Bob McCready

Bob "Buff" McCready
— Lacrosse player ♂ —
Born 1940
Port Dalhousie, Ontario
Died June 2007
Brantford, Ontario
Position Goaltender
OSALL/
NLA/
NLL team		 Brampton Excelsiors (OSALL)
Maryland Arrows (NLL)
Toronto Tomahawks (NLL)
Brantford Warriors (OSALL)
St. Catharines Golden Hawks (NLA)
Montreal Canadians (NLA)
Brooklin Redmen (OSALL)
St. Catharines Athletics (OSALL)
Nationality Canadian
Pro career 1961–1976
Career highlights

Mann Cup: 1971
Mann Cup MVP: 1971
Harry Lumley Award: 1973

Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 1997

Robert "Buff" McCready (1940 in Port Dalhousie, Ontario – June 2007 in Brantford, Ontario) was a Canadian professional and amateur box lacrosse goaltender. McCready was also a professional lacrosse coach in the National Lacrosse League.[1] He won the Mann Cup National Canadian Major championship and was named 1971 most valuable player.[2] McCready was considered an elite goaltender in his time and is credited as turning the goaltending position into an offensive threat as well as the last line of defense.[2][3] He is a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Career

In 1960, Buff was transferred from St. Catharines to Whitby in the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League. That year he led the Red Wings to an OJALL title and to the Minto Cup final where they ultimately lost.

In 1963, McCready partnered with rival all-star goalie Pat Baker to compete for the Mann Cup, but St. Catharines ultimately lost.[4]

McCready won the Mann Cup with Brantford in 1973[5] and was named the playoff's most valuable player.[6]

In 1968, McCready played professionally with the newly formed Montreal Canadians of the National Lacrosse Association. He was named second team all-star.[7]

In 1969, McCready signed with the NLA's St. Catharines Golden Hawks. He came third in team scoring despite being a goaltender with 3 goals and 81 assists in 35 games.[8]

In 1974, he returned to professional lacrosse as it reemerged as the National Lacrosse League. With the Toronto Tomahawks McCready scored 53 assists in 36 games.[9]

The next season, McCready was transferred to the Maryland Arrows where he scored 24 assists in 17 games. The league folded after the season.[10]

McCready was later inducted both the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame[11] and the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997.[12][13]

In 1992, McCready was named the first ever coach of the National Lacrosse League's Buffalo Bandits,[14] albeit for only three games.[15]

Lacrosse star Pat McCready is Bob McCready's son.[2] Before Buff's death, he acted as an assistant coach with the Rochester Knighthawks from 1998 until 2001 and had returned to the Bandits organization for the 2007 season that had just ended. In joining the Bandits, he had the opportunity to join Pat for one more season.[16]

In 2009, St. Catharines honoured McCready by adding him to their Sports Wall of Fame.[17]

Statistics

Source: Wamper's Bible of Lacrosse[18]

Season Team League GP G A P PIM Team GAA
1958 St. Catharines OJALL - 0 2 2 2 13.24
1959 St. Catharines OJALL - 0 12 12 2 6.00
- St. Catharines P/O - 0 7 7 0 7.00
1960 Whitby OJALL - 1 21 22 10 8.30
- Whitby P/O - 0 9 9 11 6.77
- Whitby Minto 5 0 6 6 4 -
1961 St. Catharines OSALL 22 0 12 12 20 9.00
- St. Catharines P/O 6 0 0 0 5 -
1962 St. Catharines OSALL 23 1 14 15 42 11.75
- St. Catharines P/O 5 0 1 1 0 -
1963 St. Catharines OSALL 23 0 12 12 13 8.35
- St. Catharines P/O 11 0 3 3 2 -
- St. Catharines Mann 3 0 1 1 2 -
1964 St. Catharines OSALL 24 4 10 14 24 9.38
- St. Catharines P/O 7 0 1 1 9 -
1965 St. Catharines OSALL 20 0 21 21 15 10.92
- St. Catharines P/O 7 0 9 9 2 -
1966 St. Catharines OSALL 7 0 4 4 6
1967 Brooklin OSALL 22 1 21 22 27 10.42
- Brooklin P/O 10 0 8 8 16 -
- Brooklin Mann 6 0 3 3 2 -
1968 Montreal NLA 38 0 51 51 105 13.53
- Montreal P/O 7 0 7 7 14 -
1969 St. Catharines NLA 35 2 81 83 82 14.61
- St. Catharines P/O 7 0 13 13 16 13.43
1970 Did Not Participate
1971 Brantford OSALL 29 1 52 53 22 11.20
- Brantford P/O 10 0 21 21 12 -
- Brantford Mann 4 0 10 10 2 -
1972 Brantford MSL 26 1 53 54 47 13.97
- Brantford P/O 11 1 28 29 5 -
- Brantford Mann 4 0 12 12 10 -
1973 Brantford MSL 23 4 73 77 37 12.58
- Brantford P/O 10 0 20 20 - -
1974 Toronto NLL 36 0 53 53 29 16.98
1975 Maryland NLL 17 0 24 24 19 16.04
1976 Brampton MSL 1 0 3 3 4 14.25

References

  1. ↑ Buffalo Bandits Assistant Coach Bob "Buff" McCready Passes Away - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
  2. 1 2 3 McCready had an offensive side | St. Catharines Standard
  3. ↑ ZoomInfo Cached Page
  4. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/1963seniora.txt
  5. ↑ http://www.brantfordlacrosse.com/history.html
  6. ↑ Mann Cup - Past Champions and MVPs
  7. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/1968nllpro.txt
  8. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/1969elapro.txt
  9. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/1974nllpro.txt
  10. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/1975nllpro.txt
  11. ↑ Remembering one of the best ever, Buff McCready, plus the links | IL Indoor.com
  12. ↑ Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame
  13. ↑ Box Players - 1997
  14. ↑ This Birthday in Buffalo Sports History: Pat McCready - Sports, Ink - The Buffalo News
  15. ↑ The Official Site Of The Buffalo Bandits Archived February 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=7420
  17. ↑ Five added to St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame | St. Catharines Standard
  18. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/
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