Lionel Joseph Pretoria "Big Train" Conacher MP - Born May 24, 1900 in Ottawa, Ontario - Died May 26, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario was a Canadian ice Hockey defenceman / coach, lacrosse forward, baseball player, football player, wrestler, boxer and track and field.

Conacher played lacrosse as a youth growing up, later playing for Toronto Maitlands Club, helping them win the Ontario Lacrosse Association Senior Championship in 1922.
He played the inside home position.

Lionel Conacher played just 1 season of box lacrosse in International Professional Lacrosse League for the Montreal Maroons Lacrosse Team in 1931. He led the league in scoring with 107 points.

The International Professional Lacrosse League lasted for about a 1 1/2 seasons before it failed. It was put together by Hockey team owners. It had 4 teams - Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Cornwall Colts.

Lionel Conacher was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965. Field Player - Charter Class

Lionel Conacher was named Canada's male athlete of the half-century in 1950 and received votes for the best lacrosse player of the half-century.

Lionel Conacher was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.
Lionel Conacher was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
Lionel Conacher was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994.
Lionel Conacher was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

The Canadian Press gives the Lionel Conacher Award to its male athlete of the year.

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Conacher won The Grey Cup and The Stanley Cup (2 times).