George "Chief" Armstrong Toronto Maple Leafs Captain 1968

Armstrong was the 1st Indigenous Hockey player to be made a "Honorary Chief"

Armstrong whose mother was Ojibwe (his father was Irish) was with the Toronto Marlboros after winning the 1950 Allan Cup championship and he visited the Stoney Mountain Tribe reservation in Morley, Alberta when "Chief Mountain Lion" bestowed upon Armstrong the title of “Big Chief Shoot-the-Puck” in June, 1950.