Harry Manson (soccer)

Xul-si-malt, who was given the English name Harry Manson, (1879[1] February 10, 1912) was a First Nations soccer player, the first to be inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.[2]

A member of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, he was born in Vancouver Island.[1] He was recruited by the Nanaimo Thistles in 1898 to play in the provincial championship. In 1903, he was named to s Nanaimo all-star team. He was also captain of an all-Snuneymuxw soccer team which won the Nanaimo city championship in 1904. In 1907, with four Snuneymuxw players including Manson, the Nanaimo team won the provincial championship.[3]

In 1912, while returning from a trip into town to get medicine for his sick infant son, he tried to hop aboard a coal train and was killed when he fell onto the tracks.[2]

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