Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 Quebecois was a team part of the original National Lacrosse League. They played their home games at the Montreal Forum. Investors included NHL player John Ferguson Sr. and Nelson Stoll. [1] The roster included Major League Soccer coach Bruce Arena.
This page was last edited on 18 November 2024, at 12:33 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
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 ...
There are also a few club leagues for field lacrosse in the Fédération de crosse du Québec . Many lacrosse programs in the FCQ only start in high school. Approximately 20 high schools, 5 colleges, and 10 universities register field lacrosse teams with the Fédération.
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.
Lacrosse was played by First Nations in Canada before the arrival of European colonists. The first documented description of the game was in 1637. The game was called baggataway and tewaarathon, which was played by two teams with 100 to 1,000 men each on a field that stretched from about 500 m (1,600 ft) to 3 km (1.9 mi) long.
English-speaking people from Montreal noticed Mohawk people playing the game and started playing themselves in the 1830s. [24] In 1856, William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, founded the Montreal Lacrosse Club. [27] In 1860, Beers codified the game, shortening the length of each game and reducing the number of players to 12 per team.