# James Creighton

> James George Aylwin Creighton was a Canadian lawyer, engineer, journalist and athlete. He is credited with organizing the first recorded indoor ice hockey match at Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1875. He helped popularize the sport in Montreal and later in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada after he moved to Ottawa in 1882 where he served for 48 years as the law clerk to the Senate of Canada.

*Canadian ice hockey lawyer (1850–1930)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-creighton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1850-06-12
- **Died:** 1930-06-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [جيمس كريغتون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
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- [James Creighton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Creighton)
- [James Creighton (ice hockey)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Creighton_(ice_hockey))
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6131928)

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