John Gagliardi (lacrosse)

John Gagliardi, born June 11, 1974 in Brooklyn, is a retired professional lacrosse player and entrepreneur from Manhasset, New York. He graduated from Manhasset High School in 1992, where he was an All-American in lacrosse and All-County in football, then attended the University of Virginia before transferring to Johns Hopkins University, where he earned All-America honors twice, as a third-team selection in 1996 and a first-team selection in 1997. He played indoor lacrosse for the New York Saints and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League between 1998 and 2001, was selected to the US team that won the Lacrosse World Cup in 1999 while starting on defense, and later joined the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse, retiring in 2009. In 2006 he earned All-World honors on defense with the US national team. He was a founding member of the equipment company Maverik Lacrosse, which he sold in 2010 to Kohlberg and Company, and he was inducted into the Manhasset Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Long Island Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012.