John F. Christhilf

John Fout Christhilf (1914 to 1992) was an American lacrosse player, civil engineer and Air Force officer from Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the Friends School and then the University of Maryland, where he earned varsity letters in lacrosse in 1934, 1935 and 1936. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association named him to its All-America second team in 1935 and its first team in 1936, and he led the nation in scoring in 1936 with 25 goals; The Baltimore Sun called him a brilliant attack man with deadly shooting. After graduating in civil engineering he played for the Baltimore Athletic Club from 1937 to 1941, a club that won the National Open Championship in his first season there. He served in the United States Army Air Service from 1941 and left in 1946 as a lieutenant colonel. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1972 and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984.