William H. Maddren

William Harvey Maddren (1875 to 1909) was an American lacrosse player, coach and physician who helped build Johns Hopkins University into a lacrosse power at the end of the nineteenth century. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he took a science degree at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1896 and then studied medicine at Johns Hopkins, receiving his medical doctorate in 1901. He played lacrosse at Hopkins from 1897 to 1901, was elected team captain in his first year and was appointed player-coach, serving as the university's fourth head coach until 1901. His teams compiled a record of 25 wins and 6 losses and captured three national championships. The authors of The Lacrosse Story credited his efforts with turning Baltimore into a hotbed of lacrosse enthusiasm. He died on January 8, 1909, aged 33, and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inducted him in 1961.