George Neilson was a Scotland international rugby union player.
[1] Provincial He was capped by Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 5 December 1891.
[1][3] Administrative Along with his brothers, William and Robert, he was a president of the Scottish Rugby Union.
[4] His father was James Neilson, an Ironmaster and second cousin of Walter Montgomerie Neilson and his mother was Jane Thomson, daughter of George Thomson, the famous Glasgow shipbuilder.
[5] One of the four Neilson brothers played in each of the twenty five matches between Willie and George's debut in 1891, until 1899, when Robert had to withdraw from the Calcutta Cup line-up after breaking his nose.