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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When ever I visited Hamilton I would go to the Jimmy Thompson Pool and visit with him there, during the noon hour swim. He could still swim a really nice 100 although slow. Last time I was there he brought in cookies for the staff at the pool. He was 92 that trip.
When ever I visited Hamilton I would go to the Jimmy Thompson Pool and visit with him there, during the noon hour swim. He could still swim a really nice 100 although slow. Last time I was there he brought in cookies for the staff at the pool. He was 92 that trip.
