George Adams (basketball)

George Adams (born May 15, 1949) is a retired American basketball player.

Born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, he played collegiately for Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

Adams was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the third round (46th overall pick) of the 1972 NBA Draft. He played in the ABA for the San Diego Conquistadors from 1972 to 1975. He was the first athlete to be inducted into Gardner Webb University Hall of Fame. On April 27, 2009 he was inducted into the Cleveland County(Shelby, NC) Hall of Fame.

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George Adams (businessman)

George Adams (14 March 1839 – 23 September 1904) was an Australian publican and lottery promoter best known as the founder of Tattersall's.

Life

Adams was born in Redhill in the parish of Sandon, Hertfordshire, England. He was the fourth son of William Adams, farm labourer, and his wife Martha, née Gilbey. The family emigrated to Australia and arrived on 28 May 1855.

Adams started as a gold miner in Kanoona, Queensland before working on sheep stations in New South Wales and setting up a stock dealer and butcher in Goulburn. In 1875, he swapped the trade of meat to the trade of liquor and purchased the licence to the Steam Packet Hotel in Kiama on the New South Wales south coast. He frequented the Tattersall's Club in Sydney and was a good mixer and 'a man with friends'. Three of his friends, Bill Archer, George Hill and George Loseby, purchased the O'Brien Hotel, the home of the Tattersall's club and told Adams to 'pay when you can'.

Within ten years, Adams was a wealthy man with the 'Tin Bar' replaced by the 'Marble Bar' at the O'Brien Hotel for £32,000 pounds. Tattersall's Club members subscribed to sweepstakes run on race meetings throughout Australia and eventually Adams began to include his Hotel regulars and in 1881 he ran the first public Tattersall's sweep on the Sydney Cup.

George Adams (American football)

George Wallace Adams (born December 22, 1962 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a former professional American football running back.

Adams played college football at Kentucky and was a first round pick in the 1985 NFL Draft. Adams played in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

Adams son, Jamal Adams, plays safety at Louisiana State University.

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