Night Hawk (lacrosse player)

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Night Hawk (lacrosse player)
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Night Hawk (life dates unknown) was a lacrosse player . At the 1904 Summer Olympics in the US St. Louis MO , he won together with Black Hawk , Black Eagle , Almighty Voice , Flatiron , Spotted Tail , Half Moon , Lightfoot , Snake Eater , Red Jacket , Man Afraid Soap and Rain in Face the bronze medal in the first lacrosse competition of the Olympic Games.

life and career

Night Hawk - 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 Third Home 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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