# Walter George

> Walter Goodall George was a British runner who, after setting numerous world records as an amateur, went professional in part to challenge the mile record-holder William Cummings, defeating him in several highly publicized races. In one of those races on 23 August 1886, he set a mile record which was not surpassed for almost 30 years.

*British distance runner*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/walter-george

## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1858-09-09
- **Died:** 1943-06-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Walter George](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George)
- [والتر جورج (عداء المسافات المتوسطه من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_(%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7))
- [Walter George (Leichtathlet)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(Leichtathlet))
- [Walter George (athlete)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(athlete))
- [Walter George](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George)
- [Walter George](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George)
- [Walter George (atleta)](https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(atleta))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201988)

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