Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (died 1954)

Lionel Conacher

Canadian athlete and politician (1900–1954)

Lionel Pretoria Conacher, 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 Canadian football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey…