Francis John Shaughnessy Jr. (June 21, 1911 – June 12, 1982) was a

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athlete. In

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, he was a member of the American team which won the bronze medal in the

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. He was the son of

Frank Shaughnessy Francis Joseph "Shag" Shaughnessy (April 8, 1883 – May 15, 1969) was an American athlete and sports executive. Shaughnessy played both baseball and American football, football and was an executive in baseball, football and ice hockey. He wa ...

, also an athlete and sports official.

Sporting career

He was born in

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and raised in

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. In Montreal, Shaughnessy was an all-star halfback for the

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football team and was also a player on the ice hockey team. Shaughnessy held dual American and Canadian citizenship and he joined the American team for the 1936 Olympics. Shaughnessy was active in the Canadian Olympic Association, serving as chef de mission at five Olympic Winter Games and was vice president of the COA from 1957 through 1975. Shaughnessy later was one of the organizers of the

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in Montreal. Shaughnessy was also an administrator in the Canadian Ski Association and the Canadian and Quebec Golf Associations. Shaughnessy died in 1982 in Montreal.

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* * 1911 births 1982 deaths American men's ice hockey defensemen Anglophone Quebec people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Virginia Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics McGill Redbirds football players McGill Redbirds and Martlets ice hockey players Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey Players of Canadian football from Quebec Sportspeople from Roanoke, Virginia American emigrants to Canada 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub