Richard Louis Duckett (January 30, 1885 – July 19, 1972) was a Canadian athlete, lawyer and coroner, who held office in the judicial district of Montreal between 1937 and 1961.
| Richard Duckett | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
January 30, 1885 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
July 19, 1972 (aged 87) Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1904–1912 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's lacrosse | ||
Representing  Canada
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1908 London | Team |
Biography edit
Born in Montreal, the eldest son of a second-generation Irish Canadian shopkeeper and a French Canadian mother, Duckett was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie before earning a law degree at the Université Laval à Montréal in 1908.[1]
Representing Canada as a member of the Ottawa Nationals Lacrosse Club, Duckett won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In December 1909, he briefly joined the newly-formed Club Athlétique Canadien, but never played a game for the team and did not pursue an ice hockey career any further, though he remained an active lacrosse player through most of the 1910s.[2]
After ending his athletic career, he joined a Montreal legal cabinet, before his appointment as coroner for the district of Montreal by the Duplessis administration in 1937, a position he occupied until his retirement in 1961.
Duckett died in Montreal in 1972, at age 87.
References edit
- ^ Obituary: Le Devoir, July 20, 1972, p. 6
- ^ "Richard Louis Duckett". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 April 2021.