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- **Posted:** 2021-04-15T21:57:50.000+00:00
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In 1935, a Utahn crossed the pond and made the lacrosse team at Oxford University in London. An article from the March 25, 1935, Provo Evening Herald stated that Chauncy D. Harris, a graduate of Brigham Young University studying at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, played great defense against Cambridge. Harris was the first Rhodes scholar from BYU and his father, Dr. Franklin Stewart Harris, was the president of BYU. "Although Cambridge won 10 to 6, the Utahn's defense work was lauded," said the Herald while referencing a London Times article. 

Harris wasn't the only Utahn to leave the state and join a lacrosse team. In 1940, Donald C. McMillan, a Salt Lake City native, joined the Army lacrosse team while enrolled at West Point. McMillan is listed as a member of the team in the 1941 and 1942 Howitzer, the West Point yearbook. The yearbooks back then were what seemed like a year behind as the 1940 team was published in the 1941 Howitzer. Although the yearbooks' recaps don't mention McMillan, his bio states he had 'devoted himself to lacrosse, bridge, barbershop harmony, and tall stories.' McMillan was praised at home in an April 18, 1941 clipping called "Utahn Makes Team" from the Salt Lake Telegram in which the author states that McMillan 'qualified' for the Army lacrosse team. The news came from the public relations officer, Lieutenant Colonel Meade Wildrick. It's unclear whether Wildrick reached out to local papers or if the Salt Lake Telegram was actively searching for stories at West Point and happened upon McMillan. The 1940 Black Knights went 7-3 with a season finale win against Navy, 13-2. The 1941 team finished with an 8-2 record and once again bested Navy, 7-5. Army went on to win a National Championship just two years later but McMillan had graduated in 1941.

1. McMillan in the 1941 Howitzer
2. Clip from the April 18, 1941 Salt Lake Telegram
3. 1941 Army Lacrosse
4. 1940 Army Lacrosse
5. 1935 Oxford v. Cambridge lacrosse program 

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The last picture comes from: Harris, Chauncy D., [Box 89, Folder 12], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

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