George Campbell (lacrosse)

George Herrold Campbell, known as Doc Campbell, was a Canadian dentist, politician and lacrosse player who won an Olympic gold medal with Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born on 1 February 1878 in Orangeville, Ontario, he captained the University of Toronto team that won the 1902 World University Lacrosse Championship while studying dentistry, and he played for the Dufferin Lacrosse Club of Orangeville. At the 1908 Games Canada beat Great Britain 14 to 10 in its only match. He kept playing for about two more decades, served as mayor of Orangeville from 1914 to 1916 and later led both the Ontario and Canadian Dental Associations. He died in Orangeville on 4 November 1972, aged 94, reported to be the oldest practising dentist in Canada and its oldest living Olympic gold medalist.