George Lyon (golfer)
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George Seymour Lyon (27 July 1858, Richmond, Ontario – May 11, 1938, Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian golfer. He won the gold medal in golf in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1955, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1971, he was inducted into the Royal Canadian Golf Association's Hall of Fame.
[edit] External links
- George Seymour Lyon at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Royal Canadian Golf Association Hall of Fame profile
Categories: Canadian sportspeople stubs | Golf biography stubs | Canadian golfers | Olympic gold medalists for Canada | Canada's Sports Hall of Fame | Canadian athletes at the 1904 Summer Olympics | Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics | Ontario sportspeople | People from Ottawa | 1858 births | 1938 deaths