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 extensiv ...
was a
demonstration sport at the
1932 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles
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. Teams from
Canada
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and the
United States
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played three games, with the team from the United States winning the series 2 games to 1. Games were played in the new
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of large crowds.
Canada was represented by an all-star team, while the United States was represented by the
Johns Hopkins lacrosse team, coached by
Ray Van Orman.
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The first game on Sunday, August 7 was played on the same day as the marathon, which finished in the Coliseum. The United States won 5-3 in front of 75,000 people. Canada won the second game 5-4 with a last second goal. The deciding game was won by the United States 7-4.
Results
Teams
Canada
*Henry Baker
*Joseph Bergin
*Richard Buckingham
*Kenneth Calbeck
*W. Fraser
*J. Frasir
*Norman Gair
*Stuart Gifford
*William Harrison
*F. A. Hawkins
*Rowland Mercer
*Bernard McEvoy
*John McQuarrie
*Yvan Paquin
*Anthony Pelletier
*Matthew Rohmer
*Norman Russell
*Bryce Spring
*H. D. Wallace
*J. A. Worthy
United States
*Francis Beeler
*Walter Kneip, Jr.
*Douglas Stone
*Joseph Darrell
*
Millard Lang
*Fritz Stude
*Lorne Guild
*Marshall McDorman
*James W. Ives
*James Merriken
*Caleb Kelly
*George Packard
*Donaldson Kelly
*
Peter W. Reynolds
*William Triplett
*
Jack Turnbull
*Church Yearley
*William Weitzel
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See also
*
Federation of International Lacrosse
*
World Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years.
The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as ...
References
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Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...
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1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...
1932 in lacrosse
Men's events at the 1932 Summer Olympics