Charles E. Marsters

Charles E. Marsters (1883 to 1962) was an American lacrosse player and promoter of the game, active mainly in New England in the early twentieth century. Educated at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn and then Harvard University, he played varsity lacrosse for three seasons after a freshman year, including one season as team captain, and graduated in 1907. In 1913 he helped found the Boston Lacrosse Club with Paul Gustafson, played point for it for sixteen years while managing it, and later coached it and served as its president. He encouraged new college teams at Yale, Brown, MIT, New Hampshire and Tufts, co-founded the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League in 1935 and held several offices in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, including two terms as president. He received the association award for promoting the sport in 1951 and entered the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1957.