George Thomson Cornet Olympic polo player

George Thomson Cornet (15 July 1877 – 22 April 1952) was the only Scot in the Great Britain and Ireland water polo team that won gold in the

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and the

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. He was born in

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and died in Rainhill. He played as a back for the Inverness Amateurs team that won the Scottish Championship in 1909 and reached four other finals; Cornet represented Scotland a total of 17 times between 1897 and 1912. Cornet also played

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and

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teams as well as competing in heavy and track athletics events. Cornet was inducted into the

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on 12 March 2007. He was first married to Barbara Mackintosh who died in childbirth, after which he married her sister Isabella Mackintosh with whom he had a daughter, Ruby.

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* 1877 births 1952 deaths Sportspeople from Inverness Scottish male water polo players Scottish footballers Olympic water polo players of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Scottish Olympic medallists Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Association footballers not categorized by position {{UK-waterpolo-bio-stub

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