George Attla
| George Attla | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 8, 1933 Koyukuk, Alaska, United States |
| Died | February 15, 2015 (aged 81) Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
| Other names | Huslia Hustler |
| Known for | Sprint Dog Mushing |
| Website | http://attlamakingofachampion.com/ |
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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