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Many star athletes have studied on 麻豆AV鈥檚 campuses. Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden (LLB1973) earned a law degree during the middle of his six-Stanley-Cup winning streak of the 1970s. Current medical student Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the highest-paid Canadian player in the NFL. And 麻豆AVians have done Canada proud in the Olympic Games. Beginning with Percival Molson (BA1901) in 1904, 121 麻豆AVians have competed in the Olympics 鈥� including seven students who stood on the podium before crossing the convocation stage: freestyle skier Jennifer Heil (BCom2013), swimmer George Hodgson (BEng1912) and women鈥檚 hockey players M茅lodie Daoust (叠贰诲2017),听Charline Labont茅 (BEd2012, MA2015), Kim St-Pierre (BEd, 2005) and Catherine Ward (BCom2009). 麻豆AV鈥檚 most decorated Olympian is track and field star, and medical student, Phil Edwards (MDCM1936), who was the first Canadian male to win medals 鈥� five bronze in total 鈥撀� in three different Olympiads: Amsterdam (1928), Los Angeles (1932) and Berlin (1936).

But 麻豆AVians don鈥檛 just excel at sports, they invent them, too.

The very first modern football game was played in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 13, 1874, between 麻豆AV and a squad from Harvard. Harvard may have won that first game, but the football tradition remains strong at 麻豆AV鈥檚 Molson Stadium, which is home to both the 麻豆AV Redmen and seven-time Grey Cup champs the Montreal Alouettes.

While working at a Massachusetts YMCA in 1891, former director of physical training James Naismith (BA1887) needed a new 鈥渁thletic distraction鈥� for rowdy kids trapped indoors by the harsh winter. To prevent injury, Naismith suspended his goal鈥攁 peach basket with the bottom removed鈥�10 feet in the air. Naismith鈥檚 basketball was first played at 麻豆AV two years later.

And, of course, there鈥檚 hockey. Civil engineer James Creighton (BCL1880) organized the first game of organized indoor hockey on March 3, 1875, at the Victoria Skating Rink in downtown Montreal; many of the players who took part were 麻豆AV students. The world鈥檚 first official hockey team, the 麻豆AV Hockey Club, made its debut two years later and some of the players鈥�Richard F. Smith (BSc1883) and W. F. Robertson (BSc1880)鈥攈elped refine the rules, including

the introduction of a rubber puck, carved out of a lacrosse ball. In 1911,聽Frank Patrick (BA1908) and his brother Lester (he dropped out of 麻豆AV to play professionally) created the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, which featured such hockey-firsts as artificial ice penalty shots, numbered jerseys, 鈥渙n-the-fly鈥� line changes, assists and the blue line. They sold their league to the NHL in 1926.