# Napoleon Lavoie

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Also printed as Larole; Lavoire; N. Lavoie

Active in 1897.

## Roles

- Player: champion of Canada; St. Roch A.A., Quebec Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 812-814)
- Champion: Champion of Canada Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 812-814)

## Competition results

- 1897 [A.A.U. national amateur handball championship (singles)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-handball-championship.md), (division not recorded): runner-up

## Dated facts

- 7 January 1897 to 8 January 1897: First A.A.U. national amateur handball championship, Jersey City; Michael J. Egan wins [Sources disagree] Newspaper reports of the first A.A.U. championship give either 7 January 1897 (the preliminary round) or 7 and 8 January (preliminary round and final). Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)

  **Date: sources disagree.** The value from the stronger source (the lower rank number) is preferred.
  - 7 January 1897 to 8 January 1897 (preferred, source rank 2): [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)
  - 7 January 1897 (also given, source rank 2): [Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 January 1897, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1897-01-08/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 352-356)


## Sources

- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 812-814)
- [New York Journal (New York), 8 January 1897, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024350/1897-01-08/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 21-23)

## Corrections

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