Napoleon Lavoie
Roles
- Player: champion of Canada; St. Roch A.A., Quebec Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3
- Champion: Champion of Canada Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3
Competition results
- 1897 A.A.U. national amateur handball championship (singles), (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).
first A.A.U. championship / first amateur championship held in America
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
- 7 January 1897 also given, source rank 2: Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 January 1897, p. 9
Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3