Alexander Turnbull (lacrosse)

Alexander Thomas Turnbull, known as Dad Turnbull, was a Canadian lacrosse player who won the gold medal with Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stratford, Ontario, and died in Burnaby, British Columbia, on August 27, 1956; the sources disagree on his birth year, which is given as 1863 or 1872. He played his first senior matches in Toronto in 1884, turned out for teams in Toronto, Paris, Brockville and Perth, and moved to British Columbia in 1897, where he spent a long career with the New Westminster Salmonbellies in the home and outside home positions. He was praised for his clean living and for playing at an advanced age, and he made a comeback in 1918 at age 46 after broken ribs ended his run in 1909. He was a charter member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965 and entered the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame two years later.