Dan Dawson
Born	December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 28), Oakville, Ontario, CA
Position	Forward
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 pounds (100 kg)
MSL Team	Brampton Excelsiors
NLL Team F. Teams	Boston Blazers Portland LumberJax Arizona Sting Columbus Landsharks
MLL Team	Toronto Nationals
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	2002 – present
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Dangerous
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Dan Dawson (born December 11, 1981 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League and the Toronto Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.

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Dawson was drafted in the sixth round (68th overall) by the Columbus Landsharks in 2001, and played in 11 games in his rookie season with Columbus, tallying 3 goals, 3 assists, and 29 loose balls. In 2003, he played in 16 games, setting career highs in goals and loose balls. In 2004, Dawson helped Team Canada beat Team USA in the Heritage Cup. During the 2004 season, he led Arizona in assists and was 2nd in points. In 2005, Dawson finished 7th in the NLL with 84 points and 2nd in goals with 48. He scored a hat-trick in his first All-Star game with the West Division. In 2005 he was named a First Team All-Pro.

Dawson was selected first overall by the LumberJax in the 2008 dispersal draft, after the Arizona Sting and Boston Blazers announced that they would not be playing in the 2008 season.^[1] After leading the LumberJax's the 2008 Champions Cup final, Dawson was again put into National Lacrosse League dispersal draft pool when Arizona ceased operations. This time, Dawson was selected first overall by the Boston Blazers.^[2]

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game.^[3] Dawson and Josh Sanderson both finished the season with 74 assists, a new league record.^[4]

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Played for Brampton Excelsiors of OLA and won Mann Cup in 2002 as a junior. He was signed by the Victoria Shamrocks in 2005 and helped lead them to their 8th Mann Cup victory. He won the Bill Ellison Award twice for the MVP of the 2005 WLA playoffs and the 2006 WLA playoffs.

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