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By Andrew Droid Webber

Updated 18 March 2023

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Artist	Unknown
Credit	Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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Desc	Lionel Conacher as a football player for the Toronto Crosse and Blackwell Chefs in 1933. (Note that the year given by the Canadian Football Hall of Fame is incorrect. The team was known as Crosse and Blackwell in 1933, and the Wrigley Aeromints in 1934.)
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Multi-sport athlete and politician

Lionel Conacher is ...

Dead

Born	24 May 1902 in Toronto
Died	26 May 1954 in Ottawa
Age	52 years
Cause	myocardial infarction

Sex or gender	male
Country of citizenship	Canada
Manner of death	natural causes
Occupation	boxer, ice hockey player, baseball player, lacrosse player, politician and player of Canadian football
Weight	194kg (427.7lbs)
Position held	Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament
Awards	Stanley Cup
Sport	baseball and ice hockey
Member of sports team	Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Maroons, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Argonauts and New York Americans
Shooting handedness	left

About Lionel Conacher

Lionel Conacher: The Ultimate Athlete-Politician

Lionel Conacher was a Canadian multi-sport athlete and politician who dominated the sports world in the 1920s and 1930s. Born on May 24, 1902, in Toronto, Conacher was a natural athlete who excelled in a variety of sports, including hockey, football, baseball, boxing, and lacrosse. He was known for his strength, speed, and agility, as well as his fierce competitiveness and never-say-die attitude.

Conacher's athletic career began in his teenage years when he played hockey for the Toronto Canoe Club. He quickly made a name for himself as a tough and skilled player, and in 1920, he joined the Toronto Aura Lee team, which won the Allan Cup that year. Conacher also played football for the Toronto Argonauts and the Montreal Concordes, and he was a star player in the Canadian Football League.

In addition to his success in team sports, Conacher was also a talented individual athlete. He won the Canadian heavyweight boxing championship in 1921 and was a skilled baseball player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Phillies. Conacher was also a dominant lacrosse player, leading the Toronto Minto team to three consecutive Mann Cup championships from 1927 to 1929.

Despite his impressive athletic achievements, Conacher was not content to rest on his laurels. In 1930, he entered politics and was elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly as a member of the Conservative Party. He served as a member of the provincial parliament until 1934, when he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party.

Conacher's political career was marked by his commitment to social justice and his advocacy for workers' rights. He was a strong supporter of labor unions and fought for better working conditions and wages for Canadian workers. Conacher was also a vocal opponent of fascism and Nazism and spoke out against the rise of totalitarianism in Europe.

Tragically, Conacher's life was cut short when he died of a heart attack on May 26, 1954, at the age of 52. However, his legacy as one of Canada's greatest athletes and most principled politicians lives on. In 1994, he was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2017, he was named one