George, from Renfrew in Glasgow, played football for Belfast Celtic and was part of the 1925/26 quadruple winning team.

He worked as the assistant manager in the electrical department at Harland and Wolff and received an MBE in the 1958 New Years Honours for services to shipbuilding.

Pam (Porter) was her doubles partner throughout her early playing days at Belfast High School and Malone Badminton club.

In the late '60s and early '70s Malone dominated the Ulster and Irish badminton scene with players like Maureen, Pam, Maurice Adamson, Derek Porter, Joan Simpson, Adrian Bell, Colin Bell and Robert Bruce, all representing the club at National and International level.

In 1970 she won the Irish National Badminton Championships, playing alongside Dorothy Haslam, Joan Simpson, and Pam Porter.