Birthday profile
William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player (died 1953)
William Laurie Burns was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was member of the Shamrock Lacrosse Team which won the gold medal in the lacrosse tournament. William Laurie Burns (March 24, 1875 – October 6, 1953) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.
William Burns (lacrosse) was born in 1875. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in William Burns (lacrosse)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1875 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 42.6M | 341 million |
This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Olympedia, Wikidata. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.
Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.