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Harkness grew up in Ontario, but before coming of age, his family moved to the Glens Falls region north of Albany, NY. He graduated from the Worcester Academy in 1939. In 1941, Harkness became a volunteer coach for a group of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy who were interested in forming a lacrosse club. Through that year and the next, the team practiced and scrimmaged with Harkness leading the way, eventually playing games against four varsity programs. World War II led to the disbanding of the team, but when the school formally established a varsity lacrosse program in 1945, Harkness was asked to become its first coach.

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  • Harkness grew up in Ontario, but before coming of age, his family moved to the Glens Falls region north of Albany, NY. He graduated from the Worcester Academy in 1939. In 1941, Harkness became a volunteer coach for a group of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy who were interested in forming a lacrosse club. Through that year and the next, the team practiced and scrimmaged with Harkness leading the way, eventually playing games against four varsity programs. World War II led to the disbanding of the team, but when the school formally established a varsity lacrosse program in 1945, Harkness was asked to become its first coach.
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  • Harkness grew up in Ontario, but before coming of age, his family moved to the Glens Falls region north of Albany, NY. He graduated from the Worcester Academy in 1939. In 1941, Harkness became a volunteer coach for a group of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy who were interested in forming a lacrosse club. Through that year and the next, the team practiced and scrimmaged with Harkness leading the way, eventually playing games against four varsity programs. World War II led to the disbanding of the team, but when the school formally established a varsity lacrosse program in 1945, Harkness was asked to become its first coach. Within a year of its establishment, Ned Harkness had Rensselaer ranked among the best lacrosse teams in the country. In 1948, he took the team to the Olympic Games in London, England, where the team would tie the British All-Star team before 60,000 at Wembley Stadium while amassing an 8-0-1 record in nine games played in England.
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