Thomas D. Green
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Thomas Daniel Green was an early Canadian amateur ice hockey
player, ice hockey executive, engineer and surveyor. He was a Mohawk
, possibly the first Mohawk accredited land surveyor in Canada. Because of his Mohawk status, he faced discrimination seeking full-time work with the Canadian federal government.
Born outside of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation lands, he attended regular schools in Brantford, graduating from high school in 1876. He tutored other students to raise money to attend McGill College
in Montreal, Quebec. He is first noted playing hockey for the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament
winners McGill, where he was studying engineering. After completing his studies in Montreal, he moved to Ottawa, Ontario seeking work with the Canadian federal government.
In Ottawa, he joined the Ottawa Hockey Club in time to play in their first competitive season of 1883–1884. In 1886, he became the first president of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, considered the first organized ice hockey league.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player, ice hockey executive, engineer and surveyor. He was a Mohawk
Mohawk nation
Mohawk are the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They call themselves Kanien'gehaga, people of the place of the flint...
, possibly the first Mohawk accredited land surveyor in Canada. Because of his Mohawk status, he faced discrimination seeking full-time work with the Canadian federal government.
Born outside of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation lands, he attended regular schools in Brantford, graduating from high school in 1876. He tutored other students to raise money to attend McGill College
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in Montreal, Quebec. He is first noted playing hockey for the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival Tournament
Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments
The Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments were a series of annual ice hockey tournaments held in the 1880s in conjunction with the Montreal Winter Carnival, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
winners McGill, where he was studying engineering. After completing his studies in Montreal, he moved to Ottawa, Ontario seeking work with the Canadian federal government.
In Ottawa, he joined the Ottawa Hockey Club in time to play in their first competitive season of 1883–1884. In 1886, he became the first president of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, considered the first organized ice hockey league.