history

Lacrosse was invented by the Native Americans as a war game. They would some times kill each other to get the ball. What ever team that had the most players would normally win. The game was played on mile long fields. They used sharpened sticks to catch and throw. They also used a pig skin ball to play with. The hats were giant circles lifted in the air by gigantic pillars.

Presidential candidate John Kerry played lacrosse in high school and he played at Yale for collage in the left is a picture of him in high school. On the right is a picture of him now.

A well known sports journalist Pick Schnapp played lacrosse at Cornell. He played goalie against the famous Jim Brown and recently died. Some of the contributions went to his lacrosse program.

Jim Brown played lacrosse at Syracuse. He is in the hall of fame for both lacrosse and football. He played defense. On the right, he is #9 in the white.

Former CIA Director George Tenit played lacrosse for four years in Georgetown University which is in Washington D.C. George Tenit served in office with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Sr.

Bill Belichick is the head coach of the two time Super Bowl winning New England Patriots. He used to play midfield for the Weslend University lacrosse team. His coach, Terry Jackson, saw early signs of leadership and predicted that he would become famous.