George Attla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Attla
musher
Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1933
Place of Birth: Koyukuk, Alaska, United States
Date of Death: 15-Feb-2015
Profession: musher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About George Attla
- George Attla (August 8, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was a champion sprint dog musher.
- Attla won ten Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Championships and eight North American Open championships with a career that spanned from 1958 to 2011.
- Attla was the subject of a 1993 book titled George Attla: The Legend of the Sled-dog Trail, by Lewis "Lew" Freedman.In 1974 Attla wrote a book titled "Everything I Know About Training and Racing Sled Dogs".
- Attla died of B-cell lymphoma in February 2015.
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