George Short (athlete)

George Douglas Short (born 5 May 1941) is a Canadian former sprinter and football player. From Saskatoon, he began competing in track and field in high school and won the Saskatchewan championships in two events in 1958. The following year, he the national high school record in the 100-yard dash and participated in the 1959 Pan American Games in three events, with a best finish of sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay. He set the Saskatchewan record in the 100 metres in the Olympic trials and then competed in the men's 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Also a football player in high school, Short was a member of the national champion Saskatoon Hilltops junior team in 1959 and enrolled at the University of Iowa in 1960 to compete in track and play for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team. After being the leading scorer for Iowa's freshman football team, he transferred to Oregon State University in 1961, before returning to Canada in 1962 and joining the University of Alberta, where he played football. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1964 CFL draft by the Calgary Stampeders and retired from track to focus on football, signing with the Stampeders in 1965, though he did not make the team. Short continued playing football while studying at the University of Calgary in 1967 and at the University of Windsor in 1969, receiving selection as first-team All-Canadian with the latter. After his graduation from Windsor, he served many years as an administrator at Sir George Williams University and then Concordia University. Short is an inductee to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.