Eleanor Keady Gaffney
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Year
Graduated: 1953 |
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Inducted: 1980 |
Gaffney, a graduate of Boston University's Sargent College
in 1953, was a two-sport athlete who excelled in field hockey
and lacrosse.
She made the All-Boston field hockey team three times, from
1951-53, and the All-Boston lacrosse team twice, in 1953 and
1954.
Her accolades did not stop there. She also was a Scarlet
Key and Athletic Association award winner in 1952, and a recipient
of the Twinness Award in 1953. Gaffney also made the Northeast
Section field hockey team twice before earning a berth on
the U.S. reserve team.
After three years as a reserve, Gaffney was named as a forward
on the U.S. National field hockey team in 1958. It was there
she played for two years against the top international competition.
After playing two more years with the reserve squad, she again
made the national team which in 1962 tied England 3-3, marking
the first time England had not won in Wembley Stadium.
A member of the U.S. National lacrosse team from 1955-62,
she also served as president and vice president of the U.S.
Women's Lacrosse Association.
