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About Lionel Conacher
Lionel Pretoria Conacher, nicknamed "the Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was Canadian football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. He was also a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team that won the International League championship in 1926. In hockey, he won the Memorial Cup in 1920, and the Stanley Cup twice: with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1934 and the Montreal Maroons in 1935. Additionally, he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career. He is one of three players, including Joe Miller and Carl Voss, to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.
Everything about Lionel Conacher →- Occupation
- boxer, ice hockey player, baseball player, lacrosse player
- Position held
- member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Born
- May 24, 1902, May 24, 1900
- Died
- May 26, 1954