Draft:George Shea

George Shea
Personal information
Birth name	George Shea
Nationality	American
Born	1965 (age 58–59); Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	Major League Eating Co-Founder

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Instructions · What links here · George Shea (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 28 days ago by Squiddyonwiki (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Warning: The page George Shea already exists. Please ensure it is not a copy or that this page is located to the correct title.

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The disambiguation page for the primary name is George Shea (disambiguation). Robert McClenon (talk) 03:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

George Shea is a co-founder of Major League Eating and host of the company's main eating competition, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.^[1] He is known for wearing his signature straw hat to all the hot dog competitions.^[2]

^ de la Garza, Alejandro (July 3, 2018). "'I Love Things That Are Absurd.' Meet the Man Who Turned Nathan's Hot Dog-Eating Contest Into a National Obsession". TIME.
^ "Meet The MC Behind The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest". CBS News. July 4, 2018.

[:0-1] Garza, Alejandro (July 3, 2018). "'I Love Things That Are Absurd.' Meet the Man Who Turned Nathan's Hot Dog-Eating Contest Into a National Obsession". TIME.

[2] "Meet The MC Behind The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest". CBS News. July 4, 2018.

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