George Harris (Olympic judo player)
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George Harris was a member of the first US Olympic judo team.
The judo world sometimes speaks with pride of the 1964 American Olympic judo team as consisting of a Jew, an African-American, a Japanese-American, and a Native American (see Nishioka's book in the references, below). Harris was the African-American in this grouping.
Harris had a long involvement with military judo in the US, and later served as president of the United States Judo Association.
[edit] References
- Nishioka, Hayward (2000) Judo: Heart and Soul Ohara Publications. ISBN 0-89750-137-3
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[edit] See also
- James Bregman (1964 teammate)
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1964 teammate)
- Paul Maruyama (1964 teammate)
- Yosh Uchida (Olympic team coach)
