A true natural talent, George Boxwell excelled both academically and also athletically. While attending Margaret Avenue Public School in Kitchener, his grade eight class visited Strand Bowl, which was owned by Hall of Famer, Norm Kratz.

George took to the game quickly. The scoring system allowed his mathematical ability to shine and, on the lanes, George became a champion. By grade nine, he was a pin boy at Waterloo Lanes and just a year later, was recording scores for the house league statistician. In this bowling centre environment, George developed his game and, at times, would bowl a hundred games a week as he prepared for the adult ranks.

Through Hall of Famer Bob Totzke, he met 5 pin bowling's founder Tommy Ryan at Waterloo Lanes in 1959 and that same year, he bowled in his first O'Connor Open. He also qualified for the Saturday afternoon bowling champion series televised by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. While still in high school, during the 1962-63 season, George defeated Hall of Famer, Jackie Wilson of London with a five game score of 1401 and then lost to Toronto bowler, Tom Pritchard. At Waterloo, George marked score for the visiting bowlers to Bob Totzke's popular All-Events tournament and also took his turn on the lanes. On one occasion, George rolled a 1075 triple to open the singles portion of the all-events tournament, only to be paid the first prize by Bob, who began the competition anew.

Along with the above success, George was also bowling in the prestigious Western Ontario Intercity Major League. Under the watchful eye of Hall of Famer Orv Bauman, George, while still only seventeen, bowled on a team called Wiegand's Kings, before advancing to the legendary Canada Health and Accident team under the leadership of Bob Totzke.

On the evening of March 29, 1965, George made bowling history. In his first game of league play at Victoria Bowlerama, George bowled a perfect game. Following his three games at Victoria, he moved to Waterloo Lanes where his team was in the playoffs. As such, there were four games to be bowled and George used this extra game to bowl a second perfect game, a feat never equaled to this day.

As the bowlers took over the provincial Open in 1965, George continued his excellent play and began the qualifying process immediately. In that first year, he was runner-up to Billy Hoult, who was winning his second consecutive Ontario title. George was also the singles representative in both 1967 and 1968 and, in Canada's centennial year, George won the Ontario Open singles title and represented our province in Winnipeg, finishing second nationally to Bob Galer of British Columbia.

While this success took place as George was just twenty-three, he was also established as a talented golfer, lawn bowler and horseshoe pitching competitor. As early as 1960, George won the Canadian Junior Horseshoe Pitching title. On the links, he was a two handicap and, in Kitchener, he would golf with Canadian legends, Gary Cowan and Moe Norman. Moe would also visit the local bowling centres to watch George bowl and, in 1962, Moe bought George a four-year-old Ford Fairlane 500, not bad wheels for an eighteen-year-old just finishing school.

George's lawn bowling accomplishments began as early as 1961 when, with Hall of Famer, Bill Boettger, they entered the competitive world of lawn bowling. George felt that the two games complimented each other and he would proceed to win titles nationally and internationally and he continues to this day as a member of the High Performance Committee. This group of four will select the Canadian team that will participate in the Asia Pacific games later this year in Christchurch, New Zealand.

While George began to work the counter at Victoria Bowlerama following high school, he did return to the University of Waterloo in 1970 in pursuit of an honours degree in Mathematics. Following school, he moved to Barrie in 1974 and, while working as a greens keeper, he also qualified for the Open one last time as a member of the 1977 mixed team from Huronia and a teammate was O5PBA president and Hall of Famer, Tom Cowan. Following this last effort, George moved to British Columbia, where he resides to this day with his life partner, Michele, and their son, Michael, who is thirteen and prefers lacrosse as his sport of choice.

In looking back, George was selected to a bowling dream team by the Bowling Writers Association in 1965. While this recognition was for 5 pin bowling, George's accomplishments could easily have been recognized by several sport associations.