George Attla | |
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![]() Attla in 1976 | |
Born | [1]
Koyukuk, Alaska, United States
[2] | August 8, 1933
Died | February 15, 2015 | (aged 81)
Other names | Huslia Hustler [3] |
Known for | Sprint Dog Mushing |
Website | http://attlamakingofachampion.com/ |
George Attla (August 8, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was a champion sprint dog musher. [4] Attla won ten Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Championships and eight North American Open championships [5] with a career that spanned from 1958 to 2011. [6] Attla was the subject of a 1993 book titled George Attla: The Legend of the Sled-dog Trail, by Lewis "Lew" Freedman. [7]
In 1974 Attla wrote a book titled Everything I Know About Training and Racing Sled Dogs. [8] Attla died of B-cell lymphoma in February 2015. [9]
George Attla | |
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![]() Attla in 1976 | |
Born | [1]
Koyukuk, Alaska, United States
[2] | August 8, 1933
Died | February 15, 2015 | (aged 81)
Other names | Huslia Hustler [3] |
Known for | Sprint Dog Mushing |
Website | http://attlamakingofachampion.com/ |
George Attla (August 8, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was a champion sprint dog musher. [4] Attla won ten Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Championships and eight North American Open championships [5] with a career that spanned from 1958 to 2011. [6] Attla was the subject of a 1993 book titled George Attla: The Legend of the Sled-dog Trail, by Lewis "Lew" Freedman. [7]
In 1974 Attla wrote a book titled Everything I Know About Training and Racing Sled Dogs. [8] Attla died of B-cell lymphoma in February 2015. [9]