Russ Cline was a co-founder of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League (now called the
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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) on March 13, 1986. Russ was President/Owner of the
Philadelphia Wings organization. They actually Operated as The Major Indoor Lacrosse League on all their Programs and Advertising.
Cline served as Executive Vice President for the league. In May 2001, Cline was named as the first winner of the
National Lacrosse League Executive of the Year Award The Executive of the Year Award is given annually to the National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The ...
. In June 2005, it was announced that Cline will be inducted into the
National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame along with
Chris Fritz,
Paul Gait,
Gary Gait and
Les Bartley. It was made official at the 2006
NLL All-Star Game in Toronto.
On April 9, 2007 Cline guaranteed victory for the Wings final home game of the
season
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperat ...
, or every fan will receive a free ticket to a game in the next season.
External links
Russ Cline's Blog at wingslax.com
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
National Lacrosse League major award winners
National Lacrosse League owners
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