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Some significant events & milestones in New Brunswick sports history:
1926 - Charles Gorman wins the World Speed Skating Championship held at Lily Lake
near Saint John.
1924 - Hilton Belyea, William Maynes and Andrew Miller become the first New
Brunswick athletes to compete in the Summer Games when they attend the VIII
Olympics in Paris.
1924 - Charles Gorman becomes New Brunswick's first Olympian, when he competes in
the speed skating events at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. He
is the only Canadian to compete in speed skating.
1922 - Toronto St. Pats wins the Stanley Cup, and Bill "Red" Stuart of Sackville
is the first New Brunswick-born player to have his name engraved on the Cup.
1920 - Fred McLean joins the Quebec Bulldogs, and becomes the first New Brunswick
player to make the National Hockey League.
1913 - John McLean becomes the first New Brunswick-born player to appear in
baseball's World Series with New York of the National League.
1912 - The Moncton Victorias challenge for the Stanley Cup, the only New
Brunswick team ever to play for hockey's coveted silver ware.
1910 - Ethel Babbitt wins the Canadian singles and mixed doubles tennis
championship, and becomes the first New Brunswick athlete to win a national
tennis title.
1910 - Ethel Babbitt wins the Canadian singles and mixed doubles tennis
championship, and becomes the first New Brunswick athlete to win a national
tennis title.
1908 - Mabel Thomson wins her fourth consecutive national golf championship,
establishing a record that still stands.
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