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George Davidson
George Davidson in 1920
Personal information
Born(1898-10-08)8 October 1898
Auckland, New Zealand
Died25 September 1948(1948-09-25) (aged 49)
Piopio, New Zealand
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
City
1918–1919 Maritime 18 12 0 78
1922–1925 City Rovers 38 14 0 142
Total 0 56 26 0 220
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919–1924 Auckland 14 11 2 0 37
Source: RLP

George Davidson (8 October 1898 – 25 September 1948) was a New Zealand sprinter and rugby league player. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 200 metres competition.[1] He also participated in the 100 metres event where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. His Olympic participation was hindered due to the time it took to travel from NZ to Belgium for the games. Famous American Athletic coach Ike Kelly said of Davidson, if he was able to coach him for 6 months, he would have turned him into a world champion.[2][3]

Davidson's brothers Bill and Ben both represented New Zealand at rugby league, and George himself played for the City and Maritime clubs in the Auckland Rugby League competition and represented Auckland between 1919 and 1922.[4]

George Davidson played for Maritime but after returning from the Antwerp Olympics he requested a transfer to join his brothers on the City Rovers team. Maritime opposed this but the Auckland Rugby League requested that they reconsider and during the 1922 season he was granted a transfer.

References

  1. ^ "George Davidson Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "NZ Olympic Committee". Retrieved 24 March 2008.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4, p.84.

Further reading

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  • McMillan, Neville (1993). New Zealand Sporting Legends: 27 Pre-War Sporting Heroes. Auckland: Moa Beckett. pp. 32–38. ISBN 1-869580-14-1.


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