George Kinard
{{Short description|American football player (1916–2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = George Kinard
| image = George_Kinard_photo.jpg
| number = 27, 31
| position = Guard
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|10|9}}
| birth_place = Crystal Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|3|23|1916|10|9}}
| death_place = Whitfield, Rankin County, Mississippi, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 202
| high_school = Central (Jackson, Mississippi)
| college = Ole Miss
| draftyear = 1941
| draftround = 13
| draftpick = 118
| pastteams =
- Brooklyn Dodgers ({{NFL Year|1941|1942}})
- New York Yankees (1946)
| highlights =
- Fourth-team All-American (1940)
| statleague = NFL/AAFC
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 29
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 12
| pfr = KinaGe20
}}
George Truitt Kinard (October 9, 1916 – March 23, 2000) was an American football player.
Kinard was born in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, in 1916. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels football team from 1937 to 1940. He was selected by the Central Press Association as a fourth-team guard on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.{{cite news|author=Walter L. Johns|title=Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|date=1940-12-10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EC4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LuQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1656,3364767&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en}}
He was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers with the 118th pick in the 1941 NFL draft and played for the Dodgers during the 1941 and 1942 NFL seasons.{{Cite web |title=1941 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1941/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He appeared in 17 games for the Dodgers.{{cite web|title=George Kinard|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=June 22, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerk/kina00600.html}} During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. After the war, he returned to football with the New York Yankees, appearing in 11 AAFC games during the 1946 season.{{cite web|title=George Kindard|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 3, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KinaGe20.htm}}
After retiring from football, Kinard worked in the insurance business. Kinard died in 2000 at age 83 at the Whitfield Nursing Home in Whitfield, Rankin County, Mississippi, in 2000.{{cite news|title=George T. Kinard|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|date=March 24, 2000|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104259824/george-t-kinard/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Kinard's older brother, Bruiser Kinard,{{cite news|title=Kinard Bros. Bolster Yankee Grid Line|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=September 8, 1946|page=43|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-kinard-bros-bolster-yankee-g/157079075/|via=Newspapers.com}} was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.{{cite news|title=Frank Kinard|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|accessdate=October 12, 2024|url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/frank-bruiser-kinard}}