George Alexander | |
Birth Date: | 1886 |
Birth Place: | Eccles, Greater Manchester, England |
Death Date: | 14 November |
Death Place: | Wilmslow, Cheshire, England |
Known For: | Olympic Silver Medalist - Lacrosse |
Nationality: | British |
George Percival Alexander (1886 - 14 November 1929) was a British lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team which won the silver medal.[1] He was found dead of a self-inflicted stab wound to the throat at his house in 1929.[2]
He wasa long time misidentified as Gustav Bernhard Franck Alexander (b. 20. September 1881 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester - d. 5. December 1967 in Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire).