George Henry Small (July 31, 1953 – March 3, 2010) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Atlanta Braves during the 1978 season.

[1] Small attended University of South Carolina, where he hit 48 career home runs from 1972 through 1975 to set a USC record that stood until 2008.

After aluminium bats were allowed in 1974, he raised his average to .360 and belted a USC record 17 home runs in his junior season, garnering a second-team All-American selection.

Besides Small, the USC team featured future major league players as Garry Hancock, Greg Keatley, Ed Lynch and Jim Pankovits.

He was assigned to Class-A Greenwood Braves but advanced quickly through the minor league system, gaining promotions to Double-A Savannah (1976-'77) and Triple-A Richmond (1977-'78).