Lacrosse Legends

Paul Parnell was born March 28, 1938, in Peterborough, Ontario.He began playing lacrosse in Peterborough and played 2 seasons of Senior forPeterborough in 1958 & 59. In 1960 he joined the Victoria Shamrocks for 1 season.In 1961 he joined the Salmonbellies and won 5 Mann Cups. He was selected to theICLL/WLA all-star team in 14 of his 15 years with New Westminster, and retired in1975 holding 23 WLA records and 3 Mann Cup records.No one in Canadian senior box lacrosse history has played more games than PaulParnell: 587 in the West and another 84 in his hometown of Peterborough. Only John Davis, another Peterborough product, has accumulated more points, 2,053, to Parnell’s1,918.