George Cattanach

George James Cattanach was a Canadian lacrosse player who won an Olympic gold medal with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Born in Alexandria, Ontario, on 25 July 1878, he was for many years a star of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club of Montreal, winning numerous national tournaments, and later played for the Shamrock club of Winnipeg. In 1904 he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, and signed with a local lacrosse team, yet he represented his Winnipeg club once more at that year's Summer Olympics and helped win gold for Canada. He also competed in track and field athletics and ran 100 yards in a personal best of 10.5 seconds. He spent the rest of his life in the United States and died in East Chicago, Indiana, on 29 January 1954.