Bob McCready

Robert "Buff" McCready (1940 – June 2007) was a Canadian professional and amateur box lacrosse goaltender. McCready was also a professional lacrosse coach in the National Lacrosse League. He won the Mann Cup National Canadian Major championship and was named 1971 most valuable player. 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

McCready was later inducted both the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997.

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

Lacrosse star Pat McCready is Bob McCready's son.

McCready died in 2007 in Brantford, Ontario. In 2009, St. Catharines honoured McCready by adding him to their Sports Wall of Fame.

Statistics Source: Wamper's Bible of Lacrosse Season' Team League GP G A P PIM Team GAA1958 St. Catharines OJALL - 0 2 2 2 13.241959 St. Catharines OJALL - 0 12 12 2 6.00 - St. Catharines P/O - 0 7 7 0 7.001960 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 13.431970 Did Not Participate1971 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 16.981975 Maryland NLL 17 0 24 24 19 16.041976 Brampton MSL 1 0 3 3 4 14.25