Sports, games, and recreation

George Cornet

George Thomson Cornet (1877-1952), Inverness water polo back, only Scot in Britain's Olympic gold teams of 1908 and 1912; first Scotsman to retain an Olympic title; later an LMS railway cashier.

George Davies (born 1940) is an American pole vaulter who set a world record of 4.83 m (15'10¼") on 20 May 1961 in Boulder, Colorado, the first fiberglass-pole world record, and won the 1961 NCAA title for Oklahoma State.

George de Relwyskow

George de Relwyskow (George Frederick William de Relwyskow) was a British freestyle wrestler who won lightweight gold and middleweight silver at the 1908 London Olympics, the youngest Olympic wrestling champion until 1976.

George Dietz

George John Dietz (1880-1965), American rower of the Century Boat Club, St. Louis; won gold in the men's coxless fours at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics with Stockhoff, Erker, and Nasse; later Shardell Hotel manager.

George Dixon

George Dixon, called Little Chocolate (1870–1908), was a Canadian boxer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, the first Black world boxing champion, winning the 1890 bantamweight title and three featherweight reigns; distinct from the 1924 Olympic rugby gold medalist and the Negro leagues catcher of the same name.

George Dole

George Stuart Dole (1885-1928) was an American wrestler and Yale athlete who won gold in men's freestyle featherweight at the 1908 London Olympics, pinning Britain's James Slim in the final, and later became an economics professor.

George du Rand

George du Rand (Johannes du Rand, born 1982, Bloemfontein) is a South African backstroke swimmer who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and set the short course 200 m backstroke world record of 1:47.08 in Moscow on 7 November 2009, beating Markus Rogan's mark.

George Earthy

George Robert Earthy (born 2004, London) is an English attacking midfielder who came through West Ham United, scored once in the Premier League, spent two loan spells at Bristol City, and joined Reading in August 2026.

George Eyser

George Eyser (Georg Ludwig Friedrich Julius Eÿser, 1870–1919), German-American gymnast of Concordia Turnverein, St. Louis; won 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze in gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics while competing with a wooden left leg.

George Finnegan

George V. Finnegan (1881-1913), American boxer of the Olympic Club of San Francisco, won 1904 St. Louis Olympic flyweight gold over Miles Burke and bantamweight silver behind Oliver Kirk on 22 September 1904.

George Fish

George Winthrop Fish (Dixie), 1895-1977, American rugby player and urologist; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic rugby gold with the USA, and inspired the Dr. Kildare character.

George Floyd (American football)

George Floyd (George Floyd Jr., born 1960, Tampa, FL) is a former NFL defensive back, Eastern Kentucky star, Jets 1982/1984 draftee, and 1999 College Football Hall of Fame inductee; distinct from George Perry Floyd (1973-2020).

George Ford (rugby union)

George Ford (born 1993, Oldham) is an English rugby union fly-half for Sale Sharks and England, 100+ caps, record youngest professional debut at 16 years 237 days, 27-point 2023 World Cup game vs Argentina.

George Foreman

George Foreman (1949–2025), American heavyweight boxing champion and entrepreneur. Olympic gold 1968; beat Frazier 1973; lost to Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle 1974; oldest heavyweight champion at 45 in 1994; George Foreman Grill pitchman.

George Garbutt

George Frederick "Tic" Garbutt (1903-1967) was a Canadian ice hockey forward from Winnipeg who won gold at the 1931 World Championships and the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, scoring one goal in one game for The Winnipegs.

George Genereux

George Patrick Genereux (1935-1989), Canadian trapshooter from Saskatoon; won 1952 Helsinki Olympic trap gold at 17 with 192x200, Canada's only gold that year, later a McGill-trained radiologist.

George Gervin

George Gervin, "the Iceman" (born 1952, Detroit), ABA/NBA shooting guard for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls; four NBA scoring titles, 26,595 career points, Hall of Fame 1996.

George Gipp

George Gipp (1895-1920), Notre Dame halfback 1917-1920, consensus All-American and inaugural College Football Hall of Fame inductee; source of the 'Win one for the Gipper' legend and Ronald Reagan's nickname.

George Goulding

George Henry Goulding (1885–1966), Canadian race walker born in Hull, England; 1912 Stockholm Olympic 10km walk gold medalist, world mile record holder (6:25.8), distinct from hurdler Grantley Goulding and rugby league's Bobby Goulding.

George Gregan

George Gregan is a retired Australian rugby union scrum-half who played 139 Tests for the Wallabies from 1994 to 2007 and won the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

George Groves (boxer)

George Groves is a retired English super-middleweight boxer from London who won the WBA world title in 2017 and is known for his two fights with Carl Froch.

George Gulack

George Gulack (George Julius Gulack, 1905–1987), Latvian-born American gymnast; won rings gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, the last US men's gymnastics Olympic title for 52 years, then became a leading gymnastics administrator and FIG vice president.

George Gumbs Jr.

George Gumbs Jr. is an American football defensive end, No. 52 for the Indianapolis Colts, drafted 156th overall in 2026 after playing at Northern Illinois and Florida; a Chicago native who converted from wide receiver to edge defender in 2023.

George Hackenschmidt

George Hackenschmidt (Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt, 1877–1968), the "Russian Lion", was an Estonian-born strongman and the first undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, twice defeated by Frank Gotch (1908, 1911) and author of The Way to Live.

George Halas

George Halas (1895-1983), "Papa Bear", founded the Chicago Bears and co-founded the NFL in 1920; coached 40 seasons, won 324 games and six NFL titles, charter Hall of Fame inductee 1963.

George Harris

George Harris, full name George Lee Harris, was an American heavyweight judoka who competed at judo's Olympic debut in Tokyo in 1964 and later reached ninth-degree black belt.

George Hemmings

George Lawrence Hemmings (born 2007) is an English midfielder for Aston Villa, shirt 53, formerly of Nottingham Forest's academy; Premier League debut December 2025, regular under Unai Emery in 2026/27.

George Hill (basketball)

George Hill, NBA point guard/shooting guard drafted 26th overall by San Antonio in 2008 out of IUPUI; traded for Kawhi Leonard rights, starred for Pacers' 2013-14 conference finalists, later Jazz, Kings, Cavs, Bucks, 76ers, Thunder.

George Hillyard

George Whiteside Hillyard (1864-1943), British tennis player, 1908 Olympic men's doubles gold medalist with Reginald Doherty, first-class cricketer, and All England Club secretary 1907-1925 who oversaw Wimbledon's move to Church Road; husband of Blanche Bingley.