George R. Pfann (October 6, 1902 – December 17, 1996) was an American college football player and coach, decorated officer serving on George Patton's staff during World War II, and a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees.

He was raised in Marion by his mother and grandparents in a large brick house at the corner of Washington and Delaware Avenue.

He received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1926 and completed his legal studies at Brasenose College, Oxford.

[4] From 1931 to 1935, Pfann was the head football coach at Swarthmore College, compiling a record of 8–26–1.

[8] After the war, Pfann returned to Ithaca where he worked on the legal staff of the Grange League Federation from 1945 to 1967.

[3][9][10] He was also inducted into Cornell's sports hall of fame in 1978 as a football and lacrosse player.