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Virginia Allen |
Elected: 1994 |
Swarthmore College |
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A teacher and coach at Swarthmore High School in Philadelphia for more than 30 years, Virginia Ginger Allen's greatest contribution to lacrosse was not her record of wins, but her ability to inspire enthusiasm for the game among her students. Her Swarthmore teams compiled an unbeaten streak that lasted an incredible 29 years, from 1932-1961.
Eleven of her students became college All-Americans. Allen was an outstanding second home player for the Philadelphia Lacrosse Association for . . .
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Avery F. Blake |
Elected: 1979 |
Swarthmore College |
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Avery F. Blake, Jr. follows his father, Avery Blake, Sr. into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Like his father, Avery Blake, Jr. completed most of his lacrosse accomplishments in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania where he attended Swarthmore High School and Swarthmore College. In high school, he won four varsity letters in lacrosse.
Blake brought four years of winning teams to Swarthmore College from 1950-1953 when he led the small liberal arts school to four consecutive Pennsylvania-Delaware League Championships.
While earning . . .
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Philip E. Lamb |
Elected: 1965 |
Swarthmore College |
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Philip Lamb was born in Baltimore County, December 1, 1884. He played four years of lacrosse at Swarthmore in the days when Swarthmore and Johns Hopkins were the perennial national champs. He was a star for the national championship team of 1904 and 1905 championship team, which beat Hopkins 16-4. That same year he starred as center for the new Mt. Washington Club team by commuting from Philadelphia to Baltimore. Mr. Lamb was picked by . . .
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Henry Fenimore Baker |
Elected: 1964 |
Swarthmore College |
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Henry, or Fenny, was educated at the Friends School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he graduated in 1915. He then went on to Swarthmore College from 1915 to 1917. Fenny played lacrosse for the Mt. Washington Club teams from 1905 through 1929, participating with the Midget, Junior and Senior teams and was also team captain in 1921. He played lacrosse for Swarthmore College in 1916. In addition to lacrosse, he helped start football at Friends School . . .
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Henry Crawford Ford |
Elected: 1962 |
Swarthmore College |
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Born in Buffalo, New York on March 4, 1904, Henry Ford attended Port Allegheny High School in Pennsylvania, and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1927. He then earned a Master's degree in education at Temple University.
After graduating, Hank started teaching and coaching as a profession. His coaching started by helping Tom Strobhar at Swarthmore College for two years; then on to the University of Pennsylvania as freshman coach until 1934. When he returned to . . .
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Avery F. Blake |
Elected: 1961 |
Swarthmore College |
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Avery attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1925. He went on to Swarthmore College as a member of the Class of 1928. While at Polytechnic Institute, Avery played four years of lacrosse, three years of basketball - being captain for his last two years - and two years of football. At Swarthmore, Avery played one year of football and one year of lacrosse. After leaving Swarthmore and returning to Baltimore, Avery coached at Baltimore Poly . . .
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Norris C. Barnard |
Elected: 1959 |
Swarthmore College |
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Norris Barnard was born January 21, 1897 in Westfield, N.J. He
attended Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated
from there in 1915. After graduating from high school, Barnard went
on to Swarthmore College where he graduated with an A.B. degree
in 1919 and a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1923. In high school,
Barnard played football as well as lacrosse, and while at Swarthmore
he made his letter in lacrosse in 1916-19.
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