Millard Lang

Millard T. Lang (August 7, 1912 to August 4, 2002) was an American soccer forward and lacrosse player who is a member of both the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He began playing soccer in the Baltimore Police Athletic League at age thirteen and lettered in five sports at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. At Johns Hopkins University he was a four-time lacrosse All American, and the Johns Hopkins team ran to three undefeated seasons and three consecutive national championships from 1932 to 1934. In 1932 the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team was selected to represent the United States at the Summer Olympics, where lacrosse was an exhibition sport. After graduating in 1934 he began his professional soccer career with the Baltimore Canton of the American Soccer League, led the league in scoring with fourteen goals in his first season, and later played for Chicago Sparta, which won the 1938 National Soccer League of Chicago title and the 1939 Peel Cup. He coached the Baltimore Americans in 1944-45 and later served as a team and league executive, including as general manager and co-owner of the Baltimore Rockets from 1954.