petrie | Geoff Hoon | The Geoff Show | Geoff Tate | Geoff Ryman | Geoff Johns | Geoff Cox | Geoff Keighley | Geoff Emerick | Geoff Southern | Geoff Marsh | Geoff Edwards | Geoff Crammond | Geoff Regan | Geoff Miller | Geoff Eigenmann | Geoff Dyer | Geoff Barton | William Petrie | Thomas Petrie | Stewart Petrie | Petrie | John Petrie | Geoff Stephens | Geoff Senior | Geoff Rowley |
Both John Hummer and Geoff Petrie were selected to the All-Ivy League first team.
He drafted Bill Walton, Geoff Petrie, Larry Steele, Lloyd Neal, Lionel Hollins, Bobby Gross, Wally Walker and Johnny Davis, signed Dave Twardzik after the American Basketball Association folded, and selected Maurice Lucas in the ABA dispersal draft.