Louis Neville Magnus - Born May 25, 1881 in Kingston, Jamaica - Died November 1, 1950 in Paris XVIIe, France was a figure skater, speed skater, journalist, editor, Olympic judge, ice Hockey referee, forward and defenseman and FOUNDER of Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace / LIHG now known as International Ice Hockey Federation / IIHF

A complete skater, Louis Magnus won the first four championships of France awarded in figure skating from 1908 to 1911.

Also passionate about Hockey, he was an important leader of the former club of skaters Paris before embarking on a uniform set of rules across Europe and to create in 1908 the International League Ice Hockey which later became the IIHF.

Magnus was the first IIHF president from 1908 to 1912 and then in 1914.

Magnus was a journalist, writer, chief editor and founder of the popular sports magazine Les Sports d’Hiver with Renaud de la Fregeolière in 1911.

Louis Magnus was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997 as a inaugural inductee.

Louis Magnus was inducted into the French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

The French ice Hockey league (Ligue Magnus) and its trophy (Coupe Magnus) are named after him.