Gus Dillon

Augustus Frederick Dillon, known as Gus Dillon, was a Canadian lacrosse player who won an Olympic gold medal with Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born in Montreal, Quebec, on 17 April 1883, he took up lacrosse in the 1900s and played for the Shamrock Lacrosse Club of Montreal, which led to his selection for the Canadian team that went to London in 1908. Canada won its only match, against Great Britain, by 14 goals to 10, and Dillon received the gold medal. He remained active in lacrosse for several more years and retired from competition in 1911. He died in Montreal on 19 September 1952, aged 69. Olympedia notes that his name was long given as Angus Dillon, but his obituary and contemporary Montreal newspapers do not support that form.