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George Raveling
George Raveling (1937-2025), American college basketball coach and Hall of Famer; head coach at Washington State, Iowa, and USC; first Black head coach in the Pac-8; keeper of MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech; Nike executive behind Michael Jordan's deal.
George Rennie
George Haddow Rennie (1883-1966), Canadian lacrosse defender with the New Westminster Salmonbellies; won 1908 Olympic gold when Canada beat Great Britain 14-10; five national titles, Hall of Fame charter inductee.
George Rhoden
George Rhoden (Vincent George Rhoden, 1926-2024), Jamaican sprinter, 400m/4x400m double gold medalist at Helsinki 1952; 400m world record holder 45.8 from 1950; Morgan State NCAA champion; not the security trainer of the same name.
George Rogers (American football)
George Rogers (born 1958), American NFL running back, 1980 Heisman Trophy winner at South Carolina, first overall pick of the 1981 draft by the Saints, 1981 NFL rushing leader and Offensive Rookie of the Year, Super Bowl XXII champion with Washington.
George Roth
George Helm Roth (1911–1997), American gymnast, won gold in men's club swinging with 26.900 at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; later a Shell Oil draftsman and California petroleum consultant.
George Russell (racing driver)
George Russell (born 1998, King's Lynn) is a British Formula One driver for Mercedes, formerly Williams. GP3 2017 and F2 2018 champion; first win Brazil 2022; beat Hamilton in qualifying 39-29 over 2022-24.
George Saling
George J. Saling, Jr. (1909–1933), American hurdler for the University of Iowa; won 110 m hurdles gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in 14.6, equaled the 14.4 world record in his semi-final, died in a car crash at 23.
George Seifert
George Seifert (born January 22, 1940) is an American football coach, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers 1989-96 (98-30, Super Bowls XXIV and XXIX) and Carolina Panthers 1999-2001 (16-32), winningest coach in 49ers history.
George Sheldon
George Herbert Sheldon (1874-1907), American St. Louis physician and diver, first Olympic diving champion, winning the 1904 springboard gold amid a German judging protest; also 1905 AAU champion; died of heart disease at 33.
George Simpson
George Sidney Simpson (1908-1961), American sprinter, Ohio State; first man timed at 9.4 for 100 yards (1929, unratified, starting blocks); 1932 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m behind Eddie Tolan.
George Sisler
George Sisler (1893–1973), "Gorgeous George," Hall of Fame first baseman for the St. Louis Browns; hit .407 in 1920 with a record 257 hits and .420 in 1922, career .340 with 2,812 hits.
George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford
George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (born 1992), British aristocrat and polo player, heir apparent to the 12th Duke of Marlborough and Blenheim Palace; married Camilla Thorp in 2018; son and heir Orlando born 2026.
George Spitz
George Burton Spitz Jr. (1912-1986), American high jumper, NYU and NYAC; 1932 AAU and 1934 NCAA champion, indoor world best 2.00-2.04 m; favorite at the 1932 Olympics but placed ninth with an injured ankle. Distinct from the marathon organizer George Spitz (1922-2015).
George Springer
George Springer (George Chelston Springer III, born 1989), MLB outfielder and designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays, formerly Houston Astros; 2017 World Series MVP, 60 leadoff home runs, 300-plus career home runs, 2025 ALCS Game 7 hero.
George Steele
George "The Animal" Steele, real name William James Myers (1937-2017), American WWE Hall of Fame wrestler famed for green tongue, turnbuckle-eating, and "Mine"; also Tor Johnson in Ed Wood.
George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner (1930-2010), 'The Boss,' Cleveland shipbuilder who led a 12-member group buying the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million on January 3, 1973; seven World Series, 11 pennants, two suspensions, 37-year tenure.
George Stewart
George Stewart: name shared by several athletes and coaches, notably an American distance runner who ran 30:07 for 10 km at Tulsa in 1971, a Canadian masters track athlete born 1959, an NFL special teams coach born 1958, and a Scottish Dundee forward born 1927.
George Underwood
George Bernard Underwood (1884-1943), American middle-distance runner with the New York Athletic Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in the four-mile team race, ran the 400 m and 800 m, and later became a sportswriter and Madison Square Garden publicity director.
George Van Cleaf
George W. Van Cleaf (1879–1905), American swimmer and water polo player with the New York Athletic Club; won 1904 Olympic water polo gold, fourth in the 4x50-yard relay, died of typhoid fever months after the St. Louis Games.
George Varoff
George Varoff (1914-2002), American pole vaulter, set the ratified world record of 4.43 m (14 ft 6½ in) on 4 July 1936 at Princeton with a bamboo pole; missed the 1936 Olympics, later an Army Air Forces B-29 captain.
George Weah
George Weah (born 1966), Liberian footballer and politician, 24th President of Liberia 2018-2024; only African to win the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year (1995); lost 2023 runoff to Joseph Boakai 49.36%-50.64%.
George Weah Jr.
George Weah Jr., born 1987 in Monrovia, is a Liberian retired second striker, son of Ballon d'Or winner and Liberian president George Weah and elder brother of US international Timothy Weah; AC Milan youth 2003-2007, retired 2018.
George Wilkinson
George Wilkinson (1879-1946), English water polo player from Gorton, Manchester; called the world's first great water polo player; won Olympic gold 1908 and 1912, captained Hyde Seal 22 years; 1900 participation disputed.
George Wilson
George Wilson (1942-2023), "Big George" or "Jif", American basketball forward: 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, 1962 NCAA champion with Cincinnati, seven NBA seasons with the Cincinnati Royals and five other teams.
George Woolf
George Monroe Woolf (1910-1946), "The Iceman," Canadian-born American Hall of Fame jockey; rode Seabiscuit past War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special, won the 1936 Preakness, and died in a 1946 Santa Anita fall.
Georges Baraton
Georges Baraton (Georges Léon Baraton, 1904-1962), French middle-distance runner and two-time Olympian in the 800 m at Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928; personal best 1:54.2 (1926), club Métropolitain Club Colombes.
Georges Detreille
Georges Detreille (Georges Henri Détreille, 1893-1957), French road cyclist; Olympic team road race gold and sixth individually at Antwerp 1920, later pro with J.B. Louvet and 19th in the 1926 Tour de France.
Georges Hebdin
Georges Hebdin (George Hebden, 1889-1970), Belgian footballer of British parentage with Union Saint-Gilloise; 12 Belgium caps and 1920 Antwerp Olympic football gold, playing only the 3-1 quarter-final win over Spain.
Georges Miez
Georges Miez (Georg Miez, Giorgio Miez, 1904–1999), Swiss artistic gymnast; four Olympics 1924–1936, eight medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), a Swiss record; 1928 all-around, team, and horizontal bar champion.
Georges Mikautadze
Georges Mikautadze (Giorgi Mikautadze, გიორგი მიქაუტაძე), born 2000 in Lyon, is a Georgian centre-forward for Villarreal and Georgia; former Metz, Ajax, and Lyon striker, EURO 2024 top scorer of the group stage with three goals.