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One missionary, Jean de Brébeuf, was the first to write about lacrosse and thus gave it its name. He described the Hurons in present-day Ontario playing "crosse" in 1637. [24] Some say the name originated from the French term for field hockey, le jeu de la crosse. [25] Despite Jesuit opposition, many other European colonists were intrigued by ...
The first modern women's lacrosse game was held at St Leonards School in Scotland in 1890. It was introduced by the school's headmistress Louisa Lumsden after a visit to Quebec, where she saw it played. [44] The first women's lacrosse team in the United States was established at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1926. [45]
Michael "Mike" G. French (born May 13, 1953) is a former three-time All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1974 to 1976, teaming with fellow lacrosse Hall of Fame members Eamon McEneaney, Dan Mackesey, Bill Marino, Tom Marino, Bob Hendrickson, Chris Kane, and Richie Moran to lead the Cornell Big Red to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1976.
The first Europeans to observe it were French Jesuit missionaries in the St. Lawrence Valley in the 1630s. [2] [3] The name "lacrosse" comes from their reports, which described the players' sticks as like a bishop's crosier—la crosse in French.
Lacrosse is a traditional indigenous people's game and was first encountered by Europeans when French Jesuit missionaries in the St. Lawrence Valley witnessed the game in the 1630s. [1] Lacrosse for centuries was seen as a key element of cultural identity and spiritual healing to the people of Turtle Island. It originated as a field game and ...
oldest high school lacrosse program in North America 1868: Mohawk Lacrosse Club: Troy: New York: United States: United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association: oldest lacrosse team in the United States [4] 1871 [1] Prince Rupert Lacrosse Club: Winnipeg: Manitoba: Canada – defunct: 1876 [5] Melbourne Lacrosse Club: Melbourne: Victoria ...
Hall of Famers Stan Cockerton from North Carolina State and Mike French from Cornell had great tournaments. In the first game of the 1978 tournament, Cockerton whipped in seven goals with French adding three more plus seven assists to move past the host English squad 21-15. The U.S. took Australia 22-17 the first day and then drubbed Canada 28 ...
Lacrosse joined the French Navy in 1779 as a Garde marine. He rose to enseign in 1782, to lieutenant in 1786, and to capitaine de vaisseau in 1792. He was military governor of Saint Lucia in 1792 to 1793. [1] In 1795, he was sent to Martinique and Guadeloupe to crush revolts. On his return to France, Lacrosse was arrested.