Jim Beardmore
{{Short description|American lacrosse player and coach}}
{{Infobox lacrosse player
|position=Goalie
| league= MILL
| team= Washington Wave
Pittsburgh Bulls
|nationality=American
|birth_date=
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|career_start= 1988
|career_end= 1992
|uslaxhof=
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Jim Beardmore was a former All-American lacrosse goalie,{{cite web |url=http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=491 |title=A Shared Journey |accessdate=2008-02-27 |author= Robins, Marc |date=April 10, 2007 |work=MajorLeagueLacrosse.com |publisher=}} and coach. He was formerly the head coach for the Hamburg Warriors B-Team. He is the son of former University of Maryland coach and Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Clayton "Buddy" Beardmore.{{Cite web|title=Legendary Goalie and Coach Jim Beardmore on life and goalies - LGR Episode 80 {{!}} Lax Goalie Rat|url=https://laxgoalierat.com/jim-beardmore/#|access-date=2021-09-12|website=laxgoalierat.com}}
Beardmore attended University of Maryland after graduating from The Severn School in Severna Park, MD. In 1987 was awarded the Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award as the NCAA's Goalie of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/awards_list.phtml#mensdiv1 |title=US LAcrosse Division I Awards |accessdate=2008-02-27 |work=USLacrosse.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509094922/http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/awards_list.phtml |archivedate=2008-05-09 }} In addition, Beardmore was named a first team All-American, Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, and received first-team All-ACC mention.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=20&id=159765&hidecontent=yes |title=Fan Zone: Jim Beardmore - Head Coach, Denver Outlaws |accessdate=2008-02-27 |work=InsideLacrosse.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020090413/http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=20&id=159765&hidecontent=yes |archivedate=2007-10-20 |url-status=dead }}
Beardmore played five seasons in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League with the Washington Wave and the Pittsburgh Bulls.
Beardmore served as head coach for the Denver Outlaws of the Major League Lacrosse in the 2007 MLL season. In addition, he has served as head coach for a number of high schools, including Severna Park, and is director of Nike Lacrosse Summer Camps and All-American Sports Camps. He served as Head Lacrosse Coach for Colorado Academy during the school's 2008 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.westsidelax.com/index.php?id=87,3703,0,0,1,0
|title=Colorado HS: Colorado Academy Hires Jim Beardmore |accessdate=2008-02-27 |author= |date=February 4, 2008|work=WestSideLax.com |publisher=}}
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{{succession box | before = Peter Sheehan| title = Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award| years = 1987 | after = Quint Kessenich}}
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