Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 12/3/23
Springfield-Delco recently held a special get-together with several other long-time lacrosse contributors to honor its first boys’ lacrosse coach, the legendary Stu Brown, at TJ Rockwell’s Restaurant in Elizabethtown, PA, which is close to where Coach Brown now lives. Coach Brown, who is 94, founded the Springfield-Delco Lacrosse Program in 1969 and is commonly known as the Father of Eastern Delaware County Lacrosse and the Father of Springfield Lacrosse.
This photo featured the following: (Left to right) are Stevie Fink, Mike Kelly (original team member from first squad in 1969), Erik Fink, Jim DeRose (now coach at Williamson Trade), Fred Ulmer, Ebe Helm (original team member, Owner/President of Duke’s LC), Dennis Fink (original team member), Tom Hall (original team member), Mike Mackrides (original team member, former coach of Duke’s LC and Duke’s Mainline), Doug Ellers, Coach Stu Brown, Matt Flynn, Bruce Vosburgh (assistant coach at Duke’s LC and Unionville High and recent PLA Founder’s Award honoree), Joe Vetrone (original team member), and John Hoffman.
