The sport of field lacrosse was played at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which marked the first time that lacrosse had been featured at the Olympic Games. Three teams participated — two from Canada and one from the United States. One of the Canadian teams consisted entirely of Mohawk nation players.[1] The victorious Shamrock Lacrosse Team is more commonly known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks.
| Men's lacrosse at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
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1904 Olympics champions Shamrock Lacrosse Team
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| Venue | Francis Field | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5–7 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 2 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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1908 → | ||||||||||
A second American team, the Brooklyn Crescents, was entered but did not participate: they were scheduled to play a semi-final against the Shamrocks, but arrived too late and were disqualified.[2][3]
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  United States |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||
 Canada (CAN) Shamrock Lacrosse Team | w/o1 | ||||||
 United States (USA) Brooklyn Crescents | |||||||
| Canada (CAN) Shamrock Lacrosse Team | 8 | ||||||
| United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association | 2 | ||||||
| United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association | 22 | ||||||
| Canada (CAN) Mohawk Indians | 2 | ||||||
1 Brooklyn Crescents were disqualified after arriving too late for the match.
2 St. Louis advanced after a drawing of lots.
"Man Afraid of Soap" was also known as Freeman Joseph Isaacs, the father of Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, Bill Isaacs. The English names of those players were Joe Crawford, Philip Jackson, Eli Warner, Amos Obediah, Thomas Will. Berman L. Snow, L. Bumbary, J. B. Eaver, Eli Martin, Sandy Turkey, Austin Bill, W. E. Martin, Jacob Jamieson, Eli Henry, Joe Clark, Frank Seneca, Charlie Johnon and Robert Lottridge.[7]
Up until now it was impossible to link these names to those recorded in Canadian records but a finding by the Swedish athletics historian Tomas Magnusson has changed all that.
