John Gagliardi (lacrosse)

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Born	June 11, 1974, Manhasset, New York, USA
Position	Defenseman
Former NLL Teams	Philadelphia Wings New York Saints
MLL Team	Long Island Lizards
Nationality	United States

John Gagliardi (b. June 11, 1974) is a professional lacrosse player on the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. Gagliardi grew up in Manhasset, NY, at first playing midfield, eventually switching his position to defense at age fifteen. One of the Manhasset "Fab Five" of the 1990's,^{[citation needed]} Gagliardi graduated Manhasset High School in 1992, going on to college at Johns Hopkins University. At JHU, Gagliardi earned All-America honors twice, once as a third team in 1996 as a junior, and in 1997 as a senior as a first team All-American.

Gagliardi played for the New York Saints and Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League between 1998 and 2001. In 1999, he was selected to the US lacrosse team, winning the Lacrosse World Cup that year. In 2001, Gagliardi joined the Long Island Lizards, and has been an All Star since 2002.

Outside of Gagliardi's personal lacrosse experience, he along with Paul Carcaterra founded the No Limit Lacrosse Camps in 1997, and every summer teaches youth from ages 7-18.^{[citation needed]} He also founded his own lacrosse apparel company in 2005, called Maverik Lacrosse.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
1998	New York		6	0	4	4	17	4		--	--	--	--	--	--
1999	New York		12	3	4	7	63	12		--	--	--	--	--	--
2000	Philadelphia		5	2	5	7	24	11		1	0	1	1	5	2
2001	Philadelphia		10	0	7	7	55	27		--	--	--	--	--	--
NLL Totals			33	5	20	25	159	54		1	0	1	1	5	2

Persondata
NAME	Gagliardi, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 11, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manhasset, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH