George Bevan

{{Short description|American football player (born 1947)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

| name = George Bevan

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| currentposition = Linebacker

| major = Law

| pastschools =

• LSU (1967–1969)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|9|11}}{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerb/beva00250.html|title=George Bevan NFL Stats and Bio|website=profootballarchives.com|access-date=August 7, 2023}}

| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 195

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1969)
• 2× First-team All-SEC (1966, 1969)

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George Bevan (born September 11, 1947) is a former college American football player for the LSU Tigers football team. He played as a linebacker from 1967 to 1969, although he missed the majority of his first two seasons after rupturing an Achilles tendon in the 1967 season opener.{{cite news|title=Bevan to Sign Autographs at Andonie Museum|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204999687|accessdate=October 16, 2016|work=lsusports.net|publisher=LSU Alumni Association|date=September 23, 2010|archive-date=October 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204000/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204999687|url-status=dead}} As a senior in 1969, he was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association{{cite news|title=Owens, Phipps Named To Team|newspaper=Beckley (WV) Post-Herald|date=November 28, 1969|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3369202/1969_afca_all_america_football_team/}} and Football Writers Association of America.{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|accessdate=October 5, 2015|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=December 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227072543/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}} He was a second-team selection by the Associated Press,{{cite news|title=AP's Selections For All America|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19691204&id=15QeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gcsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2549,1220833|accessdate=October 17, 2016|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|agency=Associated Press|date=December 5, 1969|page=18}} Central Press,{{cite news|last1=Johns|first1=Walter L.|title=Central Press Captains' 1969 All-American Team|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3369549/central_press_pt_2/|accessdate=October 17, 2016|work=The Gaffney Ledger|agency=Central Press|date=November 24, 1969|page=5}} and Newspaper Enterprise Association.{{cite news|title=Steve Owens, Mike Phipps Pace NEA All-Americans|newspaper=Clovis News-Journal|date=November 21, 1969|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3369758/1969_nea_all_america_football_team/}} The Associated Press and United Press International each named Bevan a first-team All-Southeastern Conference linebacker.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19691126&id=UkRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6890,5921289&hl=en|title=Passer Reaves, Catches Alvarez All-SEC Picks|date=November 26, 1969|work=The Evening Independent}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2548189/the_delta_democrattimes/|date=November 21, 1969|page=9|work=The Delta Democrat-Times|author=David Moffet|title=Archie, three sophs are in All-SEC backfield|accessdate=June 4, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Bevan was selected in the seventeenth round of the 1970 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills, but he did not play professionally.