DR. GEORGE SANDS

Athlete, Lansdale HS, 1924
Football, Basketball, Track

LHS Record Holder in 100, 220, and 440 Yd Dash that lasted for 15 years.
Captain of Football Team, 1923-1924
Captain of Basketball Team, 1924
Received Track Scholarship to Penn State

Inducted 2005

Lansdale High School, 1924 Deceased

Entered Lansdale High School 1921 and graduated in 1924.  He excelled in sports, and his specialty was Track.  He ran the 100, 200 and 400 yards and set records that stood for 15 years.  Ran Anchor on the Lansdale Relay Team which won the Penn Relays in 1924.  Was Captain of the 1923-24 football team under Coach "Dobbie" Weaver which won the Suburban League Championship.  Was also Captain of the Basketball team.  He entered Penn State on a full track scholarship, and ran the 100 yd, 200 yd and quarter mile.  He entered Temple University Dental School in 1928 and no longer competed in sports.  Dr. George Cleeland Sands was born in 1906 and lived in Lansdale.