James Creighton (ice hockey)

This article is about the organizer of the first indoor hockey game. For other people with the name James Creighton, see James Creighton. For the ice hockey player for the Detroit Falcons and Detroit Red Wings, see Jimmy Creighton.
James Creighton
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BornJune 12, 1850
Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America
DiedJune 27, 1930(1930-06-27) (aged 80)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationLaw clerk
Known forEarly ice hockey

James George Aylwin Creighton CMG KC (June 12, 1850 – June 27, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer, engineer, journalist and athlete. He is credited with organizing the first recorded indoor ice hockey match at Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1875.[1] He helped popularize the sport in Montreal and later in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada after he moved to Ottawa in 1882 where he served for 48 years as the law clerk to the Senate of Canada.[2]

  1. ^ "'Father' of ice hockey honoured". Toronto Star. May 23, 2008. p. S3.
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