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Lionel Conacher (1901–1954), multi-sport athlete (voted male athlete of the first half of the century) Maurice Richard (1921–2000), ice hockey player; Donovan Bailey (born 1967), track-and-field; Ferguson Jenkins (born 1943), baseball player; Mario Lemieux (born 1965), ice hockey player; Larry Walker (born 1966), baseball player
The following is a list of Canadian sports personalities ... Howie Morenz, voted top athlete of the first half of the 20th century; Bill Mosienko (1921–1994), ...
Pages in category "20th-century Canadian sportsmen" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,305 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lionel Pretoria Conacher MP (/ ˈ k ɒ n ə k ər / KON-ə-kər; May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954), 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.
20th-century Canadian sportswomen (1,310 P) P. 20th-century Canadian professional wrestlers (1 C, 140 P) This page was last edited on 1 May 2024, at 01:20 ...
a Denotes athlete also won the Northern Star Award as Canadian athlete of the year. [ 88 ] b According to the Canadian Press, the award was discontinued between 1942 and 1945 because "sports writers decided athletes cannot rate as heroes while young Canadian pilots, paratroopers and corvette gunners fought for freedom in the shadow of death".
Athlete: Named best Canadian male golfer of the century [86] 1975: Ernie Cox: Football: Athlete: 3-time Grey Cup champion (1928, 1929, 1932) with the Hamilton Tiger Cats [87] 1971: Eric Coy: Athletics: Athlete: Captain of the Canadian track and field team at the 1948 Olympics; 1938 Canadian champion of javelin and shot put [88] 1975: Ross Craig ...
The history of Canadian sports falls into five stages of development: early recreational activities before 1840; the start of organized competition, 1840–1880; the emergence of national organizations, 1882–1914; the rapid growth of both amateur and professional sports, 1914 to 1960; and developments of the last half-century. [1]