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| Born | June 18, 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Madison CC, Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 3 (1982, 1986, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 2 (2002, 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Godfrey (born June 18, 1944, in Lodi, Wisconsin, United States) is an American curler.
He is a 1986 and 1991 World Men's bronze medallist [1] and a three times United States men's curling champion (1982, 1986, 1991).
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1979–80 [3] | Steve Brown | Ed Sheffield | George Godfrey | Vince Fitzgerald | |||
| 1981–82 | Steve Brown | Ed Sheffield | Huns Gustrowsky | George Godfrey | Elgie Noble | USMCC 1982  WCC 1982 (9th) | |
| 1984–85 [3] | Steve Brown | Geoff Goodland | George Godfrey | Huns Gustrowsky | |||
| 1985–86 | Steve Brown | Wally Henry | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | Huns Gustrowsky | USMCC 1986 WCC 1986  | |
| 1986–87 [3] | Steve Brown | Wally Henry | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | |||
| 1987–88 [3] | Steve Brown | Wally Henry | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | |||
| 1988–89 [3] | Steve Brown | Wally Henry | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | |||
| 1990–91 | Steve Brown | Paul Pustovar | George Godfrey | Wally Henry | Mike Fraboni | USMCC 1991 WCC 1991 | |
| 1991–92 [3] | Steve Brown | Paul Pustovar | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | Mike Fraboni | ||
| 1993–94 [3] | Paul Pustovar (fourth) | Steve Brown (skip) | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | |||
| 2001–02 | Larry Johnson | Stan Vinge | George Godfrey | Bill Kind | Steve Brown | USSCC 2002 WSCC 2002 | |
| 2003–04 | Bill Kind | George Godfrey | Walter Erbach | Larry Sharp | Steve Brown | USSCC 2004 WSCC 2004  | |
| George Godfrey | Jeremy Roe | Patrick Roe | Mark Hartman | Paul Pustovar | |||
| 2004–05 | George Godfrey | Bill Kind | Walter Erbach | Larry Sharp | |||
| 2005–06 | Bill Kind | George Godfrey | Walter Erbach | Larry Sharp | |||
| 2006–07 | Bill Kind | George Godfrey | Walter Erbach | Larry Sharp | |||
| 2008–09 | Dwayne Jacobson | Tim Ebert | George Godfrey | Walter Erbach | |||
| 2010–11 | George Godfrey | Tim Ebert | Walter Erbach | Richard Berling |
George Godfrey started curling in 1952, when he was 8 years old.
He graduated from University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
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