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The man who revolutionised lacrosse: Gary Gait

Gait, a greatest of all time, became the first men’s lacrosse player to have his jersey retired. Former professional lacrosse player Gary Charles Gait was born April 5, 1967, and is currently the head coach for the Syracuse University men’s lacrosse team. Gary Gait also served as the assistant coach of the Marylands women’s lacrosse team during the 1995-01 season.

Paul Gait is frequently considered to be the best lacrosse player ever, although his individual accomplishments are tarnished by those of his brother, Gary. He helped his college to the NCAA championship three times and was a first-team All-American himself three times. Dave Pietramala accomplished a lot in their Lacrosse playing career, like 44 National Championships, 46 NCAA Tournaments, and nine NCAA titles which are highly desired by others. As Syracuse’s top two National Champions, he holds Syracuse’s all-time points record making him one of the greatest lacrosse players in history.

In the first John Grant Jr. game after his retirement, Grant Jr. passed Paul Robey for the most points ever scored by a major league lacrosse player. John Christopher Grant Jr is also one of the greatest lacrosse players in history and has gained much respect from fans. Gary Gait is one of the greatest Canadian lacrosse players ever to play, winning three NCAA championships, the Lieutenant Raymond Enners Award, the Major League Lacrosse rookie of the year, the NLL MVP in consecutive five years, and a three-time winner in the MLL league.

With 1,091 points in the Indoor National Lacrosse League, Gait established the league record for points in that period while leading the league in points and goals seven times. Gary Gait also helped lead Syracuse to three national championships during his time at the school, a difficult feat many other lacrosse legends could not achieve afterwards. U.S. (2005) and Canadian (2014) Lacrosse Hall of Famer Gary Gait was born in Victoria, Canada. Like Jim Brown, he would go on to attend college at Syracuse University, becoming one of the most iconic names in lacrosse around the world.

He helped revolutionise the way many people saw the sport through his use of unique and flashy moves such as the behind-the-back pass, as well as his most notable action, the air Gait, which is an acrobatic scoring attempt that involves leaping from behind the crease and landing on the other side after shooting the puck. Gait is the all-time leader in points scored for Syracuse University lacrosse (396). Despite spending a season in the same conference and historically being two of the three winningest programs in the sport, Syracuse and Maryland have only met 17 times in program history and just five times in the last 30 years.