Robert George Lane (January 15, 1882 – November 20, 1940) was a
Canadian
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amateur
soccer
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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 international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...
. He was born in
Galt, Ontario
Galt is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario on the Grand River. Prior to 1973, it was an independent city, incorporated in 1915, but amalgamation with the town of Hespeler, Ontario, the to ...
and died in
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
. In 1904 he was a member of the
Galt F.C.
Galt Football Club was a soccer club based in Galt, Ontario, current day Cambridge, Ontario. It was formed in either 1881 or 1882. Galt won the 1901, 1902, and 1903 Ontario Cups, and most notably the 1904 Olympic soccer tournament.
History
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team, which won the gold medal in the soccer tournament. He played both matches as a midfielder.
References
External links
Robert Lane's profile at Sports Reference.com
1882 births
1940 deaths
Canadian men's soccer players
English emigrants to Canada
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Olympic soccer players for Canada
Soccer people from Ontario
Sportspeople from Cambridge, Ontario
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
20th-century Canadian people
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