George Barclay was an American collegiate football player. He was a standout guard and linebacker at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barclay made the first team All-Southern Conference as a guard in 1933 and 1934 and was an All-America in 1934. He was a three-year starting player.

While serving as head coach at Washington and Lee University, Barclay took the Generals to their one and only post season bowl appearance in 1950 when they were beaten by the University of Wyoming in the Gator Bowl. He was named the Southern Conference and Virginia Coach of the Year. Barclay became an assistant coach at Carolina under Carl Snavely. Snavely was a proponent of the single wing offense but thought Carolina's players were more suited to the split-T formation, and Barclay helped install it there. In 1953, he was hired as the head football coach. Barclay was dismissed from his alma mater in 1955, and replaced by Jim Tatum, who had been a teammate with him at Carolina.

George Barclay died in 1997.^[1] The Outstanding Linebacker award at UNC is named in his honor. He was inducted to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1976. The street Barclay Rd. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is named after George Barclay.

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