John Charles Broderick (June 5, 1877 – July 12, 1957) was a

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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 early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

player who competed in the

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. He was part of the Canadian team which won the gold medal. He was the son of John (Sr.) and Johanna Broderick, née Flannigan. He never married. He is buried in St. Columban's Cemetery in Cornwall, Ontario and was inducted into the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.

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Jack Broderick's profile at Sports Reference.comJack Broderick at the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame
1877 births 1957 deaths Canadian lacrosse players Olympic lacrosse players for Canada Lacrosse players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub