{{short description|British athletics competitor (1883-1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image = George Wallach.jpg | image_size = |caption= |birth_date= 20 March 1883 |birth_place= Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | death_date = 2 April 1980 (aged 97) | death_place = Manchester, England | height = | weight = |sport=Athletics |event= 5000 m, 10000 m |club= Edinburgh Southern Harriers |pb= 5000 m – 15:24.0e (1912)<br>10000 m – 32:34.8 (1914)<br>10 miles – 52:48.6 (1914)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalCompetition|International Cross Country Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1911 Caerleon|Team}} {{MedalBronze|1911 Caerleon|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|1912 Edinburgh|Team (4 ind)}} {{MedalBronze|1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge|Team (8 ind)}} {{MedalSilver|1914 Amersham|Team}} {{MedalSilver|1914 Amersham|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|1922 Glasgow|Team (4 ind)}} {{MedalBronze|1924 Newcastle-on-Tyne|Team (24 ind)}} }}
'''George Curtis Locke Wallach''' (20 March 1883 – 2 April 1980) was a Scottish long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 m at the 1912 Summer Olympics but failed to reach the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69557 |title=George Wallach |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
Wallach was born in Scotland to Hermann Louis Waldemar Wallach, a German tinsmith, and Janet Wallach, a native Scot. In 1905, he moved to Lewes and in 1906 to Lancashire to work for the ''Manchester Evening News''. While living in England, he competed at the Scotland Championships and won the 4 miles in 1911 and 1913 and the 10 miles in 1913–14, breaking the Scottish records. Wallach also won the Scottish cross-country championships in 1914 and 1922, and in 1910–1924, represented Scotland at the International Cross Country Championships, winning two individual and six team medals.<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>
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<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/george-wallach-1.html George Wallach] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801190050/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/george-wallach-1.html |date=1 August 2015 }}. Sports Reference</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://www.anentscottishrunning.com/george-cl-wallach/ George CL Wallach]. Anent Scottish Running. 3 February 2015</ref> <ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=7038&Gender=M George Wallach]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
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