Ray Greene (lacrosse)

Ray Greene, in full Melvin R. Greene Jr., was an American lacrosse player, born on August 18, 1923 and died on February 16, 1987. He learned the game at St. Paul's School in Brooklandville, Maryland, where he was a four-year letterwinner under the Hall of Fame coach Howdy Myers, and he became Drexel University's first All-American in 1943. After naval service in the Second World War he resumed his career at Johns Hopkins University as a midfielder on the Blue Jays teams that won national championships in 1947 and 1948, and he was named a first team All-American in 1947. From 1949 to 1951 he played for the Mount Washington Lacrosse Club, and he coached at St. Paul's as well. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1981, and his article describes him as one of the five greatest lacrosse players of all time.