Chicken George
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Chicken George may refer to:
- An ancestor of Alex HaleyAlex HaleyAlexander Murray Palmer Haley was an African-American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family and the coauthor of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.-Early life:...
, popularized both in the book and TV miniseries RootsRoots (TV miniseries)Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's fictional novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Roots received 36 Emmy Award nominations, winning nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings with the finale still...
and played by Ben VereenBen VereenBen Vereen is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.- Early years :... - Chicken George (politics)Chicken George (politics)Chicken George was the name for a man in a chicken costume who shadowed George H. W. Bush through a portion of the 1992 U.S. presidential election.Chicken George was a Clinton campaign worker from Detroit, Michigan...
, the name for a man costume who shadowed George H. W. Bush through a portion of the 1992 U.S. presidential election - "Chicken" George Boswell, a contestant in the 1st and 7th seasons of the U.S. version of the TV series Big Brother
- Nickname of George Lawrence (footballer)George Lawrence (footballer)George Randolph Lawrence is a former professional footballer now retired. He played as a midfielder, spending most of his career with Southampton and was known by the nickname "Chicken George" throughout his career.-Playing career:...
, who played for Southampton in the 1980s - Nickname of former ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
Test cricketer Eddo BrandesEddo BrandesEddo André Brandes is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 59 ODIs from 1987 to 1999, spanning four World Cups...