Lacrosse is a stick-and-ball team sport in which players use a long-handled stick with a webbed pocket to catch, carry and pass a ball with the aim of shooting it into an opposing goal. The sport originated among Indigenous peoples of North America, who played early forms of the game for centuries before French colonists documented and later adapted it into an organized amateur sport in the 19th century. It is governed internationally by World Lacrosse and, after appearing at the Olympics in the early 20th century, is set to return to the Olympic program at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
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It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century.
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Introduction, origins
It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century.
Governance, international body
The modern sport is governed by World Lacrosse and is the only international sport organization to recognize First Nations bands and Native American tribes as sovereign nations.
History section, Beers and Montreal club
In 1856, William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, founded the Montreal Lacrosse Club.
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Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball
Olympic Games section
The International Olympic Committee granted provisional status to World Lacrosse in 2018. In August 2022, it was announced that nine sports had made the shortlist to be included in the games, among them lacrosse, with presentations expected to be made later that month. In October 2023, the LA28 Organizing Committee announced that it had recommended lacrosse as one of five sports that may be added to the program for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Associated With: Ice Hockey, Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse is played by teams of five runners plus a goalie on an ice hockey rink
Associated With: Field Hockey, History, Etymology
The name seems to be originated from the French term for field hockey
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The sport of field lacrosse was played at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which marked the first time that lacrosse had been featured at the Olympic Games.
Wikipedia: Lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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A field lacrosse game was played between Canada and Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Oren Lyons (Wikipedia)
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A highly recognized college lacrosse player at Syracuse University during his undergraduate years
Pat Spencer (Wikipedia)
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He played college lacrosse for the Loyola Greyhounds
William George Beers (Wikipedia)
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As a teenager in 1856 he was a member of the Montreal Lacrosse Club.
Lionel Conacher (Wikipedia)
Played By: Lionel Conacher, LeadQuote, Played By: Lionel Conacher, Lead
he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career
Vic Richardson (Wikipedia)
Played By: Vic Richardson, LeadQuote, Played By: Vic Richardson, Lead
also being a leading local player in lacrosse, basketball and swimming
Newsy Lalonde (Wikipedia)
Played By: Newsy Lalonde, LeadQuote, Played By: Newsy Lalonde, Lead
and a professional lacrosse player
Tommy Gorman (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tommy Gorman, LeadQuote, Played By: Tommy Gorman, Lead
an Olympic gold medal-winning lacrosse player for Canada
Garrett Burnett (Wikipedia)
Played By: Garrett Burnett, LeadQuote, Played By: Garrett Burnett, Lead
Burnett also tried his hand at lacrosse, signing with the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) in 2006
Joe Nieuwendyk (Wikipedia)
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An accomplished box lacrosse player
Clarence McKerrow (Wikipedia)
Played By: Clarence McKerrow, LeadQuote, Played By: Clarence McKerrow, Lead
McKerrow competed in lacrosse for Canada in the 1908 Summer Olympics
Bruce Arena (Wikipedia)
Played By: Bruce Arena, LeadQuote, Played By: Bruce Arena, Lead
Arena then signed to play professional lacrosse for the Montreal Quebecois
Cyclone Taylor (Wikipedia)
Played By: Cyclone Taylor, LeadQuote, Played By: Cyclone Taylor, Lead
Taylor enjoyed sports other than hockey and played lacrosse during the summers of his hockey career.
Kenneth Moore (ice hockey) (Wikipedia)
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Moore played hockey, baseball, lacrosse, rugby, basketball, speed skating, and cycling
Gary Roberts (ice hockey) (Wikipedia)
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Roberts played Junior A lacrosse with the Whitby Warriors in the mid-1980s, with whom he won a Minto Cup, the Canadian junior championship.
Rick Dudley (Wikipedia)
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He also played for the 1974 Rochester Golden Griffins of the National Lacrosse League in the off season
Norm Baker (Wikipedia)
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was a Canadian professional basketball and lacrosse player
Richard Louis Duckett (Wikipedia)
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Representing Canada as a member of the Montreal Nationals Lacrosse Club
Henry Hoobin (Wikipedia)
Played By: Henry Hoobin, LeadQuote, Played By: Henry Hoobin, Lead
was a Canadian lacrosse player
Mike McLenaghen (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mike McLenaghen, LeadQuote, Played By: Mike McLenaghen, Lead
McLenaghen also excelled at lacrosse as a teenager, participating in the Canadian national championship Minto Cup.
Hilliard Lyle (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hilliard Lyle, LeadQuote, Played By: Hilliard Lyle, Lead
was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics
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