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Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 14:06

Chambers was one of the Naval Academy's greatest lacrosse players. In his first year at Navy, he was selected as a first team All-American. In his sophomore year, he was a second team All-American, only to return in his junior and senior years to be selected as a first team All-American. In 1949, he won both the Jack Turnbull Trophy and the U.S. Naval Academy Association Trophy for the outstanding athlete in his class. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 14:01

An all-star football, baseball, and basketball player at Middleport High School in Ohio, Hartinger had never seen a lacrosse game until attending the U.S. Military Academy in 1945. He picked up his first lacrosse stick as a plebe, and by his sophomore year in 1947, was playing varsity lacrosse as a center midfielder for Army.

Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 13:53

William learned to play lacrosse at St. Paul's School in Baltimore, and unbelievably played four years of varsity lacrosse in which the total record of the team was 59-0. Needless to say, the team won the MSA championship four years in a row (1943 to 1946). He was a second team All-Maryland player every year he played. He also was All-Maryland in football and basketball, and coached the St. Paul's JV lacrosse team in 1947. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 13:47

James "Ace" Adams began his lacrosse career by winning four varsity letters on St. Paul's championship teams from 1943-1946. At Johns Hopkins University, he was named to the honorable mention All-America team in 1948, first team in 1949, and third team in 1950. He led the Blue Jays to national championship titles in 1947,1948, and 1950, and a shared national title with Navy in 1949. Adams never lost a game as a collegiate player and represented Hopkins in the 1949 and 1950 North/South Collegiate All-Star games.

Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 13:38

Lloyd M. Bunting, Jr. began his lacrosse career at Forest Park in Baltimore where he made first team All-Maryland Scholastic Association in 1944, and honorable mention in 1943. In 1944, he was also a starter in Maryland's high school all-star game.

Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 13:29

Charles G. McAnally first played lacrosse during his sophomore year at the University of Pennsylvania. Two years later, in his senior year, he was captain of the Southern Division Champion Penn team and named to the All-America first team at third attack. As an engineering student he was a member of several academic organizations including the Sigma Tau Honorary Engineering Fraternity, the Hexigon Senior Society, and the Engineering Association of which he was president. He graduated from Penn in 1922.

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