George Floyd Biography: Who Was George Floyd? Episode #1 (THE TRUE STORY) |

George Floyd Biography. Who was George Floyd? Episode #1. The True Story (Don’t forget to Subscribe for new episodes). SYNOPSIS: George Floyd, 46, grew up in Houston’s Third Ward, one of the city’s predominantly African-American neighborhoods, where he and Harris met in middle school. Mr Floyd was a talented athlete who particularly excelled in football and basketball at school. After high school, head basketball coach George Walker recruited Floyd to play for him at South Florida State College in Avon Park, Florida. Floyd was a student there from 1993 to 1995, Walker told CNN. “He didn’t give me too much trouble as a basketball coach,“ Walker said. “He was a pretty good athlete, averaged 12 to 14 points a game.“ Floyd was a coachable kid with a big heart, according to Walker’s wife, Gloria. Of all the college athletes on the school’s team, she said Floyd had her attention the most, “because he was just a fun person to be around. Floyd landed a job w