Lawrence McCormick
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Lawrence "Larry" James McCormick (born July 12, 1890, date of death unknown) was a Canadian
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...

 ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. He was born in Buckingham, Quebec
Buckingham, Quebec
Buckingham was a city located in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec. Since January 1, 2002, it has been part of the amalgamated city of Gatineau which merged five former municipalities, including Masson-Angers, Buckingham, Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau, into a single entity...

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He was a forward in the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. In spite of the national obstacle, he was nevertheless allowed to play for the United States in the Olympic Games.

He was the older brother of Joseph McCormick
Joseph McCormick (ice hockey)
Joseph Wallace "Joe" McCormick was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buckingham, Quebec....

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