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In the summer of 1904, the Galt Football Club traveled to St. Louis to represent Canada in the second Olympic Football Tournament. The team defeated two American clubs to win the Gold Medal and set the stage for what has become one of our country's most popular team sports. Canada Post will pay tribute to this summer's Olympic Games and one hundred years of participation by Canadian athletes with two new stamps to be issued on July 28, 2004. The stamps will honour soccer as well as the most historic individual Olympic event ? the running of the Marathon. "The drive and passion shown by Olympic athletes often compels them to hero status, whether they win a medal or not," said Anne Joynt, President and CEO of Canada Post. "Canada Post salutes every Canadian athlete of these Olympic and Paralympic Games and wishes them the very best as they strive towards their very own heroic moment." The stamps were designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier, who has designed more than 100 Canadian postage stamps.
