Paul Dawson (lacrosse)

Paul Dawson, born on 16 September 1985, is a Canadian box lacrosse player who plays defense in the National Lacrosse League. He was chosen seventh overall in the first round of the 2006 league entry draft as a goaltender and played that position for the Brampton Excelsiors of the Senior A Major Series Lacrosse League before the San Jose Stealth converted him into a defenseman starting with the 2008 season. He then moved to the Boston Blazers, where he spent two seasons alongside his older brother Dan, followed by stops with the Calgary Roughnecks and the Philadelphia Wings, and was later traded together with his brother to the Rochester Knighthawks. After a mid-season move to the San Diego Seals in 2019 he returned to the newly formed Rochester Knighthawks, and he signed with the Colorado Mammoth as a free agent for the 2024 season. The article lists him as a four-time NLL champion, in 2013, 2014, 2024 and 2025, and its lead names the Buffalo Bandits as his team.