George Cornet

{{short description|Scottish water polo player}}

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| image = George Thomson Cornet Olympic polo player.jpg

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| caption = Cornet in 1912

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|7|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Inverness, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|4|22|1877|7|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Rainhill, England

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{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1908 London | Team competition}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1912 Stockholm | Team competition}}

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George Thomson Cornet (15 July 1877 – 22 April 1952) was a Scottish sportsman. He was the only Scottish person in the Great Britain water polo team that won gold in the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Inverness and died in Rainhill.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53916 |title=George Cornet |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}

He played as a back for the Inverness Amateurs team that won the Scottish Championship in 1909 and reached four other finals; Cornet represented Scotland a total of 17 times between 1897 and 1912. Cornet also played football and cricket for Inverness teams as well as competing in heavy and track athletics events.

Cornet was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame on 12 March 2007.