George John Bednar was an American college football player for the University of Notre Dame, who later became as a business executive.
10 Facts About George Bednar
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George Bednar is most well known for his tenure as a marketing executive for McKesson Imports Company, where he was instrumental in popularizing the Harvey Wallbanger cocktail.
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George Bednar graduated from Central Catholic in 1960, after achieving success as a high school football player.
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George Bednar then attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where he played offensive guard and defensive tackle for coach Joe Kuharich's Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1960 to 1963.
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George Bednar graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, and married.
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George Bednar was drafted by the St Louis Cardinals of the National Football League in the eighth round of the 1964 NFL draft.
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George Bednar marketed the Harvey Wallbanger cocktail in the early 1970s by suggesting bartenders on America's West Coast promote the cocktail.
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George Bednar founded International Marketing Group, Inc in 1976 to provide marketing consulting services to the wine and spirits industry, and creating promotions for Bacardi, Stolichnaya, and Johnny Walker.
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In 1981, George Bednar bought the Sandanona Shooting Preserve in Millbrook, New York, the oldest private shooting preserve in the United States.
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George Bednar built a premier shooting school on the premises as well as a sporting clays course.