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Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:33

Walter Oster Norris, better known as "Kid," attended Friends School in Baltimore where he won letters and was an outstanding athlete in football, basketball, and tennis. He left Friends in 1923 and entered St. John's College in Annapolis where he was on the football team. Norris left St. John's in 1924 to become a partner in his father's automotive business, R. W. Norris & Sons.

Submitted by gpohanian on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:32

Ivan attended Baltimore City College for three years and attained two varsity letters. His high school career was interrupted by military service in the tank corps, during World War II, but he still managed to be captain of the 1919 lacrosse team and made first team All-Maryland in the same year. He was also captain of varsity football and president of his class, which for a school as big as City, was quite remarkable.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:31

Born in Buffalo, New York in 1904, Henry Ford attended Port Allegheny (Pa.) High School and then graduated from Swarthmore College in 1927. He then earned a Master's degree in education at Temple University.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:28

Turnbull played 20 consecutive years of lacrosse, three for Poly, four for Hopkins, and 13 for the Mt. Washington Club. He played every position on the team with distinction, except goalie. He was a four time All-American.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:24

A member of the United States Naval Academy's Class of 1925, Billing was the first Navy player to be elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Billing began his lacrosse career at Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn from 1914-18. After high school, Billing attended Princeton University from 1919-21 and the U.S. Naval Academy from 1921-25 where he was selected as a first team All-American as an attackman in 1923, 1924, and 1925.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:21

Victor Ross was educated in the Bridgeport, Connecticut school system and graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1918. He went to Syracuse University for engineering, and in 1922, on to the Syracuse Law School receiving his LLB degree in 1924.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 09:32

Fitch was educated at the Bulkley School in New London, Connecticut from 1916 to 1920, going from there to the School of Forestry at Syracuse University where he was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree in 1924.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 09:30

William "Dinty" Moore was born in Baltimore in 1900 and attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1919. He went to Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1923 with an BA degree. He was later awarded an Honorary D.Sc. Degree from Curry College in Boston in 1940.

While in college, Dinty played lacrosse until injured in 1922, but later played for the L'Hirondelle Lacrosse Club from 1924-28 and captained the championship club team in 1928. Also played in the Sunday Lacrosse League in 1929 and 1930.

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