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.
george, cornet, george, thomson, cornet, july, 1877, april, 1952, scottish, sportsman, only, scottish, person, great, britain, water, polo, team, that, gold, 1908, summer, olympics, 1912, summer, olympics, born, inverness, died, rainhill, cornet, 1912personal,. 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 George CornetCornet in 1912Personal informationBorn 1877 07 15 July 15 1877Inverness ScotlandDiedApril 22 1952 1952 04 22 aged 74 Rainhill EnglandSportSportWater poloMedal record Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London Team competition 1912 Stockholm Team competition 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 See also editGreat Britain men s Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of Olympic champions in men s water polo List of Olympic medalists in water polo men References edit George Cornet Olympedia Retrieved 12 April 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to George Thomson Cornet at Wikimedia Commons George Cornet at Olympics com nbsp George Cornet at Olympedia nbsp George Cornet at Team GB nbsp George Cornet at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame nbsp nbsp This article about a Scottish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to Scottish athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a British water polo figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Cornet amp oldid 1221176394, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
