Élie Blanchard

Joseph Élie Blanchard, known as Élie Blanchard, was a Canadian lacrosse player and civil engineer who won an Olympic gold medal with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Born in Montreal on 3 August 1881, he played only briefly for the Shamrocks and returned to Montreal after the Games. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1902, worked as an engineer in Manitoba in 1904 and in 1905 became chief engineer for the city of Saint Henri. After that city was annexed to Montreal he stayed in the public works service, took charge of the roads and sewer division in 1915, became superintendent of the roads department in 1918 and in 1930 Chief Engineer and Director of Public Works. He died in Montreal on 12 December 1941.