The sport of

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was played at the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...

, which marked the first time that lacrosse had been featured at the Olympic Games. Three teams participated — two from

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and one from the

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. One of the Canadian teams consisted entirely of

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players. The victorious Shamrock Lacrosse Team is more commonly known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks. A second American team, the Brooklyn Crescents, was originally slated to round out the field but did not participate. They were scheduled to play a semi-final against the Shamrocks, but arrived too late and were disqualified.

Medal table

Medal summary

Results

Rosters

Shamrock Lacrosse Team

* Élie Blanchard * William Brennaugh * George Bretz * William Burns *

George Cattanach Competitor for Canada George James Cattanach (July 25, 1878 – January 29, 1954) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also kn ...

George Cloutier Competitor for Canada George Cloutier (July 16, 1876 - April 20, 1946) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis ...

* Sandy Cowan * Jack Flett * Benjamin Jamieson *

Hilliard Laidlaw Stuart Laidlaw (March 2, 1877 – November 22, 1960) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ontario and died in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in ...

Hilliard Lyle Hilliard Lyle (December 21, 1879 – May 21, 1931) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an i ...

*William F. L. Orris *

Lawrence Pentland Lawrence Henry Pentland (April 6, 1879 – November 2, 1923) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Manitoba and died in Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the pro ...

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St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association

*J. W. Dowling *W. R. Gibson *

Hugh Grogan Hugh James Grogan (September 3, 1872 – July 6, 1950) was a Canadian-born American lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1 ...

*Philip Hess *

Tom Hunter Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Sports Division Tom set up his first business after graduating from the University of Strathclyde as he was, in his own words, "unemployab ...

Albert Lehman Albert Lehman was an American lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as ...

* William Murphy * William Partridge * George Passmore * William T. Passmore *W. J. Ross * Jack Sullivan *

Albert Venn Albert H. Venn (September 24, 1867 – August 2, 1908) was an American lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the ...

*A. M. Woods Source:

Mohawk Indians

Black Hawk Black Hawk and Blackhawk may refer to: Animals * Black Hawk (horse), a Morgan horse that lived from 1833 to 1856 * Common black hawk, ''Buteogallus anthracinus'' * Cuban black hawk, ''Buteogallus gundlachii'' * Great black hawk, ''Buteogallus ur ...

Black Eagle The black eagle (''Ictinaetus malaiensis'') is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus ''Ictinaetus''. They soar over forests in the hilly regions of tropical and subtropical South ...

Almighty Voice Competitor for Canada Almighty Voice, also known as Jacob Jamieson or Jimerson (February 19, 1873 - August 15, 1960), was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

* Flat Iron *

Spotted Tail Spotted Tail (Siŋté Glešká pronounced ''gleh-shka''; birth name T'at'aŋka Napsíca "Jumping Buffalo"Ingham (2013) uses 'c' to represent 'č'. ); born c. 1823 – died August 5, 1881) was a Brulé Lakota tribal chief. Although a great warr ...

* Half Moon *

Lightfoot Lightfoot may refer to: * Lightfoot (surname) * Lightfoot (lacrosse), Native American lacrosse player * Lightfoot, Virginia, an area of York County that is west of Williamsburg, VA * Operation Lightfoot, part of the Second Battle of El Alamein ...

Snake Eater Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints ...

* Red Jacket * Night Hawk * Man Afraid Soap *

Rain in Face Rain in Face (10 February 1885 – September 1968) was a Canadian lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the ind ...

“Man Afraid of Soap” was also known as Freeman Joseph Isaacs, the father of Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, Bill Isaacs. The English names of those players were Joe Crawford, Philip Jackson, Eli Warner, Amos Obediah, Thomas Will. Berman L. Snow, L. Bumbary, J. B. Eaver, Eli Martin, Sandy Turkey, Austin Bill, W. E. Martin, Jacob Jamieson, Eli Henry, Joe Clark, Frank Seneca, Charlie Johnon and Robert Lottridge.

References

External links

* * {{Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics 1904 Summer Olympics events 1904s

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

1904 in lacrosse Men's events at the 1904 Summer Olympics