George McConnell (1 August 1889 — 24 March 1948) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Fanad, County Donegal, McConnell played rugby with Edinburgh University while studying medicine. He was capped four times as a forward for Ireland across the 1912 and 1913 Five Nations Championships.

McConnell served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Salonika during World War I.

A doctor, McConnell practised medicine in the Scottish town of Carnoustie, which he moved to in 1919.

See also List of Ireland national rugby union players

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