Ralph Davy

Ralph Davy, known as Rip, was born in 1957 and became a notable lacrosse player and coach. He played for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse team from 1976 to 1979 as a defenseman under coach Willie Scroggs, earned first team All-American honors in 1979, and was the first player in the program's history named a first team Division I All-American, which helped lift North Carolina into a national lacrosse power. At The Hill School in Pennsylvania he was a three-sport athlete who captained the football, wrestling and lacrosse teams in his senior year, and in 1973 his team reached the Pennsylvania state finals. After graduating he coached lacrosse in Manchester and for the Oxford University team. His brother Brett Davy also played lacrosse at North Carolina, and Rip Davy was inducted into the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2000.