Jimmy George was one of the most celebrated sportsmen of Kerala in the post-independent period. He was a legendary volleyball player. Regarded as one of the finest Indian sportsman in the 1970s and 1980s, he met with an unexpected death in 1987, aged only 32. He lost his life in a car accident in Italy on November 30, 1987, when he was regarded as one of the top attackers of the world. One of the best volleyball players India has ever produced he is one of the youngest winners of the prestigious Arjuna Award too. He received Arjuna Award at the age of 21, becoming the youngest volleyball player to win this award. In 2000, Malayala manorama newspaper honored him as the best sportsman of Kerala of the 20th century. He was born in Peravoor of Kannur district in the year 1955. His full name is Jimmy George Kudakkachira. He got initial training of volley ball from his father. Since school days he played volleyball.  Jimmy became a member of the University of Calicut volleyball team in the year 1970 and since then he was fully active in the sports event till his death. Jimmy represented the Kerala University four times from 1973 to 1976, where Kerala team won All India Inter-University Championship consecutively for four years. He joined Kerala Basketball team in 1971 at a very young age of 16 and represented Kerala for the next 9 years.

He was born in Peravoor of Kannur district in the year 1955. His full name is Jimmy George Kudakkachira. He got initial training of volley ball from his father. Since school days he played volleyball.  Jimmy became a member of the University of Calicut volleyball team in the year 1970 and since then he was fully active in the sports event till his death. Jimmy represented the Kerala University four times from 1973 to 1976, where Kerala team won All India Inter-University Championship consecutively for four years. He joined Kerala Basketball team in 1971 at a very young age of 16 and represented Kerala for the next 9 years.