Winnipeg Falcons
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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 gam
Winnipeg Falcons on route to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)
Winnipeg Falcons at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Winnipeg Free Press, April 27th, 1920 on the Olympic win.
Unveiling of prominent display at MTS Centre, Winnipeg
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
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…to join 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 Fredrickson joined the team. That team turned out to be a winner in the league. The early roots of the Winnipeg Falcons can be traced back…
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.