Lacrosse at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Teams from Canada and the United States played three games, with the American team winning the series 2 games to 1. Games were played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (the main Olympic Stadium for these Games) in front of large crowds of about 75,000 people.

Contents 1 Results 2 Teams 2.1 Canada 2.2 United States 3 Source

[edit] Results

Team	GP	W	L
United States	3	2	1
Canada	3	1	2

7 Aug	United States	5:3	Canada
9 Aug	Canada	5:4	United States
12 Aug	United States	7:4	Canada

[edit] Teams

[edit] Canada

The Canadian team was an "all-star" team.

Henry Baker Joseph Bergin Richard Buckingham Kenneth Calbeck W. Fraser J. Frasir Norman Gair Stuart Gifford William Harrison F. A. Hawkins

Rowland Mercer Bernard McEvoy John McQuarrie Yvan Paquin Anthony Pelletier Matthew Rohmer Norman Russell Bryce Spring H. D. Wallace J. A. Worthy

[edit] United States

The team from Johns Hopkins University represented the United States.

Francis Beeler Walter Kneip Douglas Stone Joseph Darrell Millard Lang Fritz Stude Lorne Guild Marshall McDorman James W. Ives

James Merriken Caleb Kelly George Packard Donaldson Kelly Peter W. Reynolds William Triplett John Turnbull Church Yearley William Weitzel

[edit] Source

• 1932 Los Angeles Official Report (digitized copy online)

Events at the 1932 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles)
American football (demostration) • Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demostration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics
1904 • 1908 • 1912–1924 • 1928 (demonstration) • 1932 (demonstration) • 1936 • 1948 (demonstration) See also: List of Olympic medalists in lacrosse