Robert "Bob" J. Rule

Retired Manhasset, NY Educator Robert (Bob) Rule passed away on Nov. 6, 2022 on
Block Island. Goaltender and MVP of Cornell’s 1971 NCAA Championship Lacrosse
team (13-0), he was an All-America and All-Ivy first-team selection winning the C.
Markland Kelly Trophy as the nation's outstanding goaltender. As both a junior and
senior, he led the Ivy League in goaltending and was the Ivy’s second-best goalie as a
sophomore. Bob was also a goaltender for Cornell’s 1969-70 NCAA Championship
Hockey team thus becoming the only Cornellian to play on two NCAA Championship
teams in different sports. He was the starting goaltender for the 1974 USA World
Championship team in Australia. Returning to his alma mater, Bob assisted in coaching
boys’ lacrosse helping Manhasset to reach seven state championships games and win
four titles, while also racking up several Nassau County and Long Island crowns. As an
inventor, he received many US Patents for innovating lacrosse equipment. Bob received
numerous Hall of Fame honors including USA National Lacrosse, Long Island Lacrosse
Metro Chapter, Cornell Athletics, and Manhasset Lacrosse. He is survived by wife
Dorothy (nee Conroy), daughter DK, brothers Jack, Dicky, Paul (Kristy), nieces Heather,
Samantha, Alexis, Elizabeth, Lindsay, Kristin, Kaly, and nephews Josiah and Jay, the
Monahan cousins Thomas, Richard, Michael and Patricia, and cousin Paul Giguere as
well as other extended family. Please consider a memorial donation to Cornell
University, CUNY Macaulay Honors College, Block Island Medical Center, Silver Hill
Hospital or your preferred educational or mental/health program. Memorial services to
be announced. Condolences at www.pratagallogly.com and inquiries at
rjrulefamily@gmail.com. The family would like to acknowledge and thank the broader
community for the kind and considerate messages of support during this difficult time.

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