George Bevan
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| Position | Linebacker |
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| Born | (1947-09-11) September 11, 1947[1]Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
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George Bevan (born September 11, 1947) is a former college American football player for the LSU Tigers football team. He played as a linebacker from 1967 to 1969, although he missed the majority of his first two seasons after rupturing an Achilles tendon in the 1967 season opener.[2] As a senior in 1969, he was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association[3] and Football Writers Association of America.[4] He was a second-team selection by the Associated Press,[5]Central Press,[6] and Newspaper Enterprise Association.[7] The Associated Press and United Press International each named Bevan a first-team All-Southeastern Conference linebacker.[8][9]
Bevan was selected in the seventeenth round of the 1970 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills, but he did not play professionally.