Stan Cockerton

Stan Cockerton, born May 19, 1955, is a Canadian lacrosse player and administrator who became an All-American at North Carolina State University. He learned the game in Ontario playing box lacrosse for the Oshawa Green Gaels junior team and also played for the Brooklin Redmen in Major Series Lacrosse. At NC State from 1977 to 1980 he scored 193 career goals, ranked first among Division I players in career goals per game, and led the Wolfpack to its only NCAA tournament appearance, in 1979. In 1978 he scored the overtime winning goal as the Canadian national team upset a heavily favoured United States team. Later he served as president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and of the Federation of International Lacrosse, founded the Heritage Cup, and was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2014.