Lacrosse at the 1904 Summer Olympics
The sport of field lacrosse was played at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which marked the first time that lacrosse had been featured at the Olympic Games. Three teams participated — two from Canada and one from the United States. One of the Canadian teams consisted entirely of Mohawk nation players.[1] The victorious Shamrock Lacrosse Team is more commonly known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks.
| Men's lacrosse at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 1904 Olympics champions Shamrock Lacrosse Team | ||||||||||
| Venue | Francis Field | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5–7 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 2 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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. [2][3]
Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Canada (CAN) Shamrock Lacrosse Team Élie Blanchard William Brennaugh George Bretz William Burns George Cattanach George Cloutier Sandy Cowan Jack Flett Benjamin Jamieson Hilliard Laidlaw Hilliard Lyle William F. L. Orris Lawrence Pentland |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States (USA)St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association J. W. Dowling W. R. Gibson Patrick Grogan Philip Hess Tom Hunter Albert Lehman William Murphy William Partridge George Passmore William T. Passmore W. J. Ross Jack Sullivan Albert Venn A. M. Woods |
Canada (CAN) Mohawk Indians Black Hawk Black Eagle Almighty Voice Flat Iron Spotted Tail Half Moon Lightfoot Snake Eater Red Jacket Night Hawk Man Afraid Soap Rain in Face |
Results
| Semifinal | Final | |||||||
| Canada (CAN) Shamrock Lacrosse Team |
8 | |||||||
| United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association |
2 | United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association |
2 | |||||
| Canada (CAN) Mohawk Indians |
0 | |||||||
Rosters
Shamrock Lacrosse Team
St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
Mohawk Indians
- Black Hawk
- Black Eagle
- Almighty Voice
- Flat Iron
- Spotted Tail
- Half Moon
- Lightfoot
- Snake Eater
- Red Jacket
- Night Hawk
- Man Afraid Soap
- Rain in Face[1]
“Man Afraid of Soap” was also known as Freeman Joseph Isaacs, the father of Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, Bill Isaacs.[7] 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.[8]
References
- Mallon, Bill (2009). The 1904 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Co. pp. 165–167. ISBN 9781476621609.
- "Lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference Olympics. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- "Lacrosse At The 1904 Summer Olympics: Correcting The Record". RetroLax.
- "1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
- Paul Yogi Mayer (October 8, 2008). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport …. ISBN 9780853035169. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- "Lehman, Albert". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- "Freeman Joseph Isaacs". Find a Grave. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- Evans, Hilary (May 7, 2018). "The truth behind "Man Afraid of Soap"". Olympstats.com.
Up until now it was impossible to link these names to those recorded in Canadian records but a finding by the Swedish athletics historian Tomas Magnusson has changed all that.
External links
- "Lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- "Lacrosse At The 1904 Summer Olympics: Correcting The Record". by Steve Holroyd at RetroLax.
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