George Fish
George Winthrop Fish (born April 4, 1895 in Los Angeles , California - † February 22, 1977 in East Hampton , New York ) was an American rugby union player and urologist . It is considered the model for the figure of Dr. Kildare of his friend Frederick Schiller Faust . As number eight in the US national rugby team , he was Olympic champion in 1920 .
Fish was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia Medical School . He played for the Los Angeles Athletic Club when he was nominated for the Eagles for the Olympic rugby tournament in 1920 .
Fish was a surgeon in New York and a noted kidney specialist; In the early 1930s he was particularly popular with boxers. In 1930/31 he operated on the kidneys of the two former world heavyweight champions Gene Tunney and James J. Corbett within a few months . He was Professor of Clinical Urology at Columbia.
Works
- with Sheila Maureen Dwyer: Modern urology for nurses , Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1940
Web links
- George Fish in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex McNeil: Total Television: Revised Edition , 4th Edition, Penguin 1996, ISBN 0140249168 , p. 225.
- ↑ RugbyFootballHistory.com: rugby at the Olympics. 2007, Retrieved August 25, 2009 .
- ^ Tunney Undergoes a Kidney Operation , New York Times , Jan. 14, 1930, p. 27.
- ↑ JJ Corbett in Hospital; Former Heavyweight Champion Not Seriously Ill, Doctor Says. ( New York Times , Sep. 5, 1931, p. 16).
- ↑ GOVERNOR NAMES 9-PHYSICIAN BOARD; Dr. Ferlaino of Brooklyn to Head Group Created as Aid to Athletic Commission , New York Times , September 20, 1948, p. 31.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fish, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fish, George Winthrop; Fish GW. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rugby union player and urologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1977 |
| Place of death | East Hampton , New York |