22 April 1952(1952-04-22) (aged 74) Rainhill, England
Sport
Sport
Water polo
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
1908 London
Team competition
1912 Stockholm
Team competition
George Thomson Cornet (15 July 1877 – 22 April 1952) was a Scottish sportsman. He was the only Scottish person in the Great Britain water polo team that won gold in the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Inverness and died in Rainhill.[1]
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 football and cricket for Inverness teams as well as competing in heavy and track athletics events.
Cornet was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame on 12 March 2007.
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