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Terry Sanderson (ON-Deceased)

Terry Sanderson is one of Canada’s all-time winningest coaches at the highest levels of lacrosse.

He played his Junior lacrosse in Bolton, Ontario and Senior with Orangeville, Fergus and in Victoria. Sanderson played pro lacrosse for the NLL Syracuse Sting (1974) and Quebec Caribou (1975). He was a pick-up player for the Mann Cup winning Brampton Excelsiors in 1980.

In 218 Major lacrosse games, he tallied 610 points and in 158 Senior B games, he scored 816 points. After his playing days, he helped create the Orangeville Junior B Northmen in 1989 and the Orangeville Junior A team in 1991. He coached the Junior A team to three Minto Cup championships (1993, 1995 & 1996). He was a member of the coaching staff of the Mann Cup winning Brampton Excelsiors (2002) and the team’s assistant coach in their Mann Cup victories (2008 & 2009). He was the General Manager and coach of the professional Toronto Rock when they won the NLL championship in 2005.

After stints with NLL teams in Philadelphia and Calgary, Terry rejoined the Toronto Rock in 2010 as assistant coach and eventually GM. He is a member of the Orangeville Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Terry Sanderson died in November, 2014 at age 62.

INDUCTED IN 2015

CANADIAN SENIOR CAREER
Fergus Thistles (1976, 1977)
Brampton Excelsiors (1976; 1980-1981)
Orangeville Dufferins (1978)
Orangeville Snr B Dufferins (1978)
Orangeville Snr B Northmen (1979-1986; 1988)
Owen Sound North Stars (1982-1983)
Orangeville Northmen (1987-1988)

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