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	George - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		George, Duke of Saxony, duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539
		George II of Greece, the son of Constantine I and Princess Sophia of Prussia
		George III of the United Kingdom, the third British monarch of the House of Hanover
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	JockBio: George Yardley Biography
		George Harry Yardley III was born November 3, 1928, in Hollywood, California, to George and Dorothy Yardley.
		George, said the Los Angeles Times, “turned in a spectacular all-around game and with his amazing jumps took the ball off both backboards with phenomenal regularity.” The Bird was named tournament MVP and was honored as an AAU All-American for the season.
		George led the team in scoring for the series, and he was Fort Wayne’s overall postseason leader, averaging 23.0 in 10 playoff games.
	www.jockbio.com /Classic/Yardley/Yardley_legend.html (5682 words)

	George Yardley - Hoopedia
		George Harry Yardley III (November 3, 1928 in Hollywood, California - August 12, 2004 in Newport Beach, California), best known as simply George Yardley, was an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player.
		A two-time All-American at Stanford University, Yardley was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and earned the nickname "Yardbird" due to the chores he was required to complete by his fraternity brothers.
		At 6'5", Yardley was a good-sized forward in 1950's basketball, and was described as "an offensive-minded player with a knack for scoring" in his Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame biography.
	hoopedia.nba.com /index.php/George_Yardley (537 words)

	HOOPSANALYST
		Yardley's Pistons were also interesting in that they were the contenders in the brief period period between the end of the Minneapolis Lakers Dynasty and the start of the Bill Russell Celtics Dynasty.
		Yardley told the Associate Press that he retired as a promise to his wife that they would not be travel too much (as NBA players do) now that she was of school age.
		Yardley obviously led a full life but in the end basketball was his love.
	www.hoopsanalyst.com /yardley.htm (855 words)

	George Yardley, early NBA star, 75 - The Boston Globe
		George Yardley, the first NBA player to score more than 2,000 points in a season, died Thursday in his Newport Beach, Calif., home of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease.
		Yardley began his NBA career in 1953 and played forward for seven seasons with the Fort Wayne Pistons, Detroit Pistons, and Syracuse Nationals.
		Yardley ended his NBA career in 1960, keeping a promise to his wife to stop playing when his children were of school age.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/08/15/george_yardley_early_nba_star_75 (332 words)

	The Ultimate George - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The name George has its origin in ancient Greek, meaning something like "farmer, man from the country." The name is a derivation of the Greek male name Geôrgios (Γεώργιος), which developed out of geô (=earth), and ergo (=to work).
		GEORGE was also the name of an International Computers Ltd operating system developed for their 1900 range of computers.
		George is also the name of a famous clothing brand in the United Kingdom, owned by supermarket chain Asda.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/George (162 words)

	ALS Takes the Life of NBA Hall of Famer George Yardley - The ALS Association
		George Yardley, NBA Hall of Fame member, has passed away at the age of 75 from complications related to ALS.
		Yardley, who played professional basketball in the late 1950s and early 1960s for such   NBA teams as the Fort Wayne and then Detroit Pistons and Syracuse Nationals, was a six-time NBA All-Star and the first player to score 2,000 points in a single season in 1958.
		The Yardley family became involved with the Orange County Chapter of The ALS Association just prior to their 2003 Walk to D’Feet ALS®, forming a team named “George Yardley’s Ugly Feet” and winning the Chapter awards for the team earning the most money as well as the most innovative team name.
	www.alsa.org /news/article.cfm?id=457&CFID=3842452&CFTOKEN=71271677 (635 words)

	NBA Hall of Famer, Stanford star dies
		George Yardley, a star forward at Stanford in the late 1940s who went on to the National Basketball Hall of Fame, died Thursday at his home in Newport Beach.
		Yardley, who was nicknamed "Bird" in his playing days, moved on from Stanford to three years of AAU basketball with Stewart Chevrolet and at Los Alamitos Naval Air Base.
		Yardley is survived by four children, sons Rich and Rob and daughters Marilyn Nagle and Anne Caldwell, and 14 grandchildren.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/14/SPGKI87PPT1.DTL&type=printable (416 words)

	ESPN.com - Ex-Piston Yardley, 75, succumbs to ALS
		LOS ANGELES -- George Yardley, a former Detroit Pistons forward who in 1957-58 became the first player in the NBA to score 2,000 points in a season, has died.
		Yardley, who played for Fort Wayne, Detroit and Syracuse in his seven-year professional career, died Thursday of Lou Gehrig's disease at his Newport Beach home, said his oldest son, Rob.
		Yardley was a basketball star at Stanford, where he studied engineering and was known as "Yardbird" by his fraternity brothers because of the frequent chores they assigned him.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1858875&type=story (311 words)

	George Yardley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A two-time All-American at Stanford University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, he led the Fort Wayne Pistons to two NBA Finals before the team moved to Detroit in 1957.
		Yardley died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
		Basketball Hall of Fame profile on George Yardley
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Yardley (153 words)

	News-Sentinel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A 6-foot-5 forward, Yardley specialized in out-jumping opponents, and was one of only a handful of players who dunked regularly in games.
		Yardley played two more seasons in Detroit, averaging 19.8 points in 1958-59 and 20.2 in 1959-60, before abruptly retiring.
		When his oldest daughter had been born, Yardley had promised to end his pro career when she was ready to enter school.
	jordan.fortwayne.com /ns/sports/top50/yardley.php (856 words)

	Men's Basketball - Stanford University Official Athletic Site
		Yardley was the NBA's top scorer during the 1957-58 season (27.8 ppg) and was the first player in league history to top 2,000 points in one season.
		Yardley was the first NBA rookie to stage a contract holdout.
		Yardley, a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame, is survived by four children, sons Rich and Rob and daughters Marilyn Nagle and Anne Caldwell, and 14 grandchildren.
	gostanford.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081704aac.html (347 words)

	George Yardley, 75, Shooter Who Broke N.B.A. Record - New York Times
		George Yardley, a Hall of Fame forward who was the first National Basketball Association player to score 2,000 points in a season, died Thursday at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 75.
		Yardley broke his hand midway through the 1958-59 season and was soon traded to Syracuse for Ed Conlin, the former star forward from Fordham.
		Yardley retired from the N.B.A. after a season and a half with the Nationals (the forerunners of the Philadelphia 76ers), having averaged 19.2 points a game for his career.
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	genealogy
		Sir George Yeardley or (Yardley), Governor and Captain-General of Virginia 1618-1627, was born in England between 1577 and 1580, came to Virginia in the "Deliverance" in 1609, died in Virginia in 1627, married 1618 to Lady Temperance Flowerdew.
		Sir George Yardley was sued in 1621 by Thomas Etheridge.
		In 1617 and 1618 Governor Yardley acquired land south of the James River and west of a creek.
	www.dumas.com /second.htm (2601 words)

	STANFORD Magazine: January/February 2005 > Class Notes > Yardley
		Yardley died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) on August 12 at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 75.
		By 1960, Yardley was at the top of his game, having played in six consecutive All-Star games and earning $25,000 a year, more than anyone else on the Syracuse Nationals.
		Yardley is survived by his four children, twin sons Rob and Rich and daughters Anne Yardley Caldwell and Marilyn Nagle; 14 grandchildren; and a brother, Robert.
	www.stanfordalumni.org /news/magazine/2005/janfeb/classnotes/yardley.html (459 words)

	Letter to Proctor & Gamble
		Ralph Yardley, brother to George, was one of the original members of the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, and it is from his family that the Yardley of London Company stemmed.
		George, a professional soldier, with wide experience of active service, took command of the defences of Virginia, and decisively reversed the effects of the infamous Indian Massacre, thus saving British North America from extinction.
		Sir George's estate, one of the first original 'Land Grants' on the continent is named for his wife, Flowerdew (a relative of Queen Anne Boleyn) and currently exists as a privately-owned Park Museum, holding some 500,000 artifacts.
	www.eardley.org /gyeardley/Wella_Letter.htm (824 words)

	George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Wendt, American actor, best known for his outstanding beer tab as the regular on the popular television show, Cheers.
		George Fisher (musician), the vocalist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse
		Abraham M. George is founder of the The George Foundation (TGF), one of the largest private NGOs in India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George (696 words)

	George Yardley
		In the last quarter of 1983, George was named the most outstanding agent in his district, and his district was the number one district in the company.
		In addition, George is a member of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors and a seven-year volunteer with the 9 Health Fair.
		While at Truman, George was a member of the Society of Professional Journalism, worked in the Sports Information Office, was active in the Veteran’s Club and was a volunteer mentor of an at-risk teenager.
	alumni.truman.edu /AlumniBoardMembers/Yardley_George.asp (355 words)

	New York Press - EVAN WEINER - OLD SCHOOL Bald ain’t beautiful.
		Yardley was a scoring machine; the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season, he played in six straight All-Star Games.
		Yardley knew this, but he also realized that was the NBA in those days; so being traded because he was bald wasn't that much of a shock.
		That last claim aside, Yardley would have fit right into the NBA today, where baldness is part of the culture and players have to do much more outrageous things than being bald to be traded.
	www.nypress.com /18/48/sports/evanweiner.cfm (1125 words)

	Als Association Golf Tournament To Honor George The Bird Yardley
		It was George Yardley during his sensational 1957-58 season.
		Yardley was born in Hollywood, and graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1946.
		The George Yardley Co., founded in 1960 as a manufacturer's representative for engineering products, is still thriving today under the guidance of his kids.
	www.prnewsnow.com /TextNews/22002.html (632 words)

	PISTONS: The First 2,000-Point Scorer
		George Yardley's 20 makes on 24 free throw attempts against the St. Louis Hawks on Dec. 26, 1957 are both, even 50 years later, Pistons franchise records.
		Yardley would play one more NBA season before retiring at 31 to spend more time with his wife Diana and four children.
		Yardley passed away due to Lou Gehrig’s Disease (technically known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) on Aug. 13, 2004, but the George Yardley Company is still in business today.
	www.nba.com /pistons/news/george_yardley_071226.html (847 words)

	George Yardley Diet - Wellsphere
		Sir George Yardley arrived in Virginia April 19, 1619, and made known the intentions of the London Company that there was to be an end of...
		Yardley Chittick of Concord is the last surviving member of the class of 1918 at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.
		It was written to Colonel Francis Yardley, son of Sir George Yardley,...
	www.wellsphere.com /wellmix360/George-Yardley-diet (838 words)

	Yardley Memories
		"George Yardley was my hero as I used to watch him with my school friends standing behind the goal at the Kop End.
		Yardley was a Scot from Kirkaldy, born in '42, 5ft.
		Although Yardley did return to play in '69 for 2 more seasons he was a shadow of his former self.
	www.merseyworld.com /rearguard/yardley.html (1085 words)

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		But Yardley is probably the most famous and successful (at least in terms of basketball) of any Newport Harbor HS grad ever to play the game.
		George Yardley Company website, and it also features some very interesting historical facts and stats about George's great career.
		George and his family have close ties to the Newport Beach community, and he and his wife Diana have raised four kids there.
	www.socalhoops.com /prep01/0601/yardley0621.htm (458 words)

	The Suburbs of James City (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Outlined in white on the map to the left is the approximate location of a tract in the Governor's Land originally leased, prior to 1683, by the immigrant George Marable, and shown in a survey map in the 1680's as leased by George Marable and a William Marable.
		It is speculated that he was a brother (probably an older brother) of Maj. George Marable, but that he died or left Virginia shortly after their father's death in the early 1680's.
		Gooch Baronet, of the one part and Benj: Marrable, of Parish and County of James City on the other, Whereas the Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first Colony of Va. by their Commission to Capt.
	www.dcn.davis.ca.us /GO/jlm/pasbyhayes.htm (346 words)

	Als Association Golf Tournament To Honor George The Bird" Yardley
		It was George Yardley during his sensational 1957-58 season.
		Yardley was born in Hollywood, and graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1946.
		The George Yardley Co., founded in 1960 as a manufacturers representative for engineering products, is still thriving today under the guidance of his kids.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2005/5/prweb237651.htm (846 words)

	THE YARDLEY'S OF EARDLEY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The earliest connected line of the Yardley in England is believed to be that of John Yardley, of Staffordshire, England, about the beginning of the fifteenth century, who married a Miss Marbury and was the father of a son, John Yardley, who made his home in Killingsworth, in Warwickshire.
		To this union was born a son, John Yardley, who married Elizabeth, daughter of William Birkes, of County Stafford, and had issue by her of a son named William.
		This William Yardley married Elizabeth, daughter of William Morton, of Morton, County Chester, and was the father by her of William, Ralph, John, Sir George, and Randall.
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	The Children of NIMH
		He had been an old friend of his father since their days at the National Institute of Mental Health and his partner at New Horizon Bio-Research, but he looked like he had aged fifty years since the last time he had seen him just a few years earlier.
		Yardley poured some gin into a coffee cup and Dante turned and looked out the window at the remains of the warehouse.
		George and Julie had been two of the most brilliant, rational and stable people he had known growing up, but he had watched their deterioration along with his father’s and he began to deeply fear whatever it was that had caused such trauma.
	www.karthurville.com /robin/comstories/children/children1.htm (7620 words)

	Hal Stern: The Morning Snowman : Weblog
		Riding shotgun in the wax pack with Cousy was George Yardley, who set the single-season scoring record in the 57-58 season.
		Yardley was the first player to score 2,000 points in a season, and is enshrined at the other end of Massachusetts in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
		Even if you follow basketball, it's likely you didn't know that much about George Yardley, or any other NBA baller from that season.
	blogs.sun.com /stern/date/200501 (1881 words)

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