John Mouradian

John Mouradian, born August 17, 1952, is a Canadian lacrosse coach and executive who also had a long playing career. He played Junior A lacrosse for St. Catharines from 1970 to 1973 and field lacrosse and hockey at Ithaca College, where he captained the field team and was an all-star attackman. With the Canadian national field lacrosse team he won bronze at the 1974 World Championship in Melbourne and gold in 1978 in Manchester, then played major box lacrosse for Brampton, Brantford and St. Catharines until 1985. As a general manager he built the Buffalo Bandits, who won the National Lacrosse League title in its inaugural 1992 season, later worked with the Toronto Rock, San Jose Stealth and Philadelphia Wings, and holds nine league championships in various roles. His honours include the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in 2008 and two Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductions.