F. Morris Touchstone

Francis Morris Touchstone, known as Morry, lived from 2 October 1897 to 7 November 1957 and was an American lacrosse figure from Baltimore, Maryland. He played for the Mount Washington Lacrosse Club under coach Bill Schmeisser, ran the club summer camp from 1920 to 1923, and in 1924 became head coach of lacrosse, soccer and freshman gymnastics at Yale. In 1928 he took over lacrosse at the United States Military Academy and held the post for 29 years until his death, compiling a record of 214 wins, 73 losses and 4 ties, the most wins of any Army lacrosse coach. His Cadets won national titles in 1944, 1945 (shared with Navy) and 1951 (shared with Princeton), and 42 of his players earned first-team All-American honors. He helped found the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and chaired it from 1954, was the first president of the Lacrosse Coaches Association, and is honored by the Touchstone Memorial Award for the national coach of the year.