Lacrosse Legends

Jim Price can quite possibly claim the title of “Father of Canadian Field Lacrosse Officiating”. Hewould not think of himself in that way but the hundreds of officials he developed in Canada andaround the world would feel the title was justified. He started out with the game through hisson playing Tyke Level Box Lacrosse around Canada’s Centennial in 1967. He would coach andeventually referee box lacrosse.He received his calling to officiating Men’s Field Lacrosse when Canada won its first World FiledLacrosse Championship in 1978 and the need for officiating in the burgeoning field game wasurgent. He would become a Master Clinician in Canada and after traveling to Baltimore for the1982 World Field Lacrosse Championships he began to get very involved at the internationallevel. He became an Assesor in 1986 when Canada hosted the World Championship in Torontoin 1986.He was known for training officials across Canada, often on his own dime, staying in the campingtrailer that he would pull behind his car. He would