Albert E (Jeep) George

(May 1, 1925 — June 1, 1985)

Born in North Battleford, Sask., he worked with the New York Rangers, NHL Central Scouting and Hartford Whalers. . . . Rangers hired him in September 1969 as Western Canadian director of scouting, filling spot created when Denis Ball was promoted to assistant GM. . . . Moved to Central Scouting in 1975, then was with Hartford from 1981-84. . . . With his brother William (Moe), George founded Battlefords’ first junior hockey program, the Beaver Bruins, in 1954. . . . Was a prolific scorer in intermediate and senior ranks with the North Battleford Beavers in the late-1940s and into the ’50s. . . . Inducted into the SJHL Hall of Fame in 2024, along with his son, David, and David’s son, Michael. . . . Was working in Thunder Bay during Second World War, picking up cockpit parts and installing them. When doing the pickups, he always drove a Jeep, thus the nickname.