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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

George Spriggs (baseball)

1937–2020

George Herman Spriggs (May 22, 1937 – December 22, 2020) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals in parts of four seasons spanning from 1965 to 1970. He was…

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Sports & Achievement

George Stewart (American football)

1958–

George Stewart (born December 29, 1958) is an American football coach who is most recently the assistant head coach and offensive analyst for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a coach in the NFL since 1989 after…

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Sports & Achievement

George Stovey

1866–1936

George Washington Stovey (May 1866 – March 22, 1936) was an American professional baseball pitcher from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Stovey is widely considered the greatest African-American pitcher of the 19th century, but discrimination barred him from…

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Sports & Achievement

George Valera

2000–

George Valera (born November 13, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2025.

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Sports & Achievement

George Warhop

1961–

George Warhop (born September 19, 1961) is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive line coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay…

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Sports

George Wells

1947–2020

George Oliver Wells (October 31, 1947 – 2020) was an American professional wrestler and Canadian Football League player who competed in North American regional promotions during the early 1970s and 1980s including the Continental Wrestling Association…

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Sports & Achievement

George Whitfield Jr.

1977–

George Whitfield Jr. (born November 23, 1977) is an American former college football and arena football quarterback. He now resides in San Diego, California and is currently running a quarterback training academy Whitfield Athletix. He was introduced to…

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Sports

George Williams

1864–1918

George L. Williams (March 1864 – January 9, 1918) was an American baseball infielder who played on and managed predecessor teams to the Negro leagues. Hired as a policeman and assigned to Philadelphia's Eighth and Lombard streets police station in 1892, he…

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Sports & Achievement

George Williams (infielder)

1939–2009

George Williams (October 23, 1939 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three different teams between the 1961 and 1964 seasons. Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m), 165 pounds…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

George Wright (outfielder)

1958–

George De Witt Wright (December 22, 1958) is an American former professional baseball player. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1982–86 for the Texas Rangers and Montreal Expos, primarily as a center fielder.

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Sports & Achievement

Georgeann Wells

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Georgeann Wells is an All-American basketball player, who was active at West Virginia University (WVU) from 1982 to 1986. Among her other accomplishments, Wells is notable as the first American woman to register a dunk in an official NCAA intercollegiate…

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Georges Laraque

1976–

Georges Laraque (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ laʁak]; born December 7, 1976) is a Haitian-Canadian politician, author, radio host, and former professional ice hockey player noted for being one the most successful hockey enforcers of his time. He was drafted…

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Sports

Georges Mukumbilwa

1999–

Georges Mukumbilwa (born September 23, 1999) is a professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Canadian Premier League team Pacific FC. Born in the DR Congo, he represented Canada internationally at youth level.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Georgetown Starter jacket

1980s

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A navy, long-sleeve, padded Georgetown starter jacket. The jacket is made of a shiny navy nylon fabric and is lined with white nylon. The waistband, the cuffs on the sleeves, and the band around the neckline are made of a 2 1/2 inch thick navy, grey, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.5
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Georgette Reed

1967–

Georgette Reed (born 26 January 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. She competed in the women's shot put at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She is the daughter of former Saskatchewan Roughriders football player George Reed.

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Sports

Georgina Oladapo

1967–

Georgina Esther Day (née Oladapo; born 15 May 1967) is a former English sprinter and long jumper who represented Great Britain in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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Biography & Culture

Gerald Brown

1959–

Gerald Brown (born September 4, 1959) is an American football coach who was the Atlanta Falcons running backs coach from 2008 to 2014. During his time with the Falcons, he coached two Pro Bowl selections, Michael Turner and Ovie Mughelli. While on staff…

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Sports & Achievement

Gerald Coleman

1985–

Gerald Coleman (born April 3, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League for the Tampa Bay Lightning. He predominantly played in the minor leagues, most notably with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL.

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Gerald Dockery

1970–

Gerald Dockery (born August 17, 1970) is an American former professional football player who played five seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Texas Terror, Grand Rapids Rampage and Houston ThunderBears. He played college football at Arizona…

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Sports

Gerald Harris

1979–

Gerald Harris (born November 19, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist who most recently fought in Bellator. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 and has also competed in World Series of Fighting, the UFC, DREAM, the…

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Sports & Achievement

Gerald Perry

1960–

Gerald June Perry (born October 30, 1960) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played from 1983 to 1995 for the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the nephew of former…

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Gerald Williams (baseball)

1966–2022

Gerald Floyd Williams (August 10, 1966 – February 8, 2022) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and New York Mets from 1992…

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Gerard Wilcher

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Gerard Anthony Wilcher (born c. November 1969) is an American college football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach for Texas A&M University–Kingsville, positions he has held since 2026. He was the head football coach for…

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Sports

Germain Burton

1995–

Germain Burton (born 29 January 1995) is a former English racing cyclist from London. Germain Burton is the son of Mia and Maurice Burton, who was the first black British champion in cycling. He rode for a team sponsored by his father's bike shop, De Ver…

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