Background
His father, Doctor George Edgar Meads, Senior, was a dentist and an alumnus of the University of.
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Career
He played college football for the University of from 1953 to 1955 and was selected as the captain of the 1955 Wolverines football team He also played college football at the University of (UWO) in 1957 while attending medical school. He was selected to 1957 All-Canada team and led UWO to the 1957 Canadian national football championship.
He later served as a professor of surgery for 34 years at UWO.
Meads was raised in Oxford, Meads was a star athlete at Oxford High School, receiving a total of 12 varsity letters in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
He earned all-state honors in the half-mile. He enrolled in 1952 and played for the school"s all-freshman football team
As a sophomore, he was a backup for the 1953 team As a junior, Meads started all nine games at right guard for the 1954 Wolverines football team
That team compiled a 6-3 record and was ranked Number.
15 in the final Associated Press and United Press International polls. On October 16, 1954, made the key play in "s 7-0 victory over Northwestern. After a Northwestern fumble, Meads recovered the ball at the Northwestern 24-yard line.
Meads" recover set up the only touchdown of the game.
As a senior, Meads was chosen as the captain of the 1955 Wolverines football team He later recalled, "And when I became a captain as a senior, it surpassed my wildest expectations and dreams." Meads started all nine games at right guard, and the team finished the season with a 7-2 record and ranked Number.
12 and Number. 11 in the final Associated Press and United Press International polls.
Meads was selected to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama on January 7, 1956. He graduate from in 1956.
After graduating from, Meads enrolled in medical school at the University of (UWO). He played football at the center position for the UWO football team in 1957.
At the conclusion of the season, Meads was selected by the Canadian Press, coaches, and sports writers as a first-team player on the Senior Intercollegiate Football Union 1957 all-star team
He also helped lead the Mustangs to the 1957 Canadian national football championship and was named the 1957 most valuable player. Meads played for UWO again in 1958, but suffered a concussion. UWO"s head coach John Metras refused to let Meads remain on the team out of concern that Meads could suffer a further injury.
Meads later spoke about Metras: "He was a very caring and sensitive coach whose exterior belied the interior feeling and warmth he had for his players."
Meads became a doctor in the 1960s.
In the late 1960s, he joined the United States Army Medical Corps. Serving with the rank of Major, he was chief of surgery at field hospitals during the Vietnam War.
After his discharge from the United States. military, Meads settled in London, Ontario. He was the chief of surgery at Saint Joseph Hospital from 1980 to 1990.
He was also a professor of surgery at UWO for 34 years.
In 2010, Meads became one of the inaugural inductees into the Oxford Athletic Hall of Fame. He has also been inducted into the UWO Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Membership
While attending, Meads was also a member of the Sphnix and Michigamua honor societies.
