George Renwick

George Russell Renwick (7 August 1901 – 25 July 1984) was a British athlete who primarily raced over 400 metres and competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Biography Renwick was born in Marylebone, England and studied at New College, Oxford. He gained his Oxford blue in 1923 and 1924 for the 440 yards and 100 yards respectively and served on the committee of the OUAC.

Renwick was headmaster of Dover College from 1934 to 1954 during a difficult period. He evacuated the College to Poltimore House in Devon in World War II. On its return to Dover in 1945, he continued the expansion of the College and promoted it as a centre of sporting excellence.