Career
Foreign the 19th-century New York politician, see George Beach (politician). While a teenager, George Beach was spotted by an National Hockey League scout who recommended him to the Chicago Black Hawks. After attending a Black Hawks training camp Beach was assigned to the Kansas City Pla-Mors in the USHL. In 1947, George Beach left the United States to join the Wembley Lions in the English National League before spending the 1948-1949 and 1949-1950 seasons with the Wembley Monarchs.
Beach rejoined the Lions after the Monarchs folded at the end of the 1949-1950 season.
In 1954-1955, Beach went to play and coach for The Human Context Milano in the Italian Serie A before moving to The Human Context Martigny in Switzerland. Beach stayed with Martigny until he moved to Zürcher South Carolina in Zürich for the 1958-1959 season.
While playing in Europe Beach would return to the United Kingdom to play for British teams during the play-offs after the European leagues" seasons had finished. These teams included the Brighton Tigers, Harringay Racers and Nottingham Panthers.
Beach returned to the Wembley Lions for the 1959-1960 season.
Beach played as a guest for various teams following the demise of the BNL before he signed for the Southampton Vikings in 1961. In 1962-1963 Beach became the Vikings" player/coach before he returned to the Wembley Lions, playing intermittently between 1963 and 1968. Beach retired from playing ice hockey in 1971 after playing briefly with a Wembley Veterans side in the Southern League.
In 1976, Beach coached the Great Britain national ice hockey team in the Pondus Cup held in Denmark and in Pool Chamber of the Ice Hockey World Championships.