Patrick Brennan (lacrosse)

Patrick Joseph Brennan, known as Paddy Brennan, was an Irish-born Canadian lacrosse player who won an Olympic gold medal with Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born on 29 July 1877 in Ireland, he was one of the leading amateur players with the Shamrock Lacrosse Club of Montreal and refused offers to turn professional, which kept him eligible for the 1908 Games, where he travelled with the Canadian squad and acted as a captain. Canada defeated Great Britain 14 to 10 in its only match. Brennan retired in 1909, returned to the Shamrocks in 1912, and later promoted the sport, coaching the professional Montreal Maroons in the early 1930s and managing them as well. He died in Montreal on 1 May 1961.