George W. Cockill (June 28, 1881 – November 2, 1937) was an

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baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

, and

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. ...

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in 1914. He also served as the school's head baseball coach (1915 to 1918, 1921 to 1922) and men's basketball coach (1914 to 1917).

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Bucknell Hall of Fame profile
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