Hobart and William Smith Colleges

8 June 2004 Former Hobart Lacrosse Coach Austin F. Schmidt III Dies

Austin F. 'Jerry' Schmidt III, a former Johns Hopkins All-American lacrosse player who went on to coach the sport at Hobart and Princeton universities, died Thursday of complications related to diabetes at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. The Ocean Pines resident was 64. He was the only lacrosse player to have his picture appear on a Sports Illustrated cover, and he also coached at Calvert Hall College High School, Cornell University and the Naval Academy.

The above is from tribute to Schmidt, published in the June 6 Baltimore Sun. The full article is available.