Jay Silverheels Autographs
Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was a First Nations and Mohawk actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.
Silverheels was born Harold Jay Smith in Canada, on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, near Hagersville, Ontario. He was a grandson of Mohawk Chief A. G. Smith and Mary Wedge, and one of the 11 children of Captain Alexander George Edwin Smith, MC, Cayuga, and his wife Mabel Phoebe Dockstater, maternal Mohawk, and paternal Seneca. His father was wounded and decorated for service at the battles of Somme and Ypres during World War I (Jay would have been four years old at this time), and later was an adjutant training Polish-American recruits for the Blue Army for service in France, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Silverheels excelled in athletics, most notably in lacrosse, before leaving home to travel around North America. In 1931, owners of National Hockey League's franchises in Toronto and Montreal created indoor lacrosse (also known as "box lacrosse") as a means to fill empty arenas during the summers. Playing as "Harry Smith", Silverheels was among the first players chosen to play for the Toronto Tecumsehs. Along with his brothers and cousin, Russell (Beef), Sid (Porky), and George (Chubby), he also played on teams in Buffalo, Rochester, Atlantic City, and Akron throughout the 1930s on teams in the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association. He lived for a time in Buffalo, New York. In 1938, he placed second in the middleweight class of the Golden Gloves tournament held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Silverheels was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a veteran player in 1997.
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Current items with a signature of Jay Silverheels
These are the most current items with a signature of Jay Silverheels that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Jay Silverheels Signed Note TONTO The Lone Ranger Autograph WOW! | $695.00 |  |
| Jay Silverheels Signed Note TONTO The Lone Ranger Autograph WOW! | $695.00 | |
| Jay Silverheels Signed Note TONTO The Lone Ranger Autograph WOW! | $695.00 | |
Traded items with a signature of Jay Silverheels
The most expensive item with a signature of Jay Silverheels (Jay Silverheels "Tonto: Signed Lone Ranger 8x10 Paper Photo - JSA Authentication) was sold in July 2025 for $1,999.00 while the cheapest item (Lone Ranger Actor Jay Silverheels Hand Signed Autograph Ephemera) found a new owner for $4.99 in February 2016. The month with the most items sold (3) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $822.99 for an autographed item of Jay Silverheels. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with $822.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.99 was February 2016. In average, an autographed item from Jay Silverheels is worth $800.00.
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