Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | John Charles "Johnny"•Lax |
Used name | Johnny•Lax |
Born | 23 July 1911 in Arlington, Massachusetts (USA) |
Died | 14 July 2001 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) |
Affiliations | Boston University Terriers, Boston (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 1 |
John Lax played both hockey and football at Boston University, where he was a center on the hockey team, forming a high-scoring line with Paul Rowe, who also made the 1936 Olympics team. Known for his stick-handling and playmaking skills, it was as a senior at BU that Lax made the 1936 Olympic team. Lax earned a degree in education in college and worked as a high school teacher after graduation, except for a break during the war when he served in the air force.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1936 Winter Olympics | Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) | USA | Johnny Lax | |||
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) | United States | 3 | Bronze |