Winnipeg Falcons

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Picture of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken enroute to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)
Picture of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken enroute to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)

The Winnipeg Falcons was a hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was founded in 1911 by players of Icelandic descent who were not able to play on other Winnipeg teams due to racial prejudice. In their first season, 1911-1912, they finished at the bottom of their league.

In the 1919-1920 season, the Falcons won the Allan Cup. The team went on to play in the 1920 Winter Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was there that the team won the first Olympic Gold Medal in ice hockey.

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