Eamon James McEneaney (December 23, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an
All-American lacrosse
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player at
Cornell University
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from 1975 to 1977 and later an employee of
Cantor Fitzgerald
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who died during the
September 11 attacks
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.
Lacrosse career
McEneaney teamed with
Mike French and
Dan Mackesey to win the
1976 NCAA Championship, a key part of Cornell teams which won 29 straight games and two straight titles over two seasons.
McEneaney was voted the outstanding player in the
1977 NCAA Championship game, while setting an NCAA tournament record with 25 points in three tournament games, with 11 goals and 14 assists, one of the great lacrosse finals performances.
McEneaney represented the United States in the 1978
World Lacrosse Championship
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The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as ...
s.
McEneaney was inducted into the Cornell Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[ He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1992.][
McEneaney's jersey number (#10) was retired by Cornell University on April 27, 2002, in tribute to him.
]
Cornell University lacrosse statistics
Statistics per Cornell University media guides
: ''(a)'' 5th in NCAA career assists per game[
: ''(b)'' 14th in NCAA career points per game][
]
Writer and poet
Known for his athletic talents, McEneaney was also a poet and had desires to write a novel. His family, in partnership with the Cornell University Library, published a posthumous collection of his poetry entitled ''A Bend in the Road''.
In 2010, Eamon's widow Bonnie published ''Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11'', a collection of stories regarding people who have had supernatural experiences with friends and family members who died during the September 11 attacks.[
]
Death and legacy
At the National 9/11 Memorial
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, McEneaney is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-57, alongside other employees of Cantor Fitzgerald
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killed in the September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...
.
See also
*Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse
The Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse team represents Cornell University in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.
History
As a member of the Ivy League, Cornell has won 30 conference championships (18 outright, 12 shared), more than any other school (Princ ...
*National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
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*NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records NCAA Division I men's lacrosse records listed here are primarily records compiled by the NCAA's Director of Statistics office.
Included in this consolidation are the NCAA men's Division I individual single-season and career leaders. Official NCAA ...
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Awards
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1954 births
2001 deaths
Lacrosse forwards
Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse players
Victims of the September 11 attacks
American terrorism victims
American lacrosse players
Terrorism deaths in New York (state)
1976 in lacrosse
People from Elmont, New York
People murdered in New York City
Male murder victims
21st-century American poets
Cantor Fitzgerald