Glenn Thiel, Lacrosse, 1929-1933 - Syracuse University Athletics

Glenn "Nick" Thiel was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965. An avid lacrosse player at a young age, he played for the Syracuse Crescent Lacrosse Club while still a junior high school student. Thiel also played in the first Intercollegiate Box Lacrosse game in which Syracuse lost to Cornell 12-7 in front of a crowd of 6,000 at the Rochester Armory.

Career: Assisted Roy Simmons Sr. at Syracuse…Head lacrosse coach at Penn State from 1935 to 1956…Had 11 winning seasons in 22 years of coaching…Served as an assistant coach for the North All-Star Team in 1941 and 1943 and head coach in 1942, ’46 and ’49.

Senior Year (1933): Selected as team captain…Member of the Monks Head Society and presented with the trophy for the most outstanding lacrosse player at Syracuse.

Junior Year (1932): Played for Syracuse against Rutgers in the Olympic Playoff Series.

Personal: Played lacrosse for four years in high school and served as a team captain in 1929…High school team was undefeated his last two years…Also played football and basketball…Developed, manufactured and sold early types of face masks…Charter member of the USLCA when it was organized in 1936, vice president in 1942 and ’43 and president in 1944 and ’45…Originated and edited the Lacrosse Newsletter from 1946-1951…Awarded the trophy as the person who had done the most for lacrosse in 1945 and ’47…Elected to the Executive Board of the USILA in 1956 and served until 1959…Became an associate professor at Penn State in 1945 and a professor in 1950.