Former pro football player to be inducted into North American hall of fame

Six Nations member John Macdonald, who played for the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats, will be inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame this year. (Photo by Darryl Smart.)

By Sam Laskaris Writer Though he’s known for being a coach now, John Macdonald is still being remembered for his own football days which ended more than two decades ago. Macdonald, a Six Nations member, is one of the 71 individuals that will be inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame this year. Induction ceremonies will be staged June 7 in Green Bay. Macdonald, who lives in Ancaster, will be inducted via the Athlete category. A pair of other Six Nations members, Carey-Leigh Vyse and Jason Johnson, will also be inducted this year. Like Macdonald, Vyse will enter the hall through the Athlete category. Johnson is going in through the Coach category. Macdonald, a teacher at Brantford’s Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School, played three seasons in…

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