BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – George Linton, the former Spartan captain and Barbados leg-spinning all-rounder, who also represented the Barbados and West Indies Under-19 teams, died on Thursday at the age of 58 after a recent illness.

Linton also served as a Barbados junior and senior selector.
NB: It has been confirmed by George Linton’s family that his correct date of birth is November 12, 1955 and NOT 1956 as is reported by international cricket websites Cricinfo and Cricket Archive, among other websites.
Following is a tribute from the Barbados Cricket Association:
The Barbados Cricket Association was sent into a state of shock this morning when the news of the passing of George Linton was received.
George (or Georgie as he was familiarly called) bowled leg-breaks and googlies and was a genuine all-rounder, being a more than capable batsman. He represented Barbados at both youth and senior level in the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional competitions and also represented the West Indies at youth level.
He was a dominant force on the domestic scene, representing his Club Spartan in the Division One competition for many years and was one of the Five Cricketers of the Year in 1980. In his latter years he tormented batsmen in the Intermediate Division with his unplayable deliveries, often laughing at how he “outfoxed’ them, especially the youngsters who tried to take advantage of “a fat old man”.
Georgie did not confine himself to playing the game, He was, for over twenty-five years, one of the senior cricket coaches at the National Sports Council and also coached the Combined Schools team, as it was called at the time (now Barbados Youth), as well as the national youth team.
In addition he made a substantial contribution as a selector of the national youth as well as senior teams, including being at different times Chairman of both Selection Committees.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to find any cricketer in Barbados in the last twenty-five years who did not pass through Georgie’s hands, and once given a name he could recite the school which the boy or girl attended and give detailed information on the individual. He was a veritable storehouse of information on Primary Schools’ cricket.
Portly in appearance and affable by nature, Georgie had an inimitable sense of humour and it is hard to find a more likeable personality anywhere in the cricket world.
His knowledge and his contribution to cricket in Barbados will be sorely missed.
The President, Board of Management, Staff and Members of the Barbados Cricket Association. ) extend sincere condolences to his sorrowing relatives.

(BCAcricket.org)