Lionel Conacher (Relative of Cory)

[KevinRedkey]

I stumbled upon this wiki page so I thought I'd post this simply because it's ridiculous and related to Cory Conacher. He's like the original Dos Equis guy... The Chuck Norris of sports

I summarized some of his achievements:

Voted as the Country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century
Voted as the Country's top Football player of the first half of the 20th century
Member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts.
Member of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team that won the International League championship in 1926.
Memorial Cup winner in 1920
Stanley Cup winner with Chicago Black Hawks in 1934
Stanley Cup winner with Montreal Maroons in 1935.
Wrestling Champion (While being in the NHL)
Boxing Champion (While being in the NHL)
Lacross Champion (While being in the NHL)
He and Carl Voss are the only players to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.
Retired as an athlete in 1937 to enter politics.
Won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1937,
Won a seat in the House of Commons in 1949.
Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario
Chairman of the Ontario Athletic Commission.
Director of recreation and entertainment for the Royal Canadian Air Force
Member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
Member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994.
The Canadian Press also gives the Lionel Conacher Award to its male athlete of the year
He famously hit a triple to win the Toronto city baseball championship, then rushed to the other side of the city to find his lacrosse team trailing 3–0 in the Ontario provincial final. He scored four goals and an assist to lead team to a comeback victory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Conacher

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[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I'm impressed.

 

[cyris]

Talented family in general.
Lionel's brother Charlie lead the league in goals 5 times over 6 years and in overall scoring twice. And he has a minor NHL trophy named after him.

Lionel's other brother Roy won the art ross trophy and is in the hall of fame.
Lionel's son Brian won a cup with the Leafs in the 60's and was an Olympian.
His other son Lionel jr played in the CFL and his nephew played in the NHL too.

 

[pepty]

Lionel Big Train Conacher.

Cory Little Train Conacher.