James Dyson overcame the odds of playing on a
losing team to earn second team All-America honors as a
sophomore in 1931 from the Spaulding Guide to Lacrosse,
the foremost authority on lacrosse of its time.
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In games against Army and Navy that year, Dyson was spectacular
in goal, making 42 and 31 saves respectively. "Without
question, he held the season's record for stops per game,"
said the Spaulding Guide. Again in 1932, the Leopards
were outmatched against Army when Dyson made 42
saves. Reports also indicate that this Lancaster (PA) native
was the field general for head coach Dave Bender. There
was no intercollegiate team in 1933, but members of the
former teams still gathered to play a series of scrimmages
against the opposing colleges. Dyson also ran track in his
senior year and was a member of the Middle Atlantic States
one-mile relay championship team. Following graduation,
Dyson charted a distinguished course that eventually led
to his becoming head of the geology department here at
Lafayette in 1948. He was particularly interested in the
study of glaciers and wrote an award-winning book entitled
"The World of Ice" in 1962
