Gaylord Powless

Gaylord Powless (1946 to 2001) was a Haudenosaunee lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation reserve near Brantford, Ontario. The eldest of fourteen children, he came from a lacrosse family, since his father Ross was also a highly regarded player. He was often hailed as an intuitive and instinctive player, and his play for the Oshawa Green Gaels junior team, which won the Minto Cup from 1964 to 1967, earned him the nickname the Marvellous Mohawk. He went on to a long career in professional and senior amateur lacrosse with teams in Detroit, Syracuse, Montreal, Brantford, Coquitlam and Brampton, and scored 63 goals in the 1968 season for the Detroit Olympics of the National Lacrosse Association. He and his father are the only father and son both elected to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Gaylord in 1990, and in 2017 he was awarded the Order of Sport. After retiring he coached minor lacrosse and hockey teams on the Six Nations reserve.