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George Hodgson
George Ritchie Hodgson (1893-1983), Canadian swimmer, won gold in the 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle at Stockholm 1912 with world records, Canada's only swimming Olympic champion until 1984.
George Holani
George Holani, born 1999, is a Seattle Seahawks running back (No. 36) signed as a 2024 undrafted free agent from Boise State; he scored a kickoff-recovery touchdown in 2025 and won Super Bowl LX with Seattle.
George Honeyman
George Honeyman (George Christopher Honeyman, born 1994, Prudhoe) is an English midfielder at Blackpool; ex-Sunderland captain, Hull City 2021 League One title winner, and Millwall midfielder (117 appearances) who joined Blackpool free in 2025.
George Horine
George Horine (1890-1948), American high jumper, Stanford and Olympic Club athlete; first man to clear 2.00 m (1912), holder of the first IAAF-ratified high jump world record, inventor of the Western Roll, and 1912 Stockholm Olympic bronze medalist.
George Hungerford
George Hungerford (born 1944, Vancouver) is a Canadian rower and lawyer who, with Roger Jackson, won surprise coxless-pair gold at Tokyo 1964 as last-minute alternates, Canada's only gold there.
George Hunter
George Hunter (1927–2004), South African light-heavyweight boxer, won gold at the 1948 London Olympics by beating Don Scott and took the Val Barker Trophy; later a professional and steel company owner.
George Kambosos Jr (Γιώργος Καμπόσος)
George Kambosos Jr (Γιώργος Καμπόσος), 'Ferocious', Greek-Australian boxer born 1993 in Sydney; unified lightweight champion by upsetting Teófimo López in 2021, lost to Haney twice in 2022, later fought at 140 lbs, stopped by Hitchins in 2025.
George Karl
George Karl (born 1951) is a Hall of Fame NBA head coach with 1,175 wins, sixth-most all-time, who coached six franchises, led the 1996 SuperSonics to the NBA Finals, won the 2013 Coach of the Year, and was known for feuds with star players.
George Kittle
George Kittle, born 1993, San Francisco 49ers tight end from Iowa, drafted 146th overall in 2017; 2018 single-season TE record 1,377 yards, six Pro Bowls, highest-paid TE ($76.4M, 2025), torn Achilles January 2026.
George Kojac
George Harold Kojac (1910–1996), American swimmer, won 100 m backstroke and 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, set 23 world records, and missed 1932 for Columbia Medical School.
George Larner
George Edward Larner (1875-1949), English race walker and Brighton policeman; won both 1908 Olympic walks (3,500 m in 14:55.0 and 10 miles in world record 1:15:57.4), set nine world records, wrote the first serious racewalking book.
George Liddard
George Liddard (born 2002), Billericay middleweight boxer, unbeaten at 15-0 (9 KOs); holds British, Commonwealth, and European middleweight titles; Matchroom fighter trained by Tony Sims.
George Lyon
George Seymour Lyon (1858–1938), Canadian golfer, won the 1904 St. Louis Olympic golf gold at 46, beating Chandler Egan 3&2; eight-time Canadian Amateur champion; declined a second gold at London 1908.
George MacIntyre (quarterback)
George MacIntyre is an American college football quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers, a redshirt freshman from Brentwood Academy in Nashville who was one of the top-ranked quarterback recruits in 2025.
George Mallory
George Leigh Mallory (1886-1924), English mountaineer of the 1921, 1922, and 1924 British Everest expeditions; vanished with Sandy Irvine on 8 June 1924 near the summit, which they may or may not have reached; body found 1999.
George Mara
George Edward Mara (1921-2006), Canadian ice hockey forward and executive; captain of the RCAF Flyers gold medalists at St. Moritz 1948 (17 goals in 8 games), later founder-chairman of the Olympic Trust of Canada, Order of Canada 1976.
George Marthins
George Marthins (George Eric McCarthy Marthins, 1905–1989), Indian field hockey inside-right who won gold with British India at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, scored 3 goals in 5 matches, and partnered Dhyan Chand.
George Mcgrath
George Mcgrath (George Frederick McGrath, 1885-1956), English field hockey inside-forward for Wimbledon HC; won gold with Great Britain in men's hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and umpired at the same Games.
George Mehnert
George Nicholas Mehnert (1881-1948), Newark, New Jersey freestyle wrestler; first American to win two Olympic wrestling golds (1904 flyweight, 1908 bantamweight) and six AAU titles 1902-1908.
George Mikan
George Mikan (1924-2005), Mr. Basketball, was the NBA's first superstar, a 6-foot-10 DePaul and Minneapolis Lakers center who won seven titles across the NBL, BAA, and NBA and prompted the goaltending ban and 12-foot lane.
George Miller
George Arthur Miller (1867–1935), British polo player, not the baseball catcher or the runner George Mills; won 1908 Olympic polo gold with Roehampton alongside brother Charles, six Hurlingham Champion Cups, England Westchester Cup captain 1902.
George Nash
George Nash (George Christopher Nash, born 1989, Guildford) is a British Olympic rower: Rio 2016 gold in the men's coxless four, London 2012 pair bronze, three world titles; distinct from the Negro leagues pitcher of the same name.
George Nevinson
George Wilfred Nevinson (1882-1963), English water polo player and Salford SC back, won gold with Great Britain at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Belgium 9-2 in the final; a leg injury kept him from the 1912 Games.
George North
George North, Welsh rugby union wing or centre, born 1992, Anglesey; 121 Wales caps, 47 tries, four Six Nations, two Grand Slams; Lions 2013 and 2017; retired from professional rugby in 2026 after Provence.
George Orton
George Washington Orton (1873-1958), Canadian distance runner from Strathroy, Ontario; first Canadian Olympic medallist, winning 1900 Paris gold in the 2500m steeplechase and 400m hurdles bronze for the University of Pennsylvania.
George Parker
George Richard Parker (1897–1974), Australian race walker, Antwerp 1920 silver medallist in the 3,000 m walk behind Ugo Frigerio, Australia's first Olympic walker and 1920 opening-ceremony flagbearer.
George Pickens
George Pickens (born 2001) is an NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, formerly the Pittsburgh Steelers, who drafted him 52nd overall in 2022 out of Georgia; he led the NFL with 18.1 yards per catch in 2023 and made his first Pro Bowl after a 1,429-yard 2025.
George Pratt (footballer)
George Pratt (George Christopher John Pratt, born 2003) is an English left-footed centre-back at Blackburn Rovers, on loan to Bradford City for 2026/27 after Chorley and a Championship breakthrough.
George Pușcaș
George Pușcaș, full name George Alexandru Pușcaș, is a Romanian footballer born in 1996 in Marghita who came through Inter Milan's academy and plays as a center-forward for Dinamo București.
George Ramsay (footballer, born 1855)
George Burrell Ramsay (1855-1935), Glasgow-born footballer who joined Aston Villa in 1876, captained them, and as club secretary from 1884 for 42 years is regarded as football's first paid manager, winning six league titles and five FA Cups.