Norwood Sothoron

Norwood Spencer Sothoron (1911 to 2005) was an American multi-sport athlete and army officer, best remembered as a lacrosse defenseman at the University of Maryland. Born in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, he enrolled at Maryland in 1931 and earned varsity letters in baseball, basketball, football and lacrosse. In his senior year of 1934 he received the Senior Award as the most outstanding athlete of his class. He was named a first-team All-American defenseman in lacrosse in both 1934 and 1935, and in football he was an honorable mention All-American and an All-Southern Conference back in 1934. Commissioned through the Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1935, he served on active duty from 1941 to 1946 in the South Pacific and retired from the Army Reserve in 1964 as a colonel. He was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1972 and inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983.