George Ellsworth Rich (December 14, 1904 – July 16, 1989) was an American football player and coach.

Rich attended the University of Michigan where he was a student in a five-year arts and law program.

He played college football as a quarterback, fullback, and halfback for Fielding H. Yost and Tad Wieman's Michigan Wolverines football teams, playing at the halfback position in 1926 and the fullback position in 1927.

[4] At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Rich was living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife, Ethel, and their three-month-old daughter, Patricia.

[5] In February 1931, Rich was hired as the head coach of the Denison Big Red football team.