Black Hawk (lacrosse)

Black Hawk
Personal information
Nickname
Joe Crawford
Born(1877-05-23)23 May 1877
Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportLacrosse
Medal record
Men's lacrosse
Representing Canada
1904 St Louis Team competition

Black Hawk (born 23 May 1877, date of death unknown), also known by his Anglicised name of Joe Crawford, was a First Nations lacrosse player. He was the goaltender of the Mohawk Indians Lacrosse Team that competed on behalf of Canada at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

At the games, they first competed against the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association and tied with a score of two to two. Although they tied, the Mowhawk Indians did not advance further, instead winning a bronze. Not much is known about Hawk's life though he was arrested during the St. Louis World's Fair for public intoxication.