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George Cornet

1877 - 1952

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George Thomson Cornet (15 July 1877 – 22 April 1952) was a Scottish sportsman. He was the only Scottish person in the Great Britain water polo team that won gold in the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Inverness and died in Rainhill. He played as a back for the Inverness Amateurs team that won the Scottish Championship in 1909 and reached four other finals; Cornet represented Scotland a total of 17 times between 1897 and 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Cornet is the 1,557th most popular athlete (up from 1,820th in 2019), the 4,627th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,146th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Cornet ranks 1,557 out of 6,025. Before him are Toimi Alatalo, Maurice Schilles, Heinz Fütterer, Marcel Lambert, Ross Taylor, and Árpád Bárány. After him are Irina Kirichenko, József Kovács, Tore Berger, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, and Phyllis Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, George Cornet ranks 174. Before him are J. Searle Dawley, Malcolm Whitman, Joseph Stella, Jón Þorláksson, Leopold Skulski, and Félix Paiva. After him are Karel Absolon, Lloyd C. Douglas, Bill Robinson, Marsden Hartley, Ruurd Leegstra, and Norman Pritchard. Among people deceased in 1952, George Cornet ranks 165. Before him are Delfina Bunge, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Gus Dillon, Alan Noble, Frederic G. Kenyon, and Miina Sillanpää. After him are Frances Benjamin Johnston, Helge Liljebjörn, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Susan Peters, Norman Taber, and August Alle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Cornet ranks 4,628 out of 8,785. Before him are Lando Norris (1999), Paul Anderson (1978), William Michael Rossetti (1829), Maurice Greene (1696), Jason Orange (1970), and John Speed (1551). After him are Peter Mark Roget (1779), Brian Aherne (1902), Michael Caton-Jones (1957), James Frain (1968), Yvonne Blake (1940), and Charles Allston Collins (1828).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, George Cornet ranks 60. Before him are William Henry Dean (1887), Dorothy Manley (1927), Harry Blackstaffe (1868), John Fenning (1885), Cecil Griffiths (1900), and Barbara Burke (1917). After him are Phyllis Johnson (1886), Harold Whitlock (1903), Gordon Pirie (1931), Heather Oakes (1959), Tom Richards (1910), and George Goulding (1884).

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