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The Winnipeg Falcons were a senior men's amateur ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Winnipeg Falcons won the 1920 Allan Cup. That team went on to represent Canada in the 1920 Olympic games held in Antwerp, Belgium. There the Falcons, soundly beating all their opponents, won for Canada the first ever Olympic Gold Medal in ice hockey.〔 The Winnipeg Falcons hockey team was founded in 1911 with a roster of entirely Icelandic players who were not able to play on the other Winnipeg teams due to ethnic prejudice. In their first season, 1911–1912, they finished at the bottom of their league. The next year, Konnie Johannesson and Frank Frederickson joined the team. That team turned out to be a winner in the league.〔http://www.winnipegfalcons.com〕 ==Early history== Its early roots can be traced back to the Icelandic Athletic Club which was formed in 1898.〔Long Shot, How the Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold, Eric Zweig, p.21, James Lorimer and Company, Toronto, Canada, 2007, ISBN 1-55028-974-8〕 The club consisted of a two team league called the Icelandic Athletic Club (IAC) and the Vikings. In 1908, the two teams agreed to become one team.〔Long Shot, How the Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold, Eric Zweig, p.18, James Lorimer and Company, Toronto, Canada, 2007, ISBN 1-55028-974-8〕 During the 1910-11 season, the Falcons became part of a new senior league. Other clubs in the league would include the Kenora Thistles, Brandon Wheat City and Winnipeg AAA.〔Long Shot, How the Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold, Eric Zweig, p.20, James Lorimer and Company, Toronto, Canada, 2007, ISBN 1-55028-974-8〕 In 1913-14, the Falcons became part of the Independent Hockey League, joining the Strathconas from Winnipeg, and teams from Selkirk, and Portage la Prairie.〔 The Falcons finished the season with 4 wins and 8 losses. During the following season, the Falcons beat Portage by a score of 4–3 to become league champions.〔Long Shot, How the Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold, Eric Zweig, p.28, James Lorimer and Company, Toronto, Canada, 2007, ISBN 1-55028-974-8〕 During the First World War, seven of the eight Falcons players enlisted to serve and went overseas. Two players–Frank Thorsteinson and George Cumbers–died in the war. The other five returned to Winnipeg after the war in 1919 and reassembled the team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winnipeg Falcons subject of first-ever extended Heritage Minute )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winnipeg Falcons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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