Kenneth Moore (ice hockey), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kenneth Moore (ice hockey)

Canadian ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1910

Place of Birth: Saskatchewan, Canada

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1982

Profession: basketball player, baseball player, ice hockey player, lacrosse player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Kenneth Moore (ice hockey)

  • Kenneth Strath "Ken" Moore (February 17, 1910 – December 8, 1981) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
  • He was born in Balcarres, Saskatchewan.
  • He is the first indigenous person to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1932, he was a member of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, the Canadian team which won the gold medal.
  • He played one match and scored one goal.
  • Moore was one of Canada's first indigenous Olympians and a member of the Peepeekisis First Nation in Saskatchewan, although his parents were originally from Norway House First Nation in Northern Manitoba.
  • He married Edith Mae McDougall and has one daughter, two granddaughters and one great grandson.
  • He died in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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