Konrad Johannesson
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Konrad Jonasson "Konnie" Johannesson was an Icelandic-Canadian aviator and ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. As a pioneering aviator, he was instrumental in flight training a
Johannesson at the 1920 Olympics
2nd Lieutenant Johannesson, c. 1918
Johannesson Flying Service Cessna Crane at Brandon Avenue Seaplane Base in Winnipeg, c. 1946, with a Noorduyn Norseman and a De Havilland Dragonfly tied up along the shore.
Photograph of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken en route to the 1920 Olympics (photograph includes an unidentified ships' officer and a female passenger)
Frank Fredrickson
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Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player and aviator. As a player and coach, he was slightly important to both the amateur and professional ice hockey as it evolved in
Konrad Johannesson
…at Antwerp, Belgium, from April 23–April 29, 1920. During the nine-day ocean voyage to Antwerp, aboard the R.M.S. Melita, Johannesson and teammate Frank Fredrickson joined with another passenger to form a musical trio, "The Falcon Trio" that held concerts aboard the ship. After decisive victories over the United…
Frank Fredrickson representing Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Fredrickson with the Victoria Cougars.