This is the story of the Winnipeg Falcons, the world's first Olympic Hockey champions.
The Falcons are unique among Olympic hockey teams: not only were they the first champions, but because their descendants, almost all of Icelandic heritage, still unite to form a common front whenever the reputations of their fathers, grandfathers, uncles or great-uncles are threatened.
I started this website in September 1999 to re-educate the world about Canada's long-forgotten hockey heroes, the Winnipeg Falcons.
I also have a personal interest, since my father Konrad (Konnie) Johannesson played defense on the team. For more about his aviation career, click here.
Their story is divided into 10 parts, hopefully in some kind of chronological order.
Part One - The Team: The history of the Falcons, from the team's beginning in 1911.
Part Two - The People on the Team: Who were they, the world's best hockey team?
Part Three: The 223rd Battalion, Canadian Army: Seven team members enlisted in 1916 and went overseas. All survived.
Part Four - the Road to victory: What did it take to win the gold medal in ice hockey at the VIIth Olympiade?
Part Five - The VIIth Olympiade: How different the games were from our modern political, photographic and media extravaganzas.
Part Six - Tourist pictures taken after the Games in Antwerp and Paris.
Part Seven - Home at Last, in Triumph: Let the bandwagons roll, for the best of all reasons.
Part Eight - Atonement: After almost 90 years of disdain and neglect, what's been happening?
Part Nine - Legacy & Mementos: All we have left after almost 90 years.
Part Ten - Some other interesting pictures.
News release - November 7th, 2008 :
Eagle Vision Productions of Winnipeg have signed the movie rights
to the book "When Falcons Fly" by David Square.
Click on the book for more.
visitors since the Falcons website started in September 1999.
Falcons' questions? Email to Brian J.
Website comments? Email to webmaster.
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