John Cheek (lacrosse player)

John Caldwell Cheek was an American lacrosse attackman, born on September 25, 1955, who died on April 3, 2026. He played collegiately for Washington College in Maryland, where he was a scoring attackman, and he later made the United States men's national team that competed at the 1978 World Lacrosse Championship. His playing career was recognized with induction into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003. The English Wikipedia lead article is brief, so this entry records only what it states: his position, his college, his national team appearance and his Hall of Fame honor, and it makes no claim about statistics or records.