Bill Isaacs

Bill Isaacs (March 18, 1914 – December 27, 1985) was a Mohawk Canadian lacrosse player born near Brantford, Ontario on the Six Nations of the Grand River, the largest reserve of the First Nations. Box lacrosse was big in the 1930s and 1940s and Isaacs was identified as being perhaps its first superstar. His career statistics rank him 11th in senior Canadian and professional lacrosse. Former Canadian Football League commissioner Jake Gaudaur described Bill Isaacs as "one of the most outstanding players that ever played the game in the thirties and forties, when lacrosse was a very big sport in Canada." He has been inducted into various Canadian sports hall of fames.

Isaccs' father was Man Afraid of the Soap (also known as Freeman Joseph Isaacs), the 1904 Olympic bronze medalist in lacrosse.

Major sports achievements and contributions He learned the game on the Six Nations Indian reserve and played during the game's heyday in the 1930s and '40s for Hamilton Tigers and Rochester Iroquois when pro lacrosse regularly drew up to 6,000 people a game. He left the reserve when he was 17, playing professional lacrosse in the United States before returning to Canada to play on teams in various Ontario communities. He won the O.A.L.A. Senior A scoring crown 7 times in 8 years from 1935 until 1942 (except for 1936). He was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1965. He was also inducted into the Brantford & Area Sports Hall of Recognition (1984), the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2008), the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame (2011), and the Canada Sports Hall of Fame (2015).

Contribution to Canadian sport Box lacrosse made its debut in North America in 1931. Box lacrosse was an indoor version of the field game, and borrowed heavily from ice hockey, with team owners selling this sport as "summertime ice hockey.

Bill Isaacs had a lengthy and successful career, playing Senior A for parts of 15 seasons before finally hanging up his stick after the 1949 playoffs. His career included stints with: Burlington, Hamilton-Burlington, Toronto Marlboros, Hamilton Tigers, Mimico-Brampton Combines, and St. Catharines. lacrosse, which was originally created within Aboriginal society, was one activity where Aboriginal athletes could excel and be celebrated in Canada.