Builders Category

Last fall at the NLL Awards Induction ceremonies I had the opportunity to sit and have a chat with Chris and he was one of the more delightful individuals I have had the chance to talk to.

He knew the game and he was passionate about it and loved to spend time with his Family when not on the road, which was often.

Chris Hall (BC-Deceased)

As a youngster he grew up in Victoria in the early 1960’s and watched his Father do games as a timekeeper for the Senior Shamrocks team.

He played basketball, rugby plus others but it was both box and field lacrosse that he went to Play, Coach and also as a General Manager.

He played for the Shamrocks in the Western Lacrosse Association (1973, 1974, 1976-1982).

He played one season (1975) for the Boston Bolts of the original National Lacrosse League.

He became the Coach or Co-Coach the Shamrocks for 10 full seasons ranging from 1983 and 2001.

He won the Mann Cup as a player in 1979 and as a coach in 1983 and 1999.

He played for Canada in the World Games in Baltimore (1982), in Los Angeles (1984) and in the World Championships in Toronto (1986).

He was selected all-world defenseman at the World Games (1984).

Chris was the head coach and GM of the Canadian National Field Team from 1988-1994 and led the squad to a silver medal in Australia (1990) and a bronze medal in England (1994).

In 1980, he co-founded and head coached the Victoria Seaspray field lacrosse club. Under his leadership, the team captured 12 Ross Cup Senior Men’s National Championships.

Hall’s NLL coaching career began in 2002 with the Calgary Roughnecks.

He took the Roughnecks and the Washington Stealth to NLL championships in 2004 and 2010 respectively.

He also coached Team England in two world indoor box lacrosse championships. Chris was inducted into the Greater Victoria and National Lacrosse League Halls of Fame prior to his death in December, 2014 at the age of 64.

Lindsay Sanderson (Orangeville, ON)

In the 1980’s, Orangeville, Ontario’s Lindsay Sanderson was a team leader, fierce competitor and leading scorer in Senior B lacrosse, winning 6 consecutive provincial championships and 3 Presidents’ Cup national championships with the Orangeville Northmen (1981, 1982 and 1984).

In 237 regular season and playoff games, he scored 856 points.

He played Senior A with the Brampton Excelsiors in 3 Mann Cup series (1976, 1980 and 1981).

But his impact off the floor has been even greater. Since the 1970’s, Lindsay has coached and held key positions in minor lacrosse from director to president.

He was instrumental in turning around Orangeville Minor Lacrosse in the 1980’s and developed it into one of the premiere associations.

He has coached lacrosse at every level — Minor, Junior, Major and in the professional National Lacrosse League with the Montreal Express, Ottawa Rebel and Toronto Rock he was also head coach and GM of the NLL Philadelphia Wings (2005-2008).

He was assistant coach on 3 Minto Cup teams in Orangeville and a Mann Cup team in Brampton.

All together, as a coach and GM, Lindsay has won 12 Ontario Minor Lacrosse championships, 14 Junior, Senior and Major championships and 7 national championships.

The Ontario Lacrosse Association honoured him with the prestigious Mr. Lacrosse Award (1995) and he was given the Jim Bishop Memorial Award (1999) as Junior A coach of the year.

Lindsay Sanderson is currently GM of the Jr. A Barrie Lakeshores.

Terry Sanderson (ON-Deceased)

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

He played Junior lacrosse in Bolton (Ontario), 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 GM 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.