Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Lionel_Conacher> ?p ?o. }
- Lionel_Conacher abstract "Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP (/ˈkɒnəkər/; May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954), nicknamed "The Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. He was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team that won the International League championship in 1926. In hockey, he won a Memorial Cup in 1920, and the Stanley Cup twice: with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1934 and the Montreal Maroons in 1935. Additionally, he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career. He and Carl Voss are the only players to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.Conacher retired as an athlete in 1937 to enter politics. He won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1937, and in 1949 won a seat in the House of Commons. Many of his political positions revolved around sports. He worked to eliminate corruption in boxing while serving as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario, also serving as the chairman of the Ontario Athletic Commission. Additionally, he served a term as director of recreation and entertainment for the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was also on the sporting pitch that Conacher died: He suffered a heart attack during a softball game in 1954.Numerous organizations have honoured Conacher's career. In addition to being named Canada's athlete of the half-century, he was named the country's top football player over the same period. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1964, the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994. Additionally, the Canadian Press gives the Lionel Conacher Award to its male athlete of the year.".
- Lionel_Conacher birthDate "1900-05-24".
- Lionel_Conacher birthPlace Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher birthPlace Toronto.
- Lionel_Conacher birthYear "1900".
- Lionel_Conacher country Canada.
- Lionel_Conacher deathDate "1954-05-26".
- Lionel_Conacher deathPlace Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher deathPlace Ottawa.
- Lionel_Conacher deathYear "1954".
- Lionel_Conacher militaryBranch Royal_Canadian_Air_Force.
- Lionel_Conacher nationality Canada.
- Lionel_Conacher office "Member of Parliament".
- Lionel_Conacher office "Member of Provincial Parliament".
- Lionel_Conacher party Ontario_Liberal_Party.
- Lionel_Conacher region Bracondale.
- Lionel_Conacher region Trinity_(electoral_district).
- Lionel_Conacher serviceEndYear "1943".
- Lionel_Conacher serviceStartYear "1942".
- Lionel_Conacher successor Donald_Carrick.
- Lionel_Conacher successor Rae_Luckock.
- Lionel_Conacher termPeriod Lionel_Conacher__1.
- Lionel_Conacher termPeriod Lionel_Conacher__2.
- Lionel_Conacher thumbnail Lionel_Conacher_crosse.jpg?width=300.
- Lionel_Conacher viafId "139973510".
- Lionel_Conacher wikiPageExternalLink ?id=N8dQ11uQxrQC.
- Lionel_Conacher wikiPageExternalLink conacher-eng.html.
- Lionel_Conacher wikiPageExternalLink lionel-conacher.
- Lionel_Conacher wikiPageID "1103472".
- Lionel_Conacher wikiPageRevisionID "603099604".
- Lionel_Conacher after Harold_Cotton_(ice_hockey).
- Lionel_Conacher after Stewart_Evans_(ice_hockey).
- Lionel_Conacher allegiance "Canada".
- Lionel_Conacher awards "Canadian athlete of the half-century".
- Lionel_Conacher before Hooley_Smith.
- Lionel_Conacher before "None".
- Lionel_Conacher birthDate "1900-05-24".
- Lionel_Conacher birthPlace Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher birthPlace Toronto.
- Lionel_Conacher branch Royal_Canadian_Air_Force.
- Lionel_Conacher constituency Bracondale.
- Lionel_Conacher constituency Trinity_(electoral_district).
- Lionel_Conacher dateOfBirth "1900-05-24".
- Lionel_Conacher dateOfDeath "1954-05-26".
- Lionel_Conacher deathDate "1954-05-26".
- Lionel_Conacher deathPlace "Ottawa, Ontario".
- Lionel_Conacher hasPhotoCollection Lionel_Conacher.
- Lionel_Conacher imageSize "225".
- Lionel_Conacher name "Conacher, Lionel Pretoria".
- Lionel_Conacher name "Lionel Conacher".
- Lionel_Conacher nationality Canada.
- Lionel_Conacher nickname "Big Train".
- Lionel_Conacher occupation "Professional Athlete".
- Lionel_Conacher office Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario).
- Lionel_Conacher office Member_of_parliament.
- Lionel_Conacher party Ontario_Liberal_Party.
- Lionel_Conacher placeOfBirth Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher placeOfBirth Toronto.
- Lionel_Conacher placeOfDeath Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher placeOfDeath Ottawa.
- Lionel_Conacher predecessor Arthur_Russell_Nesbitt.
- Lionel_Conacher predecessor Larry_Skey.
- Lionel_Conacher rank "Honorary Squadron Leader".
- Lionel_Conacher serviceyears "1942".
- Lionel_Conacher shortDescription "Multi-sport athlete and politician".
- Lionel_Conacher successor Donald_Carrick.
- Lionel_Conacher successor Rae_Luckock.
- Lionel_Conacher termEnd "1943".
- Lionel_Conacher termEnd "1954".
- Lionel_Conacher termStart "1937".
- Lionel_Conacher termStart "1949".
- Lionel_Conacher title Montreal_Maroons.
- Lionel_Conacher title Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL).
- Lionel_Conacher years "1925".
- Lionel_Conacher years "1936".
- Lionel_Conacher description "Multi-sport athlete and politician".
- Lionel_Conacher description "Multi-sport athlete and politician".
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:1900_births.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:1954_deaths.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Baseball_people_from_Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canada's_Sports_Hall_of_Fame_inductees.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_Lacrosse_Hall_of_Fame_inductees.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_baseball_players.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_boxers.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_football_punters.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_football_running_backs.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_ice_hockey_defencemen.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_lacrosse_players.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_people_of_Scottish_descent.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_sport_wrestlers.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Canadian_sportsperson–politicians.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Chicago_Blackhawks_players.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Deaths_from_myocardial_infarction.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Duquesne_Dukes_football_players.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Grey_Cup_champions.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_inductees.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Ice_hockey_people_from_Ontario.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Liberal_Party_of_Canada_MPs.
- Lionel_Conacher subject Category:Members_of_the_House_of_Commons_of_Canada_from_Ontario.
