Raymond Enners

Raymond J. Enners (1945 to 1968) was an American lacrosse player and United States Army officer. Born on November 5, 1945, he captained the football, basketball and lacrosse teams at Half Hollows High School in Dix Hills, New York, where his teammates nicknamed him The Machine and he was named All-County, All Long Island and Honorable Mention All-American in his senior year. He continued to play lacrosse at the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1967 and earning 1967 NCAA and USILA Honorable Mention All-American recognition. Commissioned as an Army officer, he was killed in action in South Vietnam on September 18, 1968, while trying to reach a wounded squad leader under fire, and received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart posthumously. The national player of the year award of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association carries his name, as do a Suffolk County high school award and an Army offensive MVP award, and he was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.