Lightfoot (lacrosse player)
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Lightfoot (life dates unknown) was a lacrosse player . At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis MO , USA , he won together with Black Hawk , Black Eagle , Almighty Voice , Flat Iron , Spotted Tail , Half Moon , Snake Eater , Red Jacket , Night Hawk , Man Afraid Soap and Rain in Face die Bronze medal in the first lacrosse competition of the Olympic Games.
life and career
Lightfoot - like his teammates from the Brantford area and probably a Mohawk , but possibly a member of another Iroquois tribe - competed with the Mohawk Indians of Canada at the Olympic Games as the second Canadian team alongside the Winnipeg Shamrocks . The center could not prevent a defeat in the only game against the team of the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association and won the bronze medal in the end.
literature
- Bill Mallon: The 1904 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Company, Jefferson NC 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-4066-5 , pp. 165-167 ( online ).
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| SURNAME | Lightfoot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian lacrosse player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1890 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after July 1904 |