George Kotlarek

George Stanley Kotlarek was an American ski jumper.

Biography

Born in 1912, in Duluth, Minnesota, Kotlarek began skiing as a child. In 1936, he won the class A division of the NSA National Championship Tournament, along with Eugene Wilson of the B division. He won the A division championship again in 1954, along with Ted Lahner of the B division.
Kotlarek was inducted in the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1968. He is also the father of Gene Kotlarek. He died in 1993, aged 80 or 81.