Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Lionel Conacher (b. May 24, 1900 d. May 26, 1954)
, nicknamed "The Big Train", was Canada's
all-around athlete in the 1920s excelling in
Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball,
boxing and wrestling, and later playing a
significant role in Canadian politics.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he played for the
Toronto Argonauts, and was part of the 1921 Grey
Cup winning team from 1921-1922.  From 1925 to
1937, he played for the National Hockey League on
the Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)|Pittsburgh Pirates,
New York Americans, Chicago Blackhawks, and
Montreal Maroons.

He was a Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Member of
Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the Toronto riding
of Bracondale, from October 6, 1937 until June 30,
1943.  He was elected in Canadian federal
election, 1949|1949 as a Liberal Party of
Canada|Liberal Canadian House of Commons|Member of
Parliament in the Toronto riding of Trinity
(electoral district)|Trinity and re-elected in
Canadian federal election, 1953|1953.

He is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
(1955), the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1955),
the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (1966), and
Hockey Hall of Fame (1994).


==External link==
*
http://www.argonauts.ca/Argos/History/HallOfFame/L
ionel_Conacher.html Argonauts Hall of Famers