Vincent Sombrotto (lacrosse)

Vincent J. Sombrotto is an American former lacrosse player from Port Washington, New York, who played collegiate lacrosse at Hofstra University and represented the United States at four consecutive World Lacrosse Championships. At Hofstra he earned Second Team All-American honors in 1980 and served as co-captain. With the United States men's national lacrosse team he won gold medals at the 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994 tournaments, was named to the inaugural All-World Team in 1982, and became the first player selected to four U.S. senior national field lacrosse teams, twice captaining Team USA. He also had a long club career, winning ten national club championships, and played professionally in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse with the New York Saints and the Long Island Lizards, later coaching the Lizards in 2004. He is in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame.