George Arthur Wearring (June 5, 1928 – March 3, 2013) was a Canadian

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He was born in

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Career

He was part of the Canadian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches. Wearring was on the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

basketball team.

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profileGeorge Wearring's obituary
1928 births 2013 deaths Basketball people from Ontario Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canadian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Sportspeople from London, Ontario Western Mustangs basketball players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub