| George Jugum | |
| Position1: | Linebacker |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1946 (age 75) |
| Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| College: | Washington |
| High School: | West (Seattle) |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lbs: | 232 |
| Playing Years1: | 1969 |
| Playing Team1: | Seattle Rangers |
| Playing Team2: | BC Lions |
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George Jugum (born June 5, 1946) was a gridiron football linebacker. He played college football for the University of Washington Huskies from 1966 to 1968. He was selected by the AP, UPI, and Pac-8 coaches as a first-team player on the 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team.[1] [2] [3] He then played professional football for the Seattle Rangers of the Continental Football League in 1969 and the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1970.[4] He did not play in 1971 and left the club in 1972.[5]
In 1974, he was convicted of second-degree murder in the beating and kicking death of a 17-year-old youth in the parking lot of a West Seattle drive-in.[6] [7] He was sentenced to 30 years in prison,[8] and released after six and a half years.[9]