Jack Flett
Encyclopedia
John "Jack" Flett was a Canadian
lacrosse
player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics
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He was born in Kildonan, Manitoba
and died in West Vancouver, British Columbia
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In 1904 he was member of the Shamrock Lacrosse Team which won the gold medal in the lacrosse tournament.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...
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He was born in Kildonan, Manitoba
Kildonan (Manitoba electoral district)
Kildonan is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The boundaries for the riding maintained their location through the 2008 redistribution.-Kildonan riding :...
and died in West Vancouver, British Columbia
West Vancouver, British Columbia
West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the municipality is northwest of the city of Vancouver on the northern side of English Bay and the...
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In 1904 he was member of the Shamrock Lacrosse Team which won the gold medal in the lacrosse tournament.