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{{Short description|American lacrosse player and poet (1954–2001)}}

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| name = Eamon McEneaney

| image = Eamon McEneaney.jpg

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| position = Attack

| shoots = Right

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| nationality = American

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| league = NCAA

| team = Cornell University

| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|12|23}}

| birth_place = Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|9|11|1954|12|23}}

| death_place = North Tower, World Trade Center, New York City, U.S.

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1976 NCAA Championship{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_lacrosse_champs_finals_records/2013/D1ResultsRecs.pdf|title=NCAA Division I Results / Records, Championship Results|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|date=2013|accessdate=October 26, 2021|archivedate=October 18, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018190702/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_lacrosse_champs_finals_records/2013/D1ResultsRecs.pdf}}
1977 NCAA Championship
1978 World Lacrosse Championship{{cite web|url=https://www.usalacrosse.com/player-profile/eamon-j-mceneaney|title=Hall of Fame Inductees: Eamon McEneaney|publisher=USA Lacrosse|language=en-US|url-status=live|accessdate=January 1, 2023|archivedate=August 7, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807221454/https://www.usalacrosse.com/player-profile/eamon-j-mceneaney}}
Inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1992

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Eamon James McEneaney (December 23, 1954 – September 11, 2001){{cite web|url=https://www.sae-cornell.org/180-spotlight-mceneaney.asp|title=Eamon McEneaney '77|publisher=NY Alpha of Sigma Alpha Epsilon|language=en-US|url-status=live|accessdate=January 1, 2023|archivedate=April 22, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422155707/https://www.sae-cornell.org/180-spotlight-mceneaney.asp}} was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977 and later an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald who died during the September 11 attacks.

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.{{cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1976/06/07/big-red-sticks-it-to-the-terps |date=June 7, 1976|title=Big Red sticks it to the Terps Cornell came from far behind to win a thriller of an NCAA final|author=Marshall, Joe|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/06/06/cornells-wild-irish-rose|title=Cornell's Wild Irish Rose: AS RICHIE MORAN DID THE COACHING AND EAMON MCENEANEY THE SCORING, THE BIG RED BUILT A 9-0 LEAD AND WENT ON TO ROUT JOHNS HOPKINS 16-8 FOR THE NCAA CROWN|magazine=Sports Illustrated|author=Marshall, Joe|date=June 6, 1977|accessdate=October 26, 2021|archivedate=October 26, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026021008/https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/06/06/cornells-wild-irish-rose}}

McEneaney represented the United States in the 1978 World Lacrosse Championships.{{cite web|url=https://cornellbigred.com/honors/hall-of-fame/eamon-mceneaney/284|title=EAMON MCENEANEY|publisher=Cornell University|accessdate=October 25, 2021|archivedate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110144125/https://cornellbigred.com/honors/hall-of-fame/eamon-mceneaney/284}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/unearthed-video-canada-s-dramatic-1978-lacrosse-gold/56571|title=Unearthed Video: Canada's Dramatic 1978 Lacrosse Gold|publisher=Inside Lacrosse|author=Kinnear, Matt|date=July 1, 2020|accessdate=October 26, 2021|archivedate=June 12, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612014413/https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/unearthed-video-canada-s-dramatic-1978-lacrosse-gold/56571}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://cornellbigred.com/news/2002/4/27/042702aab_1265.aspx|title=Eamon McEneaney's Lacrosse Jersey is Officially Retired|work=Cornell University Athletics |publisher=Cornell University|date=April 27, 2002|accessdate=October 26, 2021|archivedate=October 26, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026130054/https://cornellbigred.com/news/2002/4/27/042702aab_1265.aspx}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sae-cornell.org/180-saecor/eamon.html|title=A Tribute to Brother Eamon McEneaney '77|publisher=Sigma Alpha Epsilon|date=2002|accessdate=October 26, 2021|archivedate=October 1, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001041018/http://www.sae-cornell.org/180-saecor/eamon.html}}

=Cornell University lacrosse statistics=

Statistics per Cornell University media guides

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
ALIGN="center" style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="1" style="background:#ffffff;" \| ! rowspan="99" style="background:#ffffff;" \| ! rowspan="99" style="background:#ffffff;" \|
ALIGN="center" style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! Season !! GP !!G !! A !! Pts !! PPG !!
ALIGN="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1975	17	31	65	96	5.65
ALIGN="center" \| 1976	16	20	61	81	5.06
ALIGN="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1977	13	41	38	79	6.08
ALIGN="center" ! colspan="1.5" \|Totals !! 46 !! 92 !! 164 ^(a) !! 256 !! 5.57 ^(b){{cite web\|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/LAX_Records/2021/D1Men.pdf\|title=Division I Men's Lacrosse Records through 2020\|date=2020\|accessdate=October 26, 2021\|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association}}

: ^(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.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/04/12.9.04/McEneaney_poems.html|title=McEneaney is now a published poet|publisher=Cornell University Library|date=December 9, 2004|accessdate=August 10, 2020|archivedate=December 15, 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215190258/http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/04/12.9.04/McEneaney_poems.html}}

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

File:12.6.11EamonMcEneaneyPanelN-57ByLuigiNovi3.jpg's North Pool.]]

McEneaney was killed while working for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of the North Tower. His remains were found just five days later. At the National September 11 Memorial, McEneaney is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-57, alongside other employees of Cantor Fitzgerald killed in the September 11 attacks.{{cite web|url=http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=662|title=South Pool: Panel N-57 - Eamon J. McEneaney|publisher=National September 11 Memorial & Museum|accessdate=October 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727095710/http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=662|archive-date=July 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

{{cite web|author=Marshall, Joe|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1975/04/07/the-french-connection/ |title=The French connection: McEneaney-to-French is the route Cornell hopes to ride to the title|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=April 7, 1975|archive-date=May 31, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531153702/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089706/index.htm}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/nyregion/09poet.html|author=York, Michelle|title=His Poems Did Not Stop For Death|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 7, 2005}}
{{Find a Grave|148118835|Eamon James McEneaney}}