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Montreal Lacrosse Club, 1867. The Montreal Lacrosse Club was a lacrosse club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The club is notable in the history of lacrosse as it was responsible for establishing the first set of written rules of the game. [1] The club was established in 1856 by the Montreal dentist, Dr. William George Beers. One of Dr. Beers ...
The Montreal Express was a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 2002 season. They played at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec. They were inactive during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. The team remained inactive and the franchise was returned to the NLL after the 2004 season.
In 1856, the Montreal lacrosse club was established; by the mid-1860s there were active teams in eastern Ontario. The National Lacrosse Association was formed in 1875; in 1880 the league became the National Amateur Lacrosse Association. [6] By the 1880s the organized sport was found nationwide, and had become a popular spectator sport.
Ottawa Lacrosse Club: Ottawa: Ontario: Canada: Canadian Lacrosse Association: defunct, reformed in 1980s: 1856 [3] Montreal Lacrosse Club: Montreal: Quebec: Canada: Canadian Lacrosse Association: defunct, new club formed in 2006: 1867: Upper Canada College: Toronto: Ontario: Canada: Canadian Lacrosse Association: oldest high school lacrosse ...
William Beers was involved with lacrosse from a young age. As a teenager in 1856 he was a member of the Montreal Lacrosse Club. He was selected at the age of 17 to be a goalkeeper for a Montreal exhibition team that played a match before the Prince of Wales. In 1860, Beers began to codify the first written rules of the modern game.
The Shamrocks were founded on December 15, 1886, at a meeting of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club to organize an ice hockey club. [1] The Shamrock Lacrosse Club of Montreal predated the hockey team by twenty years, founded in 1867 by J. B. L. Flynn. [2] Both teams were under the umbrella name of the Shamrock Amateur Athletic Association of Montreal. [3]
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Ernest Samuel Hamilton (April 17, 1883 – December 19, 1964) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Canadian team, which won the gold medal. He was the father of politician William McLean Hamilton. [1] On a club level, Hamilton represented the Montreal Lacrosse Club.