This photograph shows Springfield College's faculty member and coach Vernon Cox with two lacrosse players standing in snow. In the photograph, coach Cox is standing in the middle and holding a large chunk of snow in his right hand. The player on the left wears a number 12 jersey, holds a lacrosse stick in his right hand and a helmet under his left arm. The player on the right wears a number 27 jersey and also has his helmet under his left arm. He is holding a chunk of snow in the net of his lacrosse stick. A goal and some trees are behind him. Vernon Cox graduated from Springfield College in 1944 and immediately joined the Army Air Corp, where he fought in the Pacific Theater. In 1947, he joined the Springfield College faculty as a physical education instructor, where he coached soccer, basketball, tennis, lacrosse, cross country and track and field. In 1977, Cox became the college’s alumni director. He passed away in 1991, after forty-four years of serving the college community. The back of the photograph is stamped with the photographer's name "FRED M. MERRILL".
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