Xul-si-malt... indigenous... Snuneymuxw... grew up as part of the Snuneymuxw First Nation on Vancouver Island... he was just 30 years old when he passed away in Nanaimo after being struck by a train on 11 February 1912 (he was heading into town to seek medicine for his sick infant)...
posthumously honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as a player... posthumously honoured by Canada Soccer’s Hall of Fame, the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia, the BC Sports Hall of Fame, and the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame...