Tom Marechek

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league= Former NCAA
team= Syracuse University
mll_team = Washington Bayhawks
former_nll_teams = Philadelphia Wings
nationality = Canada
birth_date = August 25, 1968
birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia
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Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a professional lacrosse player, Tom currently plays attack for the Washington Bayhawks of the MLL, whom he's played with since 2001.

He also played indoor lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, where he played 12 seasons with the Philadelphia Wings. He retired from the NLL after the 2005 season. His number 42 was retired by the Wings and now hangs from the rafters at the Wachovia Center. On February 16, 2007, Marechek was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame. [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=2738|title=NLL Inducts Second Class to Hall of Fame|work=NLL.com|date=February 16, 2007|accessdate=2007-02-18]

He played college lacrosse at Syracuse University where he teamed with Paul and Gary Gait to form one of the great college lacrosse squads in history, winning national title games in 1989 and 1990. Marechek is the fifth leading college goal scorers in lacrosse history with 182 goals, a four-time All-American, three-time first-team All-American pick, had 76 assists and 258 career points, scored 53 goals during his junior season to lead NCAA Division I, and set a Syracuse freshman record by scoring 46 goals on just 82 shots (56.1 per cent). He is well known for scoring shots behind his back, and has been rumored to have scored more this way than normal.

Marechek has won championships in the MLL, NLL and NCAA.

Tom Marechek now coaches the Glenelg Country School, Ellicott City, Maryland, boys' varsity lacrosse team. He is also director of a successful Instructional Lacrosse camp AllPro held at Goucher College.

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*NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records
* Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse

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NAME= Marechek, Tom
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Retired lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH= August 25, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH= Victoria, British Columbia
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