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George Harrison

Harrison in 1960
Personal information
Full name	George Prifold Harrison
National team	United States
Born	(1939-04-09)April 9, 1939 Berkeley, California, U.S.
Died	3 October 2011(2011-10-03) (aged 72)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Representing the United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 400 m freestyle

George Prifold Harrison (April 9, 1939 – October 3, 2011) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick, Mike Troy and Jeff Farrell, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final.

Individually Harrison won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games. He also held the world record in 200-meter individual medley (long course) from August 24, 1956, to July 19, 1958, and the world record in the 400-meter individual medley (long course) from June 24 to July 22, 1960.

Harrison studied at Acalanes High School, and in 1965 graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was later inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame. He spent most of his career with Lee & Associates at Pleasanton, California, working in investment and industrial brokerage. At the time of his death, from complications during surgery, he lived in Moraga, California.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Stanford University people
• World record progression 200 metres individual medley
• World record progression 400 metres individual medley
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Harrison". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11.
2. George Harrison's obituary. legacy.com
3. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
4. George Harrison Obituary. Walnut Creek, CA, East Bay Times.

External links

• George Harrison at Olympedia

v t e 1960 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's team	Bob Bennett Dick Blick George Breen Steve Clark Bill Darnton Jeff Farrell Dave Gillanders Paul Hait George Harrison Bruce Hunter Lance Larson Gene Lenz Frank McKinney Bill Mulliken Alan Somers Mike Troy Thomas Winters
Women's team	Molly Botkin Lynn Burke Donna de Varona Susan Doerr Nina Harmer Carolyn House Patty Kempner Sylvia Ruuska Carolyn Schuler Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza Anne Warner Carolyn Wood

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