This article is about the defunct professional box lacrosse league. For the national governing body of lacrosse in Canada, see Canadian Lacrosse Association.
Not to be confused with the active North American lacrosse league of the same name, headquarted in Philadelphia.
The National Lacrosse Association was a professional box lacrosse league that operated in 1968–1969 with teams from both the United States and Canada.
Due to poor attendance, the league folded in March 1969.[1] After the folding, two teams (the Maple Leafs and Peterborough Lakers) joined the ill-fated Eastern Professional Lacrosse League which went defunct after one season. The NLA was the first attempt at a professional box lacrosse league in history. After cessation in 1969, the next popular pro lacrosse league would be the National Lacrosse League (1974–75).
The National Lacrosse Association was founded in 1968 by entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the game's exciting aspects. Most of the teams in the NLA were amateur-level teams from Canada that decided to make their teams professional.
Some organizations drew considerable crowds and had games televised[2] while other teams struggled to bring in even a couple hundred fans. Players' salaries averaged between $3000 and $4000 per year.[3]
In the league's one and only season, The New Westminster Salmonbellies emerged as the champions by beating the Detroit Olympics four games to two.
^Fisher, Donald (2002). Lacrosse: A History of the Game. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 278.
^Lewis, Wendy (2008). Lacrosse Warrior: The Life of Mohawk Lacrosse Champion Gaylord Powless. Toronto: James Lorimer. p. 82.
^"ROUGH? RIGHT. THAT'S LACROSSE | Maclean's | AUGUST 1968". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
^"1968 National Lacrosse League". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
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