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Richard F. Garber
Richard Franklin Garber (1928-1994) was an American college lacrosse coach and player. Spending his entire head coaching career coaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Garber amassed 300 career wins, one of 26 college lacrosse coaches all-time to achieve at least 300 career wins. In 1985, he was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Garber Field, the lacrosse field at UMass Amherst, is named in Garber's honor. Garber also played lacrosse collegiately at Springfield College. Playing career Springfield A graduate of the Springfield College class of 1950, Garber played varsity football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse. Garber was inducted into the Springfield Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991. Garber was captain of the Springfield lacrosse team and earned All-New England status in his last year at the school. Coaching career UMass (1955-1990) Garber coached the UMass Minutemen lacrosse team from 1955 until 1990. In 36 seasons as head coach of UMass, Garber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, Virginia, Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 51,814. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Harrisonburg with Rockingham County for statistical purposes into the Harrisonburg metropolitan area, Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 126,562 in 2011. Harrisonburg is home to James Madison University (JMU), a public research university with an enrollment of over 20,000 students, and Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), a private, Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite-affiliated liberal arts college, liberal arts university. Although the city has no historical association with President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garber Field
Garber Field is a lacrosse stadium in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is currently the home of the UMass Minutemen and UMass Minutewomen lacrosse teams. The field has also hosted games for the UMass field hockey team, men's soccer team and women's soccer team. History Previously known as "Upper Boyden Field", the athletic field was renamed to Richard F. Garber Field in 1992. The field was rededicated at halftime of a 8-7 win over Yale on April 11, 1992. Garber Field is named in honor of Richard F. Garber Richard Franklin Garber (1928-1994) was an American college lacrosse coach and player. Spending his entire head coaching career coaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Garber amassed 300 career wins, one of 26 college lacrosse coach ..., the famed coach of the UMass men's lacrosse program from 1955 to 1990. At the time of his retirement, Garber was the winningest coach in college lacrosse history and had amassed 300 collegiate victories. Several upgrades have been m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacrosse Players From Virginia
Lacrosse is a Contact sport, contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized Sports in North America, sport in North America, with its origins with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas#North America, indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form. Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal. The sport has five versions that have different sticks, fields, rules and equipment: field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse, lacrosse sixes and intercrosse. The men's games, field lacrosse (outdoor) and box lacrosse (indoor), are contact sports and all players wear protective gear: lacrosse helmet, helmet, lacrosse glove, gloves, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. The women's game is played outdoors and does not allow body contact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
