Barnard, Norris Clements
Swarthmore College
Westfield, New Jersey
1959
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.
After graduating, he moved on to the Crescent Athletic Club where
he played for seven years, from 1920-26, and captained the team
for its last three years in 1923, 1925, and 1926. During Barnard's
career at the Crescent Athletic Club, the team was always one of
the best in the country and much of the credit should be given to
Barnard's excellent goal keeping. After moving to Philadelphia,
he joined the Philadelphia Lacrosse Club and played with them in
1927 and 1928. He then went on to the Penn Athletic Club of Philadelphia,
where he played for six years from 1929-34, and was captain of the
1930 and ‘31 teams. After that, Barnard joined the Montclair
Athletic Club in Montclair, N.J., and played for this club from
1935-37, and he captained the 1937 team.
For eight years, from 1921-28, Barnard was one of the leading officials
and refereed many games of lacrosse at such colleges as Cornell,
Hobart, Lehigh, New York University, Princeton, Rutgers, Syracuse
and Yale. Barnard organized two different teams to play against
the Crescent Athletic Club in a series of three games during the
month of July in both 1934 and 1935 at the Balsamas Hotel in Dixville
Notch, N.H. In 1934, the Trent Athletic Club beat the Crescent Athletic
Club two out of three games, and in 1935, the Montclair Athletic
Club beat the Crescent Athletic Club two out of three games, and
these games will long be remembered by the players and the guests
of this famous hostelry.
Barnard was a member of the USILA Executive Committee in 1937 and
is an honorary life member of the U.S. Lacrosse Coaches' Association.
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