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{{Short description|Lacrosse at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's lacrosse
|games = 1904 Summer
|image = 1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks Lacrosse.jpg
|caption = 1904 Olympics champions Shamrock Lacrosse Team
|venue = [[Francis Field (St. Louis)|Francis Field]]
|dates = July 5–7
|competitors = 39
|nations = 2
|longnames = yes
|gold = Shamrock Lacrosse Team
|goldNOC = CAN
|silver = St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
|silverNOC = USA
|bronze = Mohawk Indians
|bronzeNOC = CAN
|prev = 
|next = [[Lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]
}}
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. Three teams participated — two from [[Canada]] and one from the [[United States]]. One of the Canadian teams consisted entirely of [[Mohawk nation]] players.<ref name="mallon">{{cite book|last1=Mallon|first1=Bill|title=The 1904 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary|date=2009|publisher=McFarland & Co.|isbn=9781476621609|pages=165–167|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnkwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA165}}</ref> The victorious Shamrock Lacrosse Team is more commonly known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks.

A second American team, the Brooklyn Crescents, was entered but did not participate: they were scheduled to play a semi-final against the Shamrocks, but arrived too late and were disqualified.<ref name="summer1904">{{cite web|title=Lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/LAX/mens-lacrosse.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130604/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/LAX/mens-lacrosse.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|publisher=Sports Reference Olympics}}</ref><ref name=record>{{cite web|title=Lacrosse At The 1904 Summer Olympics: Correcting The Record|url=http://retrolax.com/2019/03/16/lacrosse-at-the-1904-summer-olympics-correcting-the-record/|publisher=RetroLax}}</ref>

==Medal table==
{| class=wikitable
! Position 
! Country 
|align=center bgcolor=gold| '''Gold''' 
|align=center bgcolor=silver| '''Silver''' 
|align=center bgcolor=cc9966| '''Bronze''' 
! Total
|- align=center
| 1 ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of Canada-1868-Red.svg|25px|Canada]] [[Canada at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Canada]] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|- align=center
| 2 ||align=left| [[Image:US 45 Star Flag.svg|25px|United States]] [[United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics|United States]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|}

==Medal summary==

{| class=wikitable
|align=center bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|align=center bgcolor=cc9966| '''Bronze'''
|-valign="top"
| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1904 Summer}}<br>[[Shamrock Lacrosse Team]]:<br>[[Élie Blanchard]]<br>[[William Brennaugh]]<br>[[George Bretz]]<br>[[William Burns (lacrosse)|William Burns]]<br>[[George Cattanach]]<br>[[George Cloutier]]<br>[[Sandy Cowan]]<br>[[Jack Flett]]<br>[[Benjamin Jamieson]]<br>[[Stuart Laidlaw]]<br>[[Hilliard Lyle]]<br>[[William F. L. Orris]]<br>[[Lawrence Pentland]]
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1904 Summer}}<br>[[St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association]]:<br>J. W. Dowling<br>W. R. Gibson<br>[[Hugh Grogan]]<br>[[Philip Hess]]<br>[[Tom Hunter (lacrosse)|Tom Hunter]]<br>[[Albert Lehman]]<br>[[William Murphy (lacrosse)|William Murphy]]<br>[[William Partridge (lacrosse)|William Partridge]]<br>[[George Passmore (lacrosse)|George Passmore]]<br>[[William T. Passmore]]<br>W. J. Ross<br>[[Jack Sullivan (lacrosse)|Jack Sullivan]]<br>[[Albert Venn]]<br>A. M. Woods
| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1904 Summer}}<br>[[Mohawk Indians]]:<br>[[Black Hawk (lacrosse)|Black Hawk]]<br>[[Black Eagle (lacrosse)|Black Eagle]]<br>[[Almighty Voice]]<br>[[Flat Iron]]<br>[[Spotted Tail (lacrosse)|Spotted Tail]]<br>[[Half Moon (lacrosse)|Half Moon]]<br>[[Lightfoot (lacrosse)|Lightfoot]]<br>[[Snake Eater (lacrosse)|Snake Eater]]<br>[[Red Jacket (lacrosse)|Red Jacket]]<br>[[Night Hawk (lacrosse)|Night Hawk]]<br>[[Man Afraid Soap]]<br>[[Rain in Face]]
|}

==Results==
{{4TeamBracket
|seeds = no
|RD1=Semifinal
|RD2=Final

|RD1-team1={{flagIOCteam|CAN|1904 Summer}} <br>'''Shamrock Lacrosse Team'''
|RD1-score1=[[Walkover|w/o]]{{efn|Brooklyn Crescents were disqualified after arriving too late for the match.}}
|RD1-team2={{flagIOCteam|USA|1904 Summer}} <br>Brooklyn Crescents
|RD1-score2=

|RD1-team3={{flagIOCteam|USA|1904 Summer}} <br>'''St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association'''
|RD1-score3=2{{efn|St. Louis advanced after a drawing of lots.}}
|RD1-team4={{flagIOCteam|CAN|1904 Summer}} <br>Mohawk Indians 
|RD1-score4=2

|RD2-team1={{flagIOCteam|CAN|1904 Summer}} <br>'''Shamrock Lacrosse Team'''
|RD2-score1=8
|RD2-team2={{flagIOCteam|USA|1904 Summer}} <br>St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
|RD2-score2=2
}}

{{notelist}}

==Rosters==

===Shamrock Lacrosse Team===
*[[Élie Blanchard]]
*[[William Brennaugh]]
*[[George Bretz]]
*[[William Burns (lacrosse)|William Burns]]
*[[George Cattanach]]
*[[George Cloutier]]
*[[Sandy Cowan]]
*[[Jack Flett]]
*[[Benjamin Jamieson]]
*[[Stuart Laidlaw]]
*[[Hilliard Lyle]]
*William F. L. Orris
*[[Lawrence Pentland]]

Sources:<ref name="mallon" /><ref>{{cite web |title=1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks |publisher=Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca/inductee.php?id=304}}</ref>

===St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association===
*J. W. Dowling
*W. R. Gibson
*[[Hugh Grogan]]
*[[Philip Hess]]
*[[Tom Hunter (lacrosse)|Tom Hunter]]
*[[Albert Lehman]]
*[[William Murphy (lacrosse)|William Murphy]]
*[[William Partridge (lacrosse)|William Partridge]]
*[[George Passmore (lacrosse)|George Passmore]]
*[[William T. Passmore]]
*W. J. Ross
*[[Jack Sullivan (lacrosse)|Jack Sullivan]]
*[[Albert Venn]]
*A. M. Woods
Source:<ref name="mallon" /><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXuBAAAAMAAJ&q=albert+lehman+lacrosse |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: sport … |author=Paul Yogi Mayer |date=October 8, 2008 |isbn=9780853035169 |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=325 |title=Lehman, Albert |publisher=Jewsinsports.org |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref>

===Mohawk Indians===
*[[Black Hawk (lacrosse)|Black Hawk]]
*[[Black Eagle (lacrosse)|Black Eagle]]
*[[Almighty Voice]]
*[[Flat Iron]]
*[[Spotted Tail (lacrosse)|Spotted Tail]]
*[[Half Moon (lacrosse)|Half Moon]]
*[[Lightfoot (lacrosse)|Lightfoot]]
*[[Snake Eater (lacrosse)|Snake Eater]]
*[[Red Jacket (lacrosse)|Red Jacket]]
*[[Night Hawk (lacrosse)|Night Hawk]]
*[[Man Afraid Soap]]
*[[Rain in Face]]<ref name="mallon"/>

"Man Afraid of Soap" was also known by the English alternative name Freeman Joseph Isaacs; he is the father of Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, [[Bill Isaacs]]. The English alternative names of the remaining players were Joe Crawford, Philip Jackson, Eli Warner, Amos Obediah, Thomas Will, Berman L. Snow, L. Bumbary, J. B. Eaver, Eli Martin, Sandy Turkey, Austin Bill, W. E. Martin, Jacob Jamieson, Eli Henry, Joe Clark, Frank Seneca, Charlie Johnon and Robert Lottridge.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://olympstats.com/2018/05/07/the-truth-behind-man-afraid-of-soap/|title =The truth behind "Man Afraid of Soap"|date =May 7, 2018|first =Hilary|last=Evans|publisher =Olympstats.com|quote=Up until now it was impossible to link these names to those recorded in Canadian records but a finding by the Swedish athletics historian Tomas Magnusson has changed all that.}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[World Lacrosse]]
*[[World Lacrosse Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|title=Lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/LAX/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050131/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/LAX/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|publisher=Sports Reference}}
*{{cite web|title=Lacrosse At The 1904 Summer Olympics: Correcting The Record|url=http://retrolax.com/2019/03/16/lacrosse-at-the-1904-summer-olympics-correcting-the-record/|publisher=by Steve Holroyd at RetroLax}}

{{Events at the 1904 Summer Olympics}}
{{Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics}}

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