Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

Defenseman ... All-Tri-State as a senior ... Selected All-American as a senior ... Co-captained team with Abbie Moore that placed third in the NCAA Tournament and won Tri-State title that season ... NCAA All-Tournament Team in 1953 ... RPI Hockey All-Tournament Team in 1952-53 ... Nicknamed “The Iron Horse of Hockey” by local press as he very rarely left the ice in any game in his two years of hockey at RPI ... With most players weighing about 135 pounds, at 6-0, 190 was the team’s cop ... Said head coach Ned Harkness of LaFontaine: “He was probably one of the hardest hitting defensemen I’ve ever coached. If I were to rank him among defensemen at RPI, he has to be in the top five.” ... Theta Xi ... Biomedical Engineering ... Loyola High School ... Transfer from Loyola of Montreal.