08-12-2008, 03:15 PM
OLYMPIC TRIVIA
Worst-named entrant ever?
The events in the 1904 Olympics, held in St Louis USA, included the sport of Lacrosse which -- as I expect most, if not all of you, already know -- was based on one that had been played amongst some of the Native American peoples.
The team that Canada sent to this event was actually drawn entirely from the Mohawk tribe, and most of its members had what one might consider to be stereotypical "Red Indian" ['heroic] names... 'Black Eagle', 'Black Hawk', 'Snake-Eater', and so on...
but then they also included a player who was known as 'Man Afraid Soap' !
Pity his poor team-mates...
Worst-named entrant ever?
The events in the 1904 Olympics, held in St Louis USA, included the sport of Lacrosse which -- as I expect most, if not all of you, already know -- was based on one that had been played amongst some of the Native American peoples.
The team that Canada sent to this event was actually drawn entirely from the Mohawk tribe, and most of its members had what one might consider to be stereotypical "Red Indian" ['heroic] names... 'Black Eagle', 'Black Hawk', 'Snake-Eater', and so on...
but then they also included a player who was known as 'Man Afraid Soap' !
Pity his poor team-mates...