Jay Silverheels

1984 Inductee – Athlete, Lacrosse

Jay Tonto Silverheels Silverheels was part of a group that helped popularize indoor lacrosse, known as Box Lacrosse. He travelled across North America playing the sport and in 1933, when he was in Los Angeles, he was spotted and encouraged to try acting. He went on to act in over 80 movies, most famously playing Tonto in the 1950s Lone Ranger television series.