Stan Cockerton

Stan Cockerton was an All-American lacrosse player at the North Carolina State University from 1977 to 1980, leading the Wolfpack to its only NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament appearance in 1979. He is ranked tenth all-time in Division I men's lacrosse scoring with 280 career points. Cockerton, a three time All America, learned the game in Ontario playing box lacrosse for the famed Oshawa Green Gaels junior team.

He also teamed with Mike French for the 1978 Canadian National Team upset over a heavily favored U.S. Team, scoring the overtime winning goal. He is currently an executive with both the Ontario Lacrosse Association and International Lacrosse Federation as well the founder of the Heritage Cup. Stan was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003.

Infobox Lacrosse Player
position=Attack
height_ft=
height_in=
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nationality=Canada
league=MSL
NCAA
team=Brooklin Redmen
North Carolina State University
birth_date=birth date|1955|19|5|mf=y
birth_place=Oshawa, Ont.
career_start=
canlaxhof =2003

tatistics

North Carolina State University

OLA/WLA/MSL Statistics

ee also

*Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
*NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records
*Oshawa Green Gaels

External links

* [http://www.adanaclacrosse.com/clhfJuly03.htm Canadian Lacrosse Hall Of Fame entry]
* [http://www.ontariolacrosse.com/m/content/article.php?content_id=513 Ontario Lacrosse Association web site]
* [http://www.e-lacrosse.com/2004/heritagecup/b2.html Heritage Cup website]
* [http://www.usila.org/AllAmericanPDFs/1978_AA.pdf 1978 USILA Men’s All-Americans]
* [http://www.netitor.com/photos/confs/acc/null/m-lacros/auto_pdf/acc-records.pdf Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse records]
* [http://www.greengaels.org/Organisation/History/OSHF_Cockerton.pdf Oshawa Green Gaels Sports Hall of Fame entry]

References