The Greatest Athlete (You've Never Heard Of) - Canada's First Olympic Gold Medallist
Mark Hebscher
Publisher: Dundurn
Summary
The story of Canada's first gold-medal Olympian and the greatest runner of his generation George Washington Orton's other achievements are just as impressive: he spoke nine languages fluently, was a brilliant scholar, and introduced hockey to Philadelphia Despite all this, Orton is such an obscure figure now that even the whereabouts of his historic gold medal were unknown until now Author is a long-time sports broadcaster and journalist