George Prifold Harrison (April 9, 1939 – October 3, 2011) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.George Harrison's obituary
legacy.com He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in Rome, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick,

Mike Troy Michael Francis Troy (October 3, 1940 – August 3, 2019) was an American competitive swimmer, a two-time Olympic champion, and world record-holder in three events. The peak of Troy's swimming career occurred between 1959 and 1960 while he was ...

and

Jeff Farrell Felix Jeffrey Farrell (born February 28, 1937) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple relay events. Farrell won a gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan Americ ...

, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 30, 2008) Individually Harrison won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the

1959 Pan American Games The 1959 Pan American Games were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959. Host city selection One city initially submitted a bid to host the 1959 Pan American Games that was recognized by the Pan Am ...

. He also held the world record in 200-meter individual medley (long course) from August 24, 1956 to July 19, 1958, and the world record in the 400-meter individual medley (long course) from June 24, 1960 to July 22, 1960. Harrison studied at Acalanes High School, and in 1965 graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was later inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame. He spent most of his career with Lee & Associates at

Pleasanton, California Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is a suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton wa ...

, working in investment and industrial brokerage. At the time of his death, from complications during surgery, he lived in

Moraga, California Moraga is a town in Contra Costa County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town is named in honor of Joaquín Moraga, member of the famed Californio family. As of 2020, Moraga had a total population of 16,870 people. Moraga is ...

.George Harrison Obituary
Walnut Creek, CA, East Bay Times.

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* 1939 births 2011 deaths American male freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers from Berkeley, California Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Moraga, California Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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