Clinton L. Riggs

Clinton Levering Riggs (1865 to 1938) was an American businessman, soldier and public official who also has a place in the early history of American college lacrosse. Born in New York City and raised in Baltimore, he played on the lacrosse team at Princeton University, graduating in 1887 with a degree in civil engineering. In 1888 he began postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University, where he also coached the lacrosse team, and he is listed as its second head coach. Hopkins lost its first game to the Druid Lacrosse Club, 4 to 1, and then captured the first victory in school history against the Patterson Lacrosse Club of Baltimore, 6 to 2. Outside sport he was a machine company executive, Adjutant-General of the Maryland National Guard and Secretary of Commerce and Police of the Philippine Commission.