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{{Short description|American lacrosse player and proponent}}
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| college = [[Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse|Harvard]]
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| other_title = USILA executive
| other_years1 = 1907–1908
| other_team1 = Vice President of the [[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association|USILA]]
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| other_years3 = 1917–1918
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| career_highlights = *1951 USILA Award
*National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee (1957)
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'''Charles E. Marsters''' (9 June 1883 - December 1962<ref>[http://www.yasni.info/ext.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancientfaces.com%2Fperson%2Fcharles-marsters%2F5327860&name=Malcolm+Charles+Allison+Marsters&showads=1&lc=en-us&lg=en&rg=us&rip=us Ancient Faces] (retrieved 15 April 2015)</ref>) was an American [[field lacrosse|lacrosse]] player and proponent. He helped promote the sport throughout New England and served in the [[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association]] (USILA) in various executive capacities. In 1957, he was inducted into the [[National Lacrosse Hall of Fame]].

==Biography==
Marsters attended [[Poly Prep Country Day School]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], where he played basketball and competed in [[track & field]]. He graduated in 1902. He then attended [[Harvard University]], and played freshman lacrosse in his first year. Marsters played lacrosse on [[Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse|the varsity team]] for the remaining three years, and spent one season as the team captain. He was accepted into the [[Ivy Club]] as a sophomore and elected as its president during his senior year. He graduated from Harvard in 1907 with a Bachelor of Science degree.<ref name=hof>[http://www.uslacrosse.org/about-us-lacrosse/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-inductees.aspx Charles E. Marsters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421120914/http://www.uslacrosse.org/about-us-lacrosse/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-inductees.aspx# |date=2015-04-21 }}, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, US Lacrosse, retrieved 15 April 2015. (Note: Link directs to main page of inductees; Individual biographies cannot be directly hyper-linked)</ref>

In 1913, with Paul Gustafson, he helped found the Boston Lacrosse Club, and for sixteen years played on the team at the point position and acted as its manager. After that, he coached the team for some years and served as the club president. Marsters helped promote the formation of a lacrosse team at [[Yale University]] in 1915, and arrange for former Crescent Athletic Club player Dr. William Madden to coach the fledgling team for two weeks.<ref name=hof/>

He enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. He was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] through an officer training school and was stationed at [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]].<ref name=hof/>

Between 1926 and 1930, he promoted the formation of teams at [[Brown Bears men's lacrosse|Brown]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [[New Hampshire Wildcats|New Hampshire]], and [[Tufts University|Tufts]].<ref name=hof/> Alongside Tom Dent in 1935,<ref name=hof/> he was a co-founder of the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League (NEILL).<ref>[http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/umarmot/?p=231 Papers of New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311045506/http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/umarmot/?p=231 |date=2010-03-11 }}, UMarmot, University of Massachusetts Amherst, retrieved May 19, 2009.</ref> Marsters served as the [[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association]] (USILA) vice president from 1907 to 1908, and president from 1909 to 1910 and 1917 to 1918. He also served on the [[USILA All-American Team|All-American committee]],<ref name=hof/> and he was on the USILA executive board from 1949 to 1952.<ref>[http://www.usila.org/PDFs/pastofficers.pdf Past Officers] (PDF), United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, retrieved May 19, 2009.</ref>

He received the 1951 USILA Award for the individual who had done the most to promote the sport over the past year.<ref name=hof/> Marsters was inducted into the [[US Lacrosse]] [[National Lacrosse Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] as a player in 1957.<ref name=hof/>

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