Here is a story about George that was written in 2004. slam.canoe.ca/.../pf-677993.html
22, 2008
By JOHN KERNAGHAN
The Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton’s oldest Olympian, a jack of all trades in sports, passed away Saturday.
George Larson was 94.
Larson starred in the pool, on the football field and in the wrestling ring as well as enjoying a long career with the city police force.
He said he was a walking advertisement for the legacy of sports facilities.
Larson learned to swim at Jimmy Thomson Memorial Pool, which was built for the 1930 British Empire Games, and soon turned a nickle-a-swim habit into a place on the 1932 Los Angeles Games,
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George was a great swimmer. When I broke the Canadian record for the 100 free it was his record I broke.
He set the Canadian record of 51.4 seconds for the 100 scy in 1936. He learned to swim in 1930. He swam in the 1932 and the 1936 Olympics.
When I was a cop I arrested a fellow who threw a beer bottle over the fence of an outdoor skating rink. I took him to the police station and it turned out that the beer bottle hit George Larson's daughter on the head. George went and had a little talk with the fellow there. I guess if all came out at that time George would have been charged with Police Brutality. He beat the crap out of the guy.
Just a little fill in here
George was a great swimmer. When I broke the Canadian record for the 100 free it was his record I broke.
He set the Canadian record of 51.4 seconds for the 100 scy in 1936. He learned to swim in 1930. He swam in the 1932 and the 1936 Olympics.
When I was a cop I arrested a fellow who threw a beer bottle over the fence of an outdoor skating rink. I took him to the police station and it turned out that the beer bottle hit George Larson's daughter on the head. George went and had a little talk with the fellow there. I guess if all came out at that time George would have been charged with Police Brutality. He beat the crap out of the guy.
