Bernard Cyril Doyle

     Bernard Cyril Doyle was known as Cyril. He was born on 16 February 1904 in New Westminster, British Columbia.^1,2 He was the son of James Joseph Doyle and Mary Ann Hamilton.¹

Cyril played lacrosse for the New Westminster Salmonbellies and represented Canada in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, Holland where they won the Gold Medal. His nickname was Flicky. After the Olympics, the Salmonbellies pledged to get together annually and toast the team so long as two players remained alive. This was done failthfully until only Ab Brown and Jack Wood were left. Brown died in 1991 and Wood in 1997. The box built by Ab Brown to hold the bottles of rum used for the toasts is now in the New Westminster Archives.

On 8 April 1929, he declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States. No indication that he carried through with this intent has been found.

He married Elizabeth June Barrat on 21 November 1935 in St Michael's Church, Sapperton, British Columbia.^3,4 He lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1955.⁵ He died on 17 November 1989 of cardiac arrest in Vancouver, British Columbia, at age 85.² He was buried in Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia^G.² He and Elizabeth June Barrat had no children.