Peter Kohn
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Peter Kohn was a longtime field manager at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.[1] He worked with the Middlebury Men's Varsity Lacrosse Team and other Middlebury sport teams for several decades.[2]
In 2004, Kohn was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is one of the few people who did not play the sport to have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.[3]
In 2005, a movie was created about Kohn, called Keeper of the Kohn.[4]
In his later years, Kohn spent his winters in Cape May, NJ and Florida, returning to Middlebury each spring to work with the lacrosse team.[5]
At age 77, Peter Kohn died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Kohn was unable to recover from a heart attack, which occurred while on a fishing trip near his home in Cape May, N.J., on August 1, 2009.[5]
Early life
Kohn was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Bernard Kohn, whose family owned the Hochschild Kohn's department store chain.[3] As a boy, Kohn struggled athletically and academically due to undiagnosed autism.[6]
Professional career
Legacy
Before a game, Peter would rehearse his pregame speech in his hotel room. Before every game, a team member would ask him, "Hey Pete what time is it," and Peter would respond with: "It's time to beat (team in competition that day)."[9]
Peter Kohn Award
Every year an award is given to a member of the national lacrosse community who best represents the idea that "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13).[10]
Award recipients
Source:[10]
1998 – Peter Kohn
1999 – Hank Janczyk
2000 – Buddy Beardmore
2001 – Jim Darcangelo
2002 – Susan Powell
2003 – Bob Scott
2004 – Jerry Schmidt
2005 – Richie Moran
2006 – Jim Grube
2007 – Ed Britton
2008 – Dave Urick
2009 – Richie Meade
2010 – Brad Corrigan
2011 – Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie
2012 – The Colleluori Family
2013 – The Kelly Family
2014 – Steve Stenersen
2015 - Aimee Dixon
2016 - Sgt. James J. Regan and Lead the Way Foundation
2017 - Michael Jolly
2018 - Tom Hayes
2019 - Brendan Looney