George Wendell "Yank" Tandy (November 27, 1893 – May 11, 1969) was an American football center in the National Football League. He played

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of the University of North Carolina, and was selected All-Southern. One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Tandy as a center on his all-time North Carolina football team.

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