Lionel Pretoria Conacher (May 24, 1900 - May 26, 1954), nicknamed The Big Train, was Canada's top all-around athlete in the 1920s, excelling in Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, boxing and wrestling. He later became a politician and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Conacher played for the Toronto Argonauts, and was part of the 1921 Grey Cup winning team. Wikipedia
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Lionel Conacher was born on May 24, 1901 in Toronto, Ontario and passed away on May 26, 1954. www.argonauts.ca/Argos/History/HallOfFame/Lionel_Conacher...
Lionel Pretoria "Big Train" Conacher Birth: May 24, 1900 Death: May 26, 1954 Hall of Fame Professional Hockey Player. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10462
Lionel Pretoria "Big Train" Conacher Birth: May 24, 1900 Death: May 26, 1954 Hall of Fame Professional Hockey Player. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10462
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Lionel Conacher was born on May 24, 1901 in Toronto, Ontario and passed away on May 26, 1954. Lionel Conacher excelled at every sport he competed in, on National and International levels. His accomplishments are almost too numerous to list and his achie www.canoe.ca/Argos/History/HallOfFame/Lionel_Conacher.html
If you didn't hear about Lionel Conacher 's career from a reliable source, you'd swear it was too fantastic to be true. With apologies to Gene Kiniski and Iron Mike Sharpe , it is Conacher who was really "Canada's Greatest Athlete." He was a charter ind www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/conacher.htm
One of ten children of a Toronto teamster, Lionel quit school after Grade 8 to help support his family. He soon realized that sports offered a way - maybe the only way - out of poverty. With characteristic drive, he pursued athletic success. At sixteen www.histori.ca/sports/conach.html