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George McNeill (sprinter)
George McNeill (born 19 February 1947) is a former Scottish world professional sprint champion and the only man to have won both of the most famous professional footraces in the world – the New Year Sprint (1970) in Scotland and the Australian equivalent – the Stawell Gift (1981). McNeill had previously played professional football in the Scottish Football League for Hibernian, Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion.
==Football career==
McNeill grew up in the Scottish mining town of Tranent. He played football for the local team, Tranent Juniors, but also played rugby union for the school fifteen. In 1963 he left school aged 16 and became an apprentice quantity surveyor. While in the fifth form at Ross High School, Tranent, he was recruited by Hibernian FC as an apprentice football player. McNeill appeared regularly in the Hibernian reserve team in five years at the club, but played in only one senior game, a 3–0 win against St. Johnstone in December 1965. He transferred to Greenock Morton in 1968 after scoring a hat trick in a trial game. He also played for Stirling Albion during the 1968–69 season.
In December 1968, McNeill was reading the ''Edinburgh Evening News'' when he noticed his name in the entries for the 1969 New Year Sprint. He had been entered by an old school friend who thought McNeill might be a better sprinter than he was a footballer. Despite being run out in the cross tie, McNeill enjoyed this new found sport and soon retired from soccer to take up a sprinting career. As he had played football professionally, McNeill was prevented from entertaining an amateur athletic career and his only option was the world of professional running.
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