Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968 in

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) is a retired professional

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player.

College career

Marechek played college lacrosse at

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where he teamed with

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and

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to form one of the great college lacrosse squads in history, winning national title games in 1989 and 1990. Marechek is the fifth leading college goal scorers in lacrosse history with 182 goals, a four-time All-American, three-time first-team All-American pick, had 76 assists and 258 career points, scored 53 goals during his junior season to lead NCAA Division I, and set a Syracuse freshman record by scoring 46 goals on just 82 shots (56.1 per cent). He is well known for scoring shots behind his back. He was inducted into both the NCAA Hall of Fame and the

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in 2008.

Professional career

NLL

He also played

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in the

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, where he played 12 seasons with the Philadelphia Wings. He retired from the NLL after the 2005 season. His number 42 was retired by the Wings and now hangs from the rafters at the

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. Marechek was inducted into the

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in 2007 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012.

Post-professional career

He formerly coached the

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's Men's Lacrosse team in

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and was the schools Physical Education Teacher. Tom founded and coaches for the Team 42 Lacrosse Club. He is also director of All Pro Lacrosse Club with camps held in Florida, Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania and his flagship camp held at

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Statistics

Syracuse University

:^''(a)'' 10th in NCAA Men's Division I all-time Total Goals __________________________________________________________________________

NLL

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MLL

Awards

References

External links

Syracuse Men's Lacrosse 1990 StatisticsSyracuse Men's Lacrosse 1989 Statistics
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