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| Nationality |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||
| Born | 1886 Eccles, Greater Manchester, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 14 November 1929 (aged 42–43) Wilmslow, Cheshire, England | |||||||||||
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George Percival Alexander (1886 – 14 November 1929) was a British lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team, which won the silver medal.[1] He was found dead of a self-inflicted stab wound to the throat at his house in 1929.[2]
He wasa long time misidentified as Gustav Bernhard Franck Alexander (b. 20. September 1881 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester - d. 5. December 1967 in Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire).
- ^ "George Alexander". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Pathetic Case at Wilmslow". Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser. 22 November 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2023.