Editing George Foreman (section)

==Early life==
George Foreman was born in [[Marshall, Texas]], on January 10, 1949.<ref name="Porter1995">{{cite book |author=Porter, David L. |title=African-American Sports Greats: A Biographical Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLFhNYLJD-sC |access-date=September 1, 2018 |year=1995 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-28987-3 |page=94}}</ref><ref name="Boxrec">{{cite web |url=https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/90 |title=Amateur boxing record: George Foreman |publisher=BoxRec.com |access-date=March 27, 2025 }}</ref> He grew up in the [[Fifth Ward, Houston|Fifth Ward]] community of [[Houston]], Texas, with six siblings.<ref>Foreman, George (2013) ''George Foreman's Guide to Life: How to Get Up off the Canvas When Life Knocks You Down''. Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1476745718}}</ref> Although he was raised by J.&nbsp;D. Foreman, whom his mother had married when George was a small child, his biological father was Leroy Moorehead. By his own admission in his autobiography, George was a troubled youth. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 and spent time as a mugger. At age 16, Foreman had a change of heart and convinced his mother to sign him up for [[Job Corps]] after seeing an ad for the Corps on TV. As part of Job Corps, Foreman earned his [[General Educational Development|GED]] and trained to become a carpenter and bricklayer.<ref name="houstonchronicle1">Hauser, Melanie. [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/general/article/Houston-Sports-Hall-of-Fame-2019-Quite-a-journey-13561768.php "Houston Sport Hall of Fame 2019: George Foreman."] ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. January 2019.</ref> After moving to [[Pleasanton, California]], with the help of a supervisor, he began to train. Foreman was interested in football and idolized [[Jim Brown]], but gave it up for boxing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.georgeforeman.com/pages/did-you-know |title=Did you know – Official Website of George Foreman |access-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125072623/https://www.georgeforeman.com/pages/did-you-know |url-status=live }}</ref>