Joseph H. Deckman

Joseph H. Deckman was an American businessman, lacrosse player and coach who died on 16 August 1969. He studied civil engineering at the University of Maryland, graduating in 1931, and played three years of varsity lacrosse there, earning two letters; as a senior he captained the team and was a unanimous choice at the point position on the first Spalding official All-American lacrosse team. He later volunteered as a defense coach at Maryland, coached its freshman team to an undefeated season in 1933, and played club lacrosse for the Baltimore Athletic Club side that won the 1937 National Open Lacrosse Championship. Away from the field he led a building supply company and several civic bodies, helped found the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965.