JOSEPH “PEP” CELLI - 1982
Honorary Member
ATTENDED
NEWTON
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928.
FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF NEWTON LITTLE
LEAGUE IN 1951. HELPED ORGANIZE THE BABE RUTH
LEAGUE IN 1953. PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR NEWTON
MOOSE LODGE, BASEBALL WITH COCHRAN HOUSE,
TEXACO, NASH MOTORS, MOOSE LODGE AND
TWILIGHT TEAM IN DOVER LEAGUE.
MANAGED
SOFTBALL FOR SUSSEX DRUG TEAM IN MILFORD, PA
LEAGUE. DAY NAMED AFTER HIM BY THE TOWN OF
NEWTON. MEMBER OF NEWTON STEAMER CO. AND
EXEMPT FIREMAN.
~~~
ROBERT H. POWERS D.O. – 1988
Honorary Member
GRADUATED FROM BEACHLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IN PA
IN 1942, FROM 1942-46 HE SERVED IN THE US NAVY. IN
1950 HE GRADUATED FROM NORTH EAST MISSOURI
STATE UNIVERSITY. IN 1954 HE GRADUATED FROM
KIRKSVILLE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE &
SURGERY AND IN 1952-54 BECAME SPORTS MEDICINE
TRAINEE AT NEMU. THEN IN 1954-55 BECAME SPORTS
MEDICINE PHYSICIAN TRAINEE AT NEMU.
IN 1955 HE OPENED FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE IN
SPARTA, NJ AND BECAME ATHLETIC PHYSICIAN FOR
SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1960 TO 1995. WAS
APPOINTED
NEW
JERSEY
STATE
ATHLETIC
COMMISSION PHYSICIAN FROM 1965 TO 1997. HE IS A
LIFE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND A LIFE
MEMBER
OF
THE
AMERICAN
OSTEOPATHIC
ASSOCIATION OF SPORTS MEDICINE.
FOUNDED SPARTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES WHICH NOW
SERVES AS TEAM PHYSICIANS FOR THE NEW JERSEY
CARDINALS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAM.
~~~
ROY LENT - 1979
Honorary Member
PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL FOR
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL.
HELPED ORGANIZE THE
FRANKLIN MINERS FOOTBALL CLUB IN 1934 AND
SERVED AS TEAM MANAGER FROM 1934 TO 1941 AND
1946 TO 1953, SECRETARY OF THE NORTH JERSEY
FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
HELPED DEVELOP SEVERAL
YOUTH ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
~~~
SAM “SI” INGLER - 1981
Honorary Member
DISTINGUISHED SPORTS WRITER FROM SUSSEX
COUNTY FROM 1937 - 1970. BEST KNOWN FOR HIS
MANY FINE ARTICLES WITH THE SUSSEX COUNTY
INDEPENDENT AND THE NEW JERSEY HERALD.
STARTED THE HERALD’S FIRST SPORTS PAGE IN 1946.
THAT YEAR HE WAS NAMED ITS FIRST SPORTS EDITOR
AND HELD THIS POSITION TILL 1952. COVERED OVER
15,000 SPORTING EVENTS DURING HIS WRITING
CAREER. THROUGH HIS FINE EFFORTS, OVER 300
COUNTY ATHLETES ATTAINED SCHOLARSHIPS; OVER
200 ATHLETES RECEIVED ALL STATE MENTION IN CITY
NEWSPAPERS VIA OF SI’S MATERIALS FURNISHED. HIS
ARTICLES WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED BY THE
ATHLETES OF SUSSEX COUNTY.
~~~
FRANK BOGLIOLI – 1988
Honorary Member
HE WAS A SPORTS PARTICIPANT AT NEWTON HIGH
SCHOOL.
DURING THE 1940’S AND 1950’S HE BECAME A STAUNCH
SUPPORTER OF THE NEWTON A.A. SEMI PRO BASEBALL
TEAM. HE SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED AND MANAGED
THE NEWTON A.A.
FAVORABLE RESULTS IN THE WIN COLUMN
NECESSITATED THE TEAM TO SCHEDULE SUPERIOR
SEMI PRO LEAGUE COMPETITION.
HE WAS A LOYAL SUPPORTER OF THE JUNIOR
PLAYGROUND BASEBALL PROGRAM AT MEMORY
PARK.
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. AIR SERVICE DURING THE
PERIOD OF WORLD WAR I AND WAS ASSIGNED TO
DUTY WITH THE 107TH AERIAL SERVICE SQUADRON.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST
86, THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, NO. 486, A CHARTER
MEMBER OF THE ELKS CLUB 112 AND A MEMBER OF
THE KITTATINNY HOSE CO. NO. 1 OF NEWTON.
~~~
STANLEY CASE JR. - 1989
Honorary Member
HE WAS A 1941 GRADUATE OF SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL.
IN 1961 WAS A MEMBER OF THE HIGH POINT AND
SUSSEX-WANTAGE BASEBALL LEAGUE SERVING AS
COACH.
HE MANAGED THE SUSSEX FARMERS FROM 1962 – 1986,
WAS ALL-STAR MANAGER 5 TIMES. HE WON 1 AREA
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HOLDS THE HIGH THREE GAME SERIES OF 684 IN THE
HARDYSTON “B” LEAGUE AND WAS SECRETARY OF
THE EARLY BIRD LEAGUE AT FRANKLIN LANES FOR 17
YEARS.
ON MAY 13, 1987 WAS ELECTED TO THE MORRIS
COUNTY
BOWLING
ASSOCIATION
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS.
JOINED THE BOY SCOUTS AND BECAME AN EAGLE
SCOUT. LATER SERVED AS ASSIST. SCOUTMASTER.
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SUSSEX FIRE
DEPARTMENT IN 1956 AND SERVED AS SECRETARY
AND PRESIDENT. IN 1978 WAS ELECTED CHIEF.
HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDED BEING ELECTED
TO THE SUSSEX BOARD OF EDUCATION IN 1960.
~~~
EDWIN M. FOGELSON - 1987
Honorary Member
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1948 AFTER
SERVING IN THE US NAVY FOR 2 YEARS. EARNED VARSITY
LETTERS IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.
ATTENDED
OKLAHOMA A. & M. IN 1948 PLAYED FRESHMAN FOOTBALL.
EQUIPMENT MANAGER FOR THE FRANKLIN MINERS
FOOTBALL TEAM FOR MANY YEARS. HELPED ORGANIZE AND
PLAYED WITH THE NEWTON AA FOOTBALL TEAM.
CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NEWTON MIDGET FOOTBALL
PROGRAM. COACHED AND MANAGED THE GEORGE A. FETZER
CHIEFS BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE 1950S TO 219-48 SEASON.
THIS SEMI-PRO TEAM WON MANY LEAGUE TITLES AND
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HELD OFFICES IN THE
NEWTON JR. ATHLETIC LEAGUE AND COACHED BABE RUTH
TEAM. SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT IN 1981. PRESIDENT IN
1982 AND SECRETARY FROM 1985-1987 OF THE SUSSEX
COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN
WAR. HE IS NOW PRESIDENT OF THE USS NEW JERSEY
VETERANS ASSN. 1986-1990 HE IS A MEMBER OF THE NEWTON
PLANNING BOARD, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NEWTON
VFW, MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE HARMONY
LODGE NO. 8 F & AM. THE TALL CEDARS OF LEBANON CENTER
OF SUSSEX COUNTY.
~~~
GEORGE L. PHILLIPS - 1982
Honorary Member
ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN DOVER WHERE HE
GRADUATED. PLAYED 6 YEARS AT 2ND BASE IN
THE
LACKAWANNA
LEAGUE.
BUSINESS
MANAGER
AND
ASSISTANT
COACH
TO
PLAYGROUND DODGERS AND BLUE JAYS IN
NEWTON 9 YEARS. THESE TEAMS TURNED OUT
SOME OF THE BEST ATHLETES TO COME OUT OF
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL.
SERVED IN SAME
CAPACITY FOR THE NEWTON A.A. SEMI-PRO
BASEBALL TEAM-6 YEARS. MEMBER OF NEWTON
TOWN COUNCIL WHERE HE EARNED “CITIZEN OF
DISTINCTION” APPRECIATION AWARD IN APRIL 22,
1964. GEORGE ALSO EARNED THE NORTH JERSEY
BASEBALL CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AWARD.
~~~
WILLIAM L. SZANYI - INDUCTED 1981
ATTENDED FRANKLIN H.S. 1944-1947 EARNING 6
VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL
AND BASEBALL. ALL STATE 1946 AND 1947 IN
FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNI. 1947-1951. ALL
CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 1951.
AIR FORCE
FOOTBALL BOLLING AFB 1951. PLAYED IN
SUSSEX COUNTY BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL
LEAGUE. MVP BASKETBALL 1949. 24 YEARS
U.S. AIR FORCE LT. COL.
~~~
STEVE (PEECHU) NAGY INDUCTED- 1976
PERFORMED IN THREE SPORTS AT FRANKLIN
HIGH SCHOOL. HAD BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE
AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY WITH 20-2 RECORD
OVER THREE YEARS AND WAS SELECTED TO
THEIR
HALL
OF
FAME.
PITCHED
PROFESSIONALLY FOR PITTSBURGH PIRATES AND
WASHINGTON SENATORS IN MAJOR LEAGUES,
AND IN MONTREAL, LED INTERNATIONAL
LEAGUE WITH A .810 WINNING PERCENTAGE IN
1946.
~~~
JACK DOBBINS - INDUCTED 1991
HAS THE RARE DISTINCTION OF PLAYING FOR N. H.S. AND
F.H.S. DURING THAT PERIOD WHEN THE NEWTONFRANKLIN FOOTBALL GAME WAS FOR THE SUSSEX
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939.
MADE THE NEWARK NEWS ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAM
IN 1938.
IN 1936 AND 1937 HE PLAYED ON TWO STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAMS WHILE AT FRANKLIN,
HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE GREATER NEWARK
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT. FRANKLIN MADE IT TO THE
QUARTER FINALS.
MADE FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE AS A RUNNING BACK AT
BLAIR ACADEMY IN 1939 AND LED THE STATE PREP
SCHOOLS IN SCORING. GRADUATED BLAIR IN 1940.
PLAYED FRESHMAN FOOTBALL AT WAKE FOREST BEFORE
THE WAR AND VARSITY FOOTBALL FOR GEORGE
WASHINGTON U. IN 1946 AND PLAYED TAILBACK.
PLAYED FOR THE FRANKLIN MINERS AND BECAME
COACH OF THE TEAM IN 1947.
IN 1949 HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NEWTON
AA FOOTBALL TEAM AND ITS FIRST COACH.
IN 1950 HE ASSISTED RUSS VAN ATTA TO INAUGURATE
THE LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM IN FRANKLIN AND
OGDENSBURG.
~~~
WINTON H. JOHNSON – INDUCTED 1986
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON H.S. IN 1928.
EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN WRESTLING 2
YEARS, GYMNASTICS 3 YEARS.
ATTENDED
WILLISTON (MASS) PREP SCHOOL 1928-1930. DID
NOT WRESTLE BUT EARNED HIS VARSITY
LETTER IN FOOTBALL.
COLUMBIA
UNIV.
1930-1934
WHERE
HE
WRESTLED FOR THE LIONS 3 YEARS. HE WON
WRESTLING LETTERS ALL 3 YEARS. HE WON
THE KILROY GOLD MEDAL IN FRESHMAN AN
AND SENIOR YEARS. WAS UNDEFEATED IN HIS
FRESHMAN
YEAR.
GRADUATED
FROM
COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND
SURGEONS IN 1938 WITH A MD DEGREE. IN 1941
HE WAS ASST. BACKFIELD FOOTBALL COACH AT
THE US NAVAL HOSPITAL IN NORFOLK, VA. HE
WAS
WRESTLING
MEET
PHYSICIAN
AT
REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BERGEN CO. FROM
1960-1978. AT THE PRESENT TIME DR. JOHNSON
IS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT KAREN ANN
QUINLAN CENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE IN
NEWTON.
~~~
DALE KOBLER – INDUCTED 1983
ATTENDED GREEN TWP. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. A NEWTON
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN 1947 WHERE HE EARNED
LETTERS IN WRESTLING FROM 1943 TO 1947. IN 1946 HE
WAS THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPION IN THE 103 LB.
CLASS. IN 1947 HE AGAIN WON THE 103 LB. CROWN IN THE
STATE TOURNAMENT. FROM 1948 TO 1951 HE COACHED
AND MANAGED THE NEWTON MAT CLUB. HE PLAYED A
MAJOR ROLE IN HOLDING THE NEW JERSEY STATE AAU
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN
1951. HE WAS THE FOUNDER AND COACH OF LAFAYETTE
GRAMMAR SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM FROM 1960-1962.
HE STARTED THE WRESTLING PROGRAM AT POPE JOHN
HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1962 THRU 1975. IN 1975 HE WAS
NAMED REGION 4 COACH OF THE YEAR. THAT YEAR HE
HAD 6 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ADVANCE TO THE NEW
JERSEY STATE TOURNAMENT. COACHING 13 YEARS AT
POPE JOHN 1963 TO 1976 HIS TEAMS WON 68 LOST 38 AND
HAD 1 TIE. THEY WON THE POPE JOHN WRESTLING
TOURNAMENT 4 TIMES. HE HAD 13 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS,
6 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, 3 STATE CHAMPIONS, 2-2ND
PLACES, 1 3RD PLACE AND 1 OUTSTANDING WRESTLER.
IN 1975 HIS TEAM WON THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. AT
THE PRESENT TIME, HE HELPS COACH A HIGH SCHOOL
TEAM IN CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE HE NOW
RESIDES.
~~~
LOUIS TERRANOVA – INDUCTED 1989
HE WAS A GRADUATE FROM NEWTON HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1964 WHERE HE EXCELLED IN
WRESTLING. IN 1960 DISTRICT AND N.J.S.I.A.A.
CHAMPION 98 LBS.
N.J.S.I.A.A. DISTRICT
CHAMPION IN 1962 AT THE 123 LB. CLASS.
FINISHED 4TH IN THE STATE AAU TOURNAMENT
IN 1961 WAS CHAMPION AT THE STATE AAU
TOURNAMENT AT 125 LBS. IN 1962 AND 1963. IN
1964 CAME IN 2ND IN THE 125 LB. CLASS. IN 1966
WAS FORT DIX WRESTLING CHAMPION AT 138
LBS AND PLACED 2ND IN THE ALL ARMY
CHAMPIONSHIPS. IN 1965 WAS 125 LB. WEIGHT
LIFTING CHAMPION AT FORT DIX.
~~~
JAMES DANIEL WASHER – INDUCTED 1982
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, 1949,
EARNING LETTERS IN BASEBALL AND BOWLING.
MEMBER OF SUSSEX COUNTY MAJOR LEAGUE,
DOVER MAJOR LEAGUE, NEWTON “A” LEAGUE,
SPARTA “A” LEAGUE AND SUSSEX “A” LEAGUE.
ONE OF SUSSEX COUNTY’S LEADING BOWLERS IN
THE 1950’S AND 1960’S. THIS EARNED HIM THE
NEW JERSEY HERALD’S SPORTSMAN OF THE
MONTH AWARD. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE
SUSSEX COUNTY MAJOR LEAGUE AND WAS A
MEMBER OF THE FIRST PLACE TEAM IN 1962, 1965,
1966 AND 1977. WAS A MEMBER OF AN ALL*STAR
LOCAL TEAM TO BOWL AGAINST A WELL
KNOWN PROFESSIONAL TEAM IN 1959, 1960 AND
1961. HIGHEST SCORER IN SUSSEX “A” LEAGUE,
1960, DOVER MAJOR-1959, NEWTON “A” LEAGUE
1960 AND SPARTA SUMMER DOUBLES LEAGUE,
1973.
~~~
PAT SCHWAB – INDUCTED 1981
OUTSTANDING H.S. AND STATE GOLFER FROM
OHIO 1950-1951.
GRADUATE FROM UNI. OF
FLORIDA IN 1955 WHERE HE WON MANY
FLORIDA INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
1952 – 1955. WINNER OF THE NEWTON COUNTRY
CLUB PRO-MEMBER TOURNAMENT 1970 AND
1972.
PERONA FARMS OPEN TOURNAMENT
WINNER 1977.
NEW JERSEY STATE PGA
CHAMPION 1968, 1970, 1971 AND 1981. NEW
JERSEY PGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1967 AND
1968. STATE OF NEW JERSEY PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – 1968. PRESENTLY GOLF
DIRECTOR OF PLAYBOY RESORT AND COUNTRY
CLUB, MCAFEE, NJ WHERE HE HAS SET THE
COURSE RECORD.
~~~
JOHN R. BENNETT – INDUCTED 1987
GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN
1933. HE PLAYED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
TEAM, WHICH HE HELPED TO ORGANIZE IN HIS
JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS.
AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY HE EARNED HIS
BACHELOR DEGREE AND MATERS DEGREE IN
EDUCATION. IN HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS,
HE EARNED VARSITY GOLF LETTERS. IN 1937,
HE WAS ELECTED CAPTAIN OF THE PENN STATE
GOLF TEAM.
IN 1947 HE WON THE FRANKLIN GOLF CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIP. FROM 1948 TO 1956, HE WAS
THE TITLE HOLDER AT THE LAKE MOHAWK
GOLF CLUB. IN THE 1950S, HE WON 3 STATE PROAMATEUR EVENTS WITH MARIE CARFAGNO.
HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING TEACHING CAREER.
IN 1960, HE WAS APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT
IN TOMS RIVER, NJ. HE HELD THIS POSITION
UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1977.
AT THE PRESENT TIME HE CONTINUES TO PLAY
HIS FAVORITE SPORT – GOLF.
~~~
ELMER (AL) COOKE - INDUCTED 1976
MOST PROMINENT PITCHER IN SUSSEX COUNTY
BETWEEN 1915-1935. PLAYED PRINCIPALLY FOR
HAMBURG AND FRANKLIN TEAMS. SELECTED
ON SEVERAL COUNTY ALL STAR TEAMS AND
ONCE LOST TO MAJOR LEAGUE ALL STAR TEAM
1-0.
~~~
WILLIAM O. BARNHILL - INDUCTED 1984
IN THE NEWTON SCHOOL SYSTEM, PLAYED ON 1ST
UNDEFEATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEAM (12-0). MVP AND
LEADING SCORER. AT NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, HE EARNED
LETTERS IN BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. IN BASKETBALL,
HE WAS NAMED MVP IN THE YEARS 1966-1968. 3 TIMES N.J.
HERALD AND DOVER ADVANCE ALL AREA. ALL TIME
SCORER AND ASSIST LEADER IN NEWTON HISTORY. LED
SCORING AS A SOPHOMORE IN SUSSEX COUNTY WITH 409
POINTS IN 1966. HE WAS THE FIRST TO SCORE 1000 POINTS
AT NHS AND LED THEM TO THE IAC CROWN IN 1968. IN
BASEBALL, HE EARNED LETTERS IN THE YEARS 1965 – 1968.
ALL COUNTY AND DOVER ADVANCE ALL AREA 1966 – 1968.
IN AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL, HE PITCHED A NO HITTER
VERSUS SUSSEX IN 1968; THE YEAR NEWTON WON THE
DIVISION TITLE. IN1971 PLAYING IN THE MORRIS COUNTY
MAJORS, HE WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL STAR GAME WITH
A .417 BATTING AVERAGE. AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE, HE
PLAYED BASKETBALL 2 YEARS ON TEAMS RANKED #10 AND
#3 IN THE COUNTRY. BASEBALL AT DAVIDSON, NAMED 1ST
TEAM AS A JUNIOR BY SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SPORTS
WRITERS. SELECTED BY CHICAGO WHITE SOX AS A FREE
AGENT IN 1972. HE ELECTED NOT TO SIGN WITH THEM.
FROM MARCH 1976 TO APRIL 1983 – NEW JERSEY SPORTS
AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY. 1978 WAS DIRECTOR OF
STADIUM OPERATIONS. 1980 ASSISTANT MANAGER OF
GIANTS STADIUM AND BYRNE ARENA. AT PRESENT TIME,
HE IS MANAGER OF STADIUM OPERATIONS AT R.F.K.
STADIUM ON WASHINGTON, DC.
~~~
RICHARD (LEFTY) MULLIGAN – INDUCTED 1989
A 1936 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL WHERE
HE PITCHED FOR 3 YEARS ON THE VARSITY BASEBALL
TEAM. AFTER GRADUATION, HE PLAYED ON THE VERY
SUCCESSFUL TEXACO TEAM IN NEWTON.
IN 1939 HE PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL FOR
TRENTON OF THE INTERSTATE LEAGUE WITH A
RECORD OF 15W-8L UNDER MANAGER GOOSE GOSLIN.
PLAYED WITH THE MARYLAND TEAM IN 1940 AND HAD
A 16W-8L RECORD.
IN 1941 WAS CALLED UP BY THE WASHINGTON
SENATORS.
IN 1942-45 WAS CALLED UP FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
IN 1946 BEGAN THE SEASON WITH THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE PHILLIES AND LATER WITH THE BOSTON
BRAVES. HAD KNEE PROBLEMS AND FINISHED THE
SEASON WITH THE MINOR LEAGUE HARTFORD TEAM.
PLAYED FOR THE DALLAS REBELS ON THE TEXAS
LEAGUE IN 1948 AND REINJURED HIS KNEE.
AFTER RETIREMENT, HE SETTLED IN TEXAS.
~~~
ADAM ZSENAI – INDUCTED 1990
HE ATTENDED THE FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
AT AN EARLY AGE HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY
AND HE COULD NOT CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION.
HE HAD TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT HIS MOTHER AND YOUNGER BROTHER.
HE WAS A CADDY AT THE WALLKILL COUNTRY
CLUB. HE LEARNED THE BASIC SKILLS OF THE
GOLF GAME IN THIS CAPACITY. HE IS LISTED
FOR EIGHT GOLF CROWNS IN THE 1985 WALLKILL
COUNTRY
CLUB
YEARBOOK.
THESE
CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTED IN 1927 AND ENDED IN
1935. HE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS IN: 1927, 1928,
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 AND 1935. IN 1935 HE
TIED THE PAR RECORD SCORE OF 68 IN A
FOURSOME OF THE SUSSEX COUNTRY CLUB
COURSE IN NEWTON. HE WON THE TRI-CLUB
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1934 AND 1935. DURING
THIS PERIOD HIS COMPETITIVE GOLF WAS
LIMITED TO THE TRI-CLUB WHICH WAS MADE UP
OF FRANKLIN, NEWTON AND HACKETTSTOWN.
~~~
RICHARD P. VAUGHN – INDUCTED 1977
A NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO
WON THREE NATIONAL A.A.U. HEAVYWEIGHT
WRESTLING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND
WAS
RUNNER-UP TWICE. DOMINATED STATE A.A.U.
WRESTLING SCENE FROM 1933-36 WITH FOUR
HEAVYWEIGHT TITLES – DOUBLING IN 1936
WITH
WINS
AT
191
POUNDS
AND
HEAVYWEIGHT.
LED
FRANKLIN
AND
MARSHALL COLLEGE TO FOUR UNDEFEATED
SEASONS. WRESTLED SUCCESSFULLY UP TO
1960’S AT AGE OF 50 FINISHED SECOND IN
PENNSYLVANIA Y.M.C.A. TOURNAMENT.
~~~
HUDSON H. ROE – INDUCTED 1991
A 1929 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL AND A
1933 GRADUATE OF PENN STATE WITH A DEGREE IN
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.
IN HIGH SCHOOL HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN
WRESTLING (2), FOOTBALL (2), BASKETBALL (2), AND
BASEBALL (1).
AT PENN STATE HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A
COMPETITIVE WRESTLER FOR 4 YEARS.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE HE BECAME
ACTIVE WITH THE NEWTON WRESTLING CLUB.
IN 1934 HE WON A FIRST PLACE MEDAL AT 175 LBS.
IN 1936 IN WON A SECOND PLACE MEDAL AT 175 LBS.
IN 1938 HE WON A SECOND PLACE MEDAL AT 158 LBS.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE N.J. AMATEUR ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION. HE SPEAR HEADED PROMOTING ALL
PHASES OF WRESTLING IN SUSSEX COUNTY. IN 1985
HE RECEIVED THE HENRY BORESCH AWARD, IN
RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO
THE SPORT OF WRESTLING IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
IN 1983 HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF THE SUSSEX
COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME. FROM 1985-1989 HE
SERVED IN THE CAPACITY OF FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT.
HE WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS
DEDICATED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HALL OF FAME
MUSEUM.
~~~
PHILIP A. SQUIER – INDUCTED 1987
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1962.
EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN BASKETBALL, BASEBALL
AND FOOTBALL. IN 1960, NAMED HONORABLE MENTION
ALL AMERICAN IN DELL MAGAZINE PUBLICATION IN
BASKETBALL.
IN 1961, HE MADE THE NEW JERSEY HERALD ALL
COUNTY BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS. ALSO IN
1961, IN THE NEWARK STAR LEDGER, HE MADE ALL
STATE HONORABLE MENTION IN BASEBALL.
IN
BASKETBALL, HE MADE ALL STATE GROUP 2, THIRD
TEAM.
IN 1962, HE SET A LAKELAND CONFERENCE BASKETBALL
SCORING RECORD.
IN 1967, HE GRADUATED FROM DAVIDSON WITH A BA
DEGREE.
HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN
BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND GOLF. HE WAS SELECTED
TO THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM IN CHARLOTTE, N.C. IN
1965 AND 1966.
IN 1966, HE PLAYED IN THE EASTERN BASKETBALL
LEAGUE.
AT THE PRESENT TIME HE IS LIVING IN HOBE SOUND, FL
WHERE HE IS CONCENTRATING ON HIS GOLF FAME
WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE FLORIDA STATE
AMATEUR MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT.
~~~
JERRY N. HENDERSHOT – INDUCTED 1983
ATTENDED NEWTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHERE HE
GOT HIS FIRST TASTE FOR WRESTLING IN THE LOWER
GRADES. GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN
1939. AT NEWTON HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASEBALL
AND WRESTLING. IN 1939, HE WAS THE N.J. STATE
CHAMPION IN THE 145 LB. CLASS. IN 1939 HE WON THE
155 LB CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WAS AWARDED THE
NJSIAA OUTSTANDING WRESTLER TROPHY. ATTENDED
BLAIR ACADEMY IN 1940 WHERE HE WAS UNDEFEATED
AND WAS VOTED ONE OF THE BEST PREP SCHOOL
WRESTLERS IN THE EAST. AT BLAIR HE ALSO PLAYED
FOOTBALL AND PITCHED ON THE BASEBALL TEAM.
AFTER BLAIR HE WENT TO LEHIGH UNIVERSITY FROM
1941 TO 1942. WAS CHAMPION IN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR
AND WON THE ROY A. LEWIS WRESTLING AWARD IN
1942 HE PLACED 1ST IN THE AAU TOURNAMENT IN THE
165 LB. CLASS. ENTERED THE SERVICE IN THE V-5
PROGRAM AND WRESTLED FOR THE MARINE CORPS.
WAS AWARDED THE DFC (DISTINGUISHED FLYING
CROSS) AND 7 AIR MEDALS IN 1952 FOR COMBAT IN
KOREA WITH VMF 311-101 MISSIONS AS A PILOT.
BECAME A LT COLONEL IN THE USMC IN 1963 RETIRED IN
1968 FROM THE CORPS AND 22 YEARS OF SERVICE. WAS
A MEMBER OF NEWTON AA, NEWTON BOYS CLUB,
NEWTON STEAMER CO. #1, NEWTON VFW AND WAS
COACH OF NEWTON MAT CLUB.
~~~
STEPHEN NOVAK - INDUCTED 1986
ATTENDED FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE
GRADUATED IN 1930. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL,
BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL IN SCHOOL. IN 1931
FIRST IN AREA TO START WEIGHT TRAINING
PROGRAM.
IN 1932 FORMED FRANKLIN
COMMUNITY TRACK TEAM AND WAS ONE OF ITS
TOP PERFORMERS. IN 1935 PLAYED FOOTBALL ON
FIRST FRANKLIN MINERS TEAM. SELECTED TO THE
NEWARK STAR LEDGER ALL STATE TEAM, IN 1938
AT THE POSITION OF END. PLAYED WITH MINERS
TILL 1938. HE ALSO WORKED WITH MIDGET MINER
FOOTBALL TEAM IN 1935. HE HAS BEEN RETIRED
FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS LIVING IN FRANKLIN.
~~~
ALEX (SOSHIE) STANKOWICH – INDUCTED 1977
AN OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL
PLAYER WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS SPANNED TWO
MEMORABLE
DECADES.
QUARTERBACKED
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL TO AN 11-4 RECORD OVER
TWO SEASONS.
A PROLIFIC SCORER WHO
DIRECTED THE FRANKLIN MINORS TO A THREE
SEASON 17-2-2 MARK.
STRIKEOUT ARTIST OF
SUSSEX COUNTY TWILIGHT LEAGUE. PITCHED
THREE NO-HITTERS AND THREE ONE-HITTERS IN A
SINGLE SEASON.
FRANKLIN YOUTH LEAGUES
ADMINISTRATOR AND COACH.
~~~
ANDREW FEDOR – INDUCTED 1978
“IRON MAN” OF THE FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE EARLY 1930’S. HELPED
ORGANIZE AND SERVED AS FIRST HEAD COACH
OF THE FRANKLIN MINERS.
SPEARHEADED
FORMATION OF THE NORTH JERSEY FOOTBALL
LEAGUE.
A DEDICATED YOUTH ATHLETICS
PROGRAM
COACH
AND
FUND-RAISER.
ENGINEERED AND DIRECTED CONSTRUCTION OF
ALMA MATER’S FOOTBALL STANDS. EARNED AN
ATHLETIC/SCHOLARSHIP TO ALFRED UNIVERSITY
WHERE HE STARRED IN THREE SPORTS.
~~~
RICHIE STOWELL – INDUCTED 1978
PROMINENT LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRE ON THE
STATE, EASTERN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL
SCENES FOR OVER TWO DECADES. FIRST NEW
JERSEY RESIDENT TO UMPIRE IN THE LITTLE
LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
KNOWN FOR HIS
DISTINCTIVE
"BALLS-AND-STRIKES”
CALLS,
RICHIE’S OFFICIATING CAREER INCLUDES HIGH
SCHOOL
FOOTBALL
AND
BASKETBALL
REFEREEING. NEW JERSEY HERALD SPORTSMAN
OF THE MONTH. HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL COACH AT BLAIR
ACADEMY.
~~~
JOSEPH R. SCALZO – INDUCTED 1977
PROMINENT
FIGURE
IN
UNITED
STATES
AMATEUR WRESTLING FIELD. STATE CHAMPION
AT NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL. NATIONAL Y.M.C.A.
CHAMPION. NCAA ALL AMERICAN SELECTION
AT PENN STATE. COACHED 1956 UNITED STATES
OLYMPIC
WRESTLING
SQUAD.
BEGAN
WRESTLING PROGRAM AT TOLEDO UNIVERSITY
AND COMPILED 106-31 COACHING RECORD.
CHARTER MEMBER OF TOLEDO UNIVERSITY
HALL OF FAME. OHIO WRESTLING HALL OF
FAME MEMBER AND RECIPIENT OF HELMS
FOUNDATION AWARD OF MERIT.
~~~
REGINALD PURDY - INDUCTED 1977
PROMINENT
FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL,
BASEBALL, SOCCER AND GOLF COACH ON THE
SUSSEX
COUNTY
AND
NEW
JERSEY
INTERSCHOLASTIC SCENE FOR THREE DECADES.
COMPILED A 309-134 BASKETBALL RECORD THAT
INCLUDED
TWO
SKYLINE
CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FOUR SECTIONAL TITLES.
LED FRANKLIN BASEBALL TEAMS TO 147-66
RECORD AND SIX SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
COACHED
FRANKLIN’S
1941 UNDEFEATED
FOOTBALL TEAM. A FOUR SPORT PERFORMER AT
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE.
~~~
FRITZ LAWRENCE – INDUCTED 1978
A NATIVE OF SUSSEX WHOSE TRAP SHOOTING
MARKSMANSHIP CAME TO THE FORE WHEN HE
SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD
WAR I. CAPTURED NUMEROUS TRAP SHOOTING
TITLES INCLUDING FIVE ATLANTIC INDIANS
CROWNS. THE NORTH MORRIS TRAP SHOOTING
CHAMPION IN 1922 AND 1929.
1938 NORTH
JERSEY CHAMPION. BROKE 96 OUT OF 100
TARGETS TO WIN THE UNITED STATES
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1938.
~~~
OSCAR (TARZAN) HOSKING – INDUCTED 1977
ENJOYED AND PLAYED BASEBALL “ANY PLACE
THERE WAS A GAME!” A PIONEER IN THE SUSSEX
COUNTY LEAGUE AND NUMEROUS NORTH JERSEY
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES FROM
1918 TO THE LATE 1930’S.
NAMED MOST
VALUABLE PLAYER IN THE DOVER TWILIGHT
LEAGUE 1930. A DARING BASE RUNNER WHO
ALSO PITCHED AND HIT HIS HAMBURG TEAM TO
EIGHT SUSSEX COUNTY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
~~~
HAROLD “PARDY” SMITH – INDUCTED 1995
A 1925 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, HAROLD
EARNED
VARSITY
LETTERS
IN
FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL.
HE WAS NAMED
CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN 1924 & 1925, THE
BASKETBALL TEAM IN 1923-24 AND FOR BASEBALL IN
1923. IN 1925 HE WAS NAMED AS QUARTERBACK OF
THE NEWTON JERSEY ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAM. HE
HELPED N.H.S. TO RECEIVE A RANK OF 10TH AMONG
THE CLASS “B” FOOTBALL TEAMS IN NEW JERSEY. HE
PLAYED SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL WITH THE NEWTON
MOOSE TEAM AND BASEBALL WITH THE NEWTON A.A.
TEAM IN THE SUSSEX COUNTY TWILIGHT LEAGUE. HE
WAS ENGAGED IN THE OPERATION OF THE NEWTON
LITTLE LEAGUE AND BABE RUTH LEAGUE. HAROLD
WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE NEWTON BLUE JAYS
BASEBALL TEAM AND HELPED ORGANIZE THE
FATHER-SON GAMES TO RAISE MONEY TO PURCHASE
EQUIPMENT. HE ALSO PROMOTED NUMEROUS FIELD
TRIPS TO YANKEE STADIUM FOR THE LOCAL YOUTH
TEAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
HE SERVED AS A
FIREMAN WITH NEWTON STEAMER CO. AND
KITTATINNY HOSE & LADDER CO. HE SERVED TENURE
AS TOWN CLERK OF NEWTON AND WAS HONORED FOR
HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF NEWTON.
~~~
MAJOR JACK GLYNN – INDUCTED 1976
OUTSTANDING
ALL’ROUND
ATHLETE
AT
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND WON SIX LETTERS
IN ONE YEAR AT SETON HALL PREP., INCLUDING A
STATE TRACK TITLE.
PLAYED BASEBALL
PROFESSIONALLY FOR NEW YORK YANKEES
TRIPLE A ASSOCIATION TEAMS FOR EIGHT YEARS,
INCLUDING NEWARK.
~~~
FRANK CHAPOT – INDUCTED 1976
MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC
EQUESTRIAN TEAMS FROM 1956 THROUGH 1976.
TEAM CAPTAIN 1972-1976.
WINNER OF TWO
OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALS, 1975 KING GEORGE
CUP, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GERMANY AND
FRANCE AND THE MCCLAY TROPHY FOR
JUMPING HORSEMANSHIP.
~~~
ALDO J. ZAZZI – INDUCTED 1979
OUTSTANDING WRESTLER AT NEWTON HIGH
SCHOOL.
THREE
TIME
WINNER
N.J.
ASSOCIATION USAAU. WHILE AT PENN STATE
1934-1937 HE LOST ONLY TWO MATCHES AND
GAINED
EASTERN
INTERCOLLEGIATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS TWO TIMES. ACTIVE IN ST.
JUDE FOUNDATION.
STARTED AND STILL
ACTIVE IN WRESTLING LEAGUES IN TENNESSEE.
~~~
DONALD G. SCOFIELD – INDUCTED 1983
ATTENDED GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN CLIFTON, NJ AND WAS
GRADUATED FROM CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL. A GRADUATE
OF MONTCLAIR STATE COLLEGE WITH A BA. EARNED
LETTERS IN JV BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK.
HE HOLDS THE SCHOOLS RECORDS IN THE HIGH JUMP. RAN
LEGS ON TWO RECORD SETTING RELAY TEAMS. EARNED
HIS MA AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. TAUGHT AT BOGOTA
SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE COMING TO SPARTA
HIGH SCHOOL. AT SPARTA HIS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS
HAVE WON 10 CONFERENCE TITLES, 2 SECTIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1 STATE TITLE AND WERE UNDEFEATED 5
TIMES. THE OVERALL RECORD WAS 224 WINS, LOST 80 AND
TIED 3. IN TRACK, THEY WON 4 CONFERENCE TITLES, 1
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND WERE UNDEFEATED ONCE.
THE OVERALL TRACK RECORD WAS 73 WINS AND LOST 52.
HE HAS HAD 23 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS FROM 1960
THRU 1983 ONLY LOOSING 2 TIMES IN 26 YEARS OF
COACHING. COACH OF THE YEAR CROSS COUNTRY 1971
AND 1978 BY NEW JERSEY HERALD. VOTED COACH OF YEAR
1974 AND 1975 BY SKYLINE CONFERENCE. WAS A MEMBER
OF SPARTA RECREATION COMMITTEE, CUB AND BOY
SCOUTS COMMITTEE.
HONORED WITH OUTSTANDING
SERVICE AWARD BY LACKAWANNA LITTLE LEAGUE IN 1979.
WAS A MEMBER OF GREEN TWP. BOARD OF EDUCATION.
APPOINTED TO NEWTON AREA YOUTH CONFERENCE FROM
1977-1983 BY JUDGE J. BARRY. AT PRESENT TIME, DIRECTOR
OF GUIDANCE AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE HAS
BEEN IN THE SYSTEM SINCE 1960.
~~~
JOHN T. MADDEN – INDUCTED 1979
A GRADUATE OF HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL. ALL
AROUND OUTFIELDER FOR SETON HALL
UNIVERSITY AND A MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER
ON THE PIRATES TRACK TEAM PLAYER,
MANAGER FOR THE OGDENSBURG BEARS
THROUGHOUT THE 1930’S PARTICIPATING IN THE
SUSSEX COUNTY TWILIGHT LEAGUE. PLAYED
CENTERFIELD ON NEWTON’S 1939 TRI-COUNTY
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. ORGANIZER AND
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH POINT LITTLE
LEAGUE AND THE SUSSEX COUNTY BABE RUTH
LEAGUE.
~~~
LEO LOUDENSLAGER – INDUCTED 1982
ONE OF THE GREATEST AEROBATIC PILOTS OF
ALL TIME.
HE WON THE U.S. AEROBATIC
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1975. HE RETAINED THE
NATIONAL TITLE AGAIN IN 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
AND 1981. HE WON THE WORLD AEROBATIC
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1980 AND 1981, ALL THIS IS
IN HIS OWN DESIGNED AIRCRAFT. HE WAS
TEAM CAPTAIN AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
IN RUSSIA, 1976 AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1978.
THIS YEAR AT OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, THE U.S.
OLYMPIC TEAM WON AND LEO WAS CROWNED
WORLD CHAMPION, WINNING FOUR GOLD AND
TWO
SILVER
MEDALS
DURING
THE
COMPETITION. HE WON THE VICTOR AWARD
FOR AVIATION IN 1981, WHICH IS GIVEN TO THE
YEAR’S TOP ATHLETES IN SPORTS. HE IS FIRST
U.S. PILOT TO WIN THIS HONOR.
~~~
JOHN WALTER BUDD – INDUCTED 1984
ENGAGED AS A VARSITY FOOTBALL PLAYER AT
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS 1913 –
1917.
HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE 1916
OUTSTANDING SQUAD WITH A 7 AND 2 RECORD.
IN 1919 WHILE IN THE SERVICE, HE PLAYED FOR
THE MARE ISLAND MARINES AGAINST THE GREAT
LAKES NAVAL STATION SQUAD IN THE ANNUAL
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES GAME AT PASADENA,
CALIF.
ATTENDED BLAIR ACADEMY IN 1919
WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND EARNED N.J.
ALL STATE HONORS AS A GUARD. HIS COLLEGE
CAREER FOUND HIM AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
WHERE HE EARNED 4 VARSITY LETTERS FROM
1920-1924. HE PLAYED ON JACK SOUTHERLAND’S
GREAT 1921 TEAM AS A GUARD. THE TEAM WAS
UNDEFEATED WITH AN 8 AND 0 RECORD. AT
LAFAYETTE, HE WAS RATED AS AN ALL TIME
GREAT AT THE GUARD POSITION.
IN
PROFESSIONAL RANKS, HE PLAYED WITH THE
FRANKFORD YELLOW JACKETS. FOR THE 1927
AND 1928 SEASONS, HE SIGNED A CONTRACT
WITH POTTSVILLE MAROONS OF PA. A COPY OF
HIS CONTRACT SHOWS HE EARNED $100 PER
GAME.
~~~
MANUAL (MANNY) REIS – INDUCTED 1999
MANNY ATTENDED SEMINARY OF SAINT JOANNE,
AVERIO, PORTUGAL AND FROM 1939-44 PLAYED
SOCCER. HE GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL EVENING
H.S. OF NEWARK IN 1949. HE PLAYED SOCCER WITH
SPORT CLUB PORTUGUESE FROM 1947-48 & MARITIMO
MURTOENSE FROM 1948-54.
MANNY GRADUATED FROM SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
IN 1956 AND EARNED HIS MASTERS AT RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY. HE STARTED AND COACHED THE YOUTH
SOCCER PROGRAM AT OUR LADY OF FATIMA IN
NEWARK. HE FOUNDED A PORTUGUESE SOCCER
LEAGUE IN THE NEWARK LISA-LUSO INTERNATIONAL
SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT
FOR 2 YEARS. N 1960 HE STARTED A MEN’S SOCCER
PROGRAM AT SPARTA H.S. SERVED AS HEAD COACH
FROM THE 1960-80 AMASSING A CAREER RECORD OF
194-72-20.
IN 1977 HIS TEAM WON THE GROUP II NORTH I STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP AND IN 1981 WON THE GROUP III
NORTH STATE SECTION I TITLE. IN 1997 MANNY WAS
ELECTED TO THE NEW JERSEY SOCCER COACHES
ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME.
~~~
EMIL PERONA – INDUCTED 1977
A
FOOTBALL
PLAYER
AND
WRESTLING
STANDOUT
AT
NEWTON
HIGH
SCHOOL.
CAPTURED A STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
IN
1948.
THREE
TIME
EASTERN
INTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION
CHAMPION
FOR
RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY.
NATIONAL A.A.U. CHAMPION 1953. ACTIVE IN
NUMEROUS YOUTH WRESTLING PROGRAMS IN
SUSSEX COUNTY.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS STILL
RECOGNIZED AT ALMA MATER WITH AWARDING
OF THE PERONA TROPHY TO RUTGERS
WRESTLERS WHO EARN AN EIWA TITLE.
~~~
GREG BATY - INDUCTED 1994
A 1982 GRADUATE OF SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL SCIL IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. ALL
WEST JERSEY TEAM IN FOOTBALL. ALL STATE
IN FOOTBALL. WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE NEW
JERSEY ALL STAR CLASSIC. NAMED CAPTAIN
FOR THE NEW JERSEY BLUE CHIP TEAM.
GRADUATED FROM STANFORD IN 1986. HE WAS
4 YEAR VARSITY LETTER WINNER IN FOOTBALL,
ALL PAC-10 CONFERENCE TEAM AND 3RD TEAM
ALL AMERICAN IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. NAMED
CAPTAIN OF THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY
FOOTBALL TEAM IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. HOLDS
UNIVERSITY
SEASON
RECORD
OF
61
RECEPTIONS, 690 YARDS AND 4 TOUCHDOWNS.
NAMED OUTSTANDING PLAYER. DRAFTED BY
THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS IN 1987. PLAYED
FOR THE PATRIOTS, L.A. RAMS AND MIAMI
DOLPHINS. NOW IN HIS 9TH SEASON IN THE NFL,
PLAYING FOR THE DOLPHINS.
~~~
CHRIS JENT - INDUCTED 1998
ATTENDED SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL 1984-88 WHERE HE
LETTERED IN BASKETBALL AND BECAME THE ALL-TIME
LEADING SCORER IN SUSSEX COUNTY & SUSSEX
COUNTY
INTERSCHOLASTIC
LEAGUE
BOYS
BASKETBALL WITH 2,287 POINTS. HE WAS NAMED PRESEASON HIGH HONORABLE MENTION BY THE NIKE
SHOE COMPANY, PRE-SEASON 3RD TEAM ALL
AMERICAN BY BASKETBALL ANNUAL MAGAZINE, PRESEASON 2ND TEAM ALL AMERICAN BY BIG EAST
BASKETBALL MAGAZINE AND PRE-SEASON TOP 50 HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS BY STAR SPORTS MAGAZINE IN THE
1987-88 SEASON. HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE EARNED 4 VARSITY
LETTERS IN BASKETBALL AND IN 1992 PLAYED ON THE
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. IN 1994
WAS SIGNED BY THE HOUSTON ROCKETS OF THE NBA
AS AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT, PLAYING IN 3
REGULAR SEASON GAMES AVERAGING 10 PPG. PLAYED
IN THE 1994 NBA PLAYOFF FINALS AGAINST THE NY
KNICKS AND EARNED A CHAMPIONSHIP RING. IN 199697 PLAYED FOR THE NY KNICKS FOR 3 REGULAR
SEASON GAMES AVERAGING 2 PPG.
CHRIS ALSO
PLAYED IN THE CONTINENTAL LEAGUE EARNING CBA
ALL STAR HONORS WITH THE COLUMBUS HORIZON
AVERAGING 19 PPG. HE ALSO PLAYED IN THE ITALIAN
AND AUSTRIAN LEAGUE ABROAD.
~~~
ED FULTON-INDUCTED 1985
GRADUATED FROM HELEN MORGAN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL OF SPARTA, PLAYED FOOTBALL FROM THE 3RD
THRU 8TH GRADE IN SPARTA LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM.
GRADUATED FROM SPARTA H.S. IN 1973 AND LETTERED IN
FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL IN 11TH AND 12TH GRADES. IN
1971, HE MADE 1ST TEAM ALL SUSSEX COUNTY AS
OFFENSIVE TACKLE. IN 1972, HE MADE 1ST TEAMS, ALL
SUSSEX COUNTY, PATERSON NEWS AND ALL SUBURBAN.
ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WHERE HE
EARNED 4 VARSITY FOOTBALL LETTERS. PLAYED AS A
FRESHMAN ON VARSITY AND PLAYED IN THE PEACH
BOWL. AS SOPHOMORE, HE PLAYED IN LIBERTY BOWL AND
IN HIS JUNIOR YEAR, AS A VARSITY MEMBER PLAYED IN
THE GATOR BOWL AND AS A SENIOR (ON 11-0 TEAM) IN THE
COTTON BOWL. ALSO PLAYED THIS YEAR IN THE HULA
BOWL AND JAPAN BOWL. PLAYED IN A TOTAL OF 6 BOWLS
IN COLLEGE CAREER. MADE 1ST TEAM ATLANTIC COAST
CONFERENCE IN SENIOR YEAR AS WELL AS FOOTBALL
NEWS 1ST TEAM ALL AMERICAN. DRAFTED BY THE LOS
ANGELES RAMS 3RD ROUND PLAYED FOR THEM FROM
1979-1980, IN 1980-81, HE PLAYED FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS
(NFL). HAMILTON TIGER CATS OF CFL 1981-1984. IN
SELECTED EASTERN CANADA ALL-STAR TEAM. EARNED
THIS HONOR AGAIN IN 1982. 1984 PLAYED FOR THE
WASHINGTON DC FEDERALS (USFL). THIS, HIS 9TH YEAR, AS
A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER, FOUND HIM PLAYING
FOR ORLANDO RENEGADES OF THE USFL.
~~~
DAVE DELEA – INDUCTED 2002
A 1958 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, HE
PARTICIPATED AT THE VARSITY LEVEL FOR 3
YEARS IN FOOTBALL AND 2 YEARS IN
BASKETBALL.
DURING THESE 2 YEARS IN
BASKETBALL AT STARTING CENTER, THE TEAM
RECORD FOR 1956/1957 – 1957/1958 WAS 32 – 6.
SELECTED 2ND TEAM ALL-COUNTY BOTH YEARS.
IN FOOTBALL, HE GAINED ALL COUNTY IN 1956 &
1957. PLAYED FOOTBALL PROFESSIONALLY FOR
FRANKLIN MINERS 1958, THROUGH 1961 & 1965
THROUGH 1968. DURING THE 1958-1961 YEARS THE
TEAM RECORD WAS 55-5-2 AND WAS DECLARED
NATIONAL SEMI-PRO CHAMPIONS IN 1960 & 1961.
PLAYED FOR PATERSON MINERS IN 1962 &
NEWARK BEARS IN 1963. BOTH TEAMS WERE
ATLANTIC
COAST
FOOTBALL
LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS.
PLAYED FOR HUDSON VALLEY
VIKINGS IN 1964. WAS SELECTED FOR ATHLETIC
SPORTSMAN AWARD BY NJ HERALD IN SEPT. 1968.
~~~
VICTOR J. MONCATO – INDUCTED 2001
A 1989 GRADUATE OF HIGH POINT REGIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL, HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. FOOTBALL: IN 1987 &
1988 HE RECEIVED ALL STATE, ALL WEST NEW JERSEY,
ALL AREA ALL SCIL, AND SCHOOL MVP HONORS.
BASKETBALL: IN 1987 & 1988 HE RECEIVED ALL WEST
NEW JERSEY (1988), ALL AREA, ALL SCIL, SCHOOL MVP
TEAM CAPTAIN HONORS. 1,000 POINT SCORER DURING
THAT PERIOD. BASEBALL: ALL WEST NEW JERSEY, ALL
AREA, ALL SCIL, AND SCHOOL MVP HONORS. WHILE AT
COLLEGE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR WEST POINT, EAST
CAROLINA & FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON RECEIVING THE
FOLLOWING RECOGNITION: FINALIST FOR GAGLIARDI
AND MELBURGER AWARD (HEISMAN OF DIVISION III)
FOR 93 & 94; KODAK ALL AMRICAN PUNTER AND WIDE
RECEIVER 93 & 94; MID ATLANTIC CONFERENCE MVP 93
& 94; ALL MID ATLANTIC WIDE RECEIVER AND PUNTER
93 & 94; NCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK 93; NCAA PUNT
RETURN CHAMPION 92; SPORTS ILLUSTRATED “MOST
VERSATILE ATHLETE” BASEBALL: ALL MID ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE; OUTSTANDING ATHLETE 94 & 95.
FOLLOWING COLLEGE:
PLAYED PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL FOR LOS ANGELES RAIDERS (1995) AND
DETROIT LIONS (1996). INDUCTED INTO FAIRLEIGH
DICKINSON ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME (2000).
~~~
HENRY BORESCH – INDUCTED 1976
RECOGNIZED AS THE FOUNDING FATHER OF NEW
JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC WRESTLING. HELMS
HALL OF FAME MEMBER. LED NEWTON HIGH
SCHOOL (1926 – 1964) TO 11 STATE TITLES.
COACHED 76 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND
COMPILED A .869 WINNING PERCENTAGE.
~~~
LINDA J. CORDES – INDUCTED 1989
SHE GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN
1977 WHERE SHE EXCELLED AS A BASKETBALL
PLAYER. IN 1975-76-77 EARNED ALL-COUNTY HONORS
AND WAS NAMED NEW JERSEY HERALD ATHLETE OF
THE YEAR IN 1977. NEWARK STAR LEDGER FIRST
TEAM ALL-STATE IN 1977.
ON FEBRUARY 12, 1976 BECAME THE FIRST GIRL IN
SUSSEX COUNTY TO SCORE 1000 POINTS. SCORED 50
OR MORE POINTS IN A GAME 4 TIMES IN A SEASON.
MARCH 2, 1977 FIRST GIRL IN STATE OF NEW JERSEY
TO SCORE 2000 POINTS.
ON MARCH 13, 1977 LEAD NEWTON TO ITS FIRST
SECTIONAL BASKETBALL TITLE.
COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH 2150
POINTS.
IN 1981 RECEIVED HER B.S. IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE AND AS A
STUDENT SHE WORKED WITH HANDICAPPED
CHILDREN.
~~~
MICHAEL J. FERRARA – INDUCTED 2001
A 1976 GRADUATE OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, HE
EARNED 3 VARSITY LETTERS IN BASKETBALL.
DURING 1974-75 LEAD SKYLINE CONFERENCE IN
SCORING; WAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WAS ALL
CONFERENCE. TEAM WAS SKYLINE CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONS; NORTH JERSEY GROUP I STATE
CHAMPIONS. DURING 1975-76 WAS SCIL PLAYER OF
THE YEAR; GROUP I 1ST TEAM ALL STATE; LED STATE
COUNTY & LEAGUE IN SCORING (AVERAGED
30 PTS/GAME);
TEAM
WAS
SCIL
CHAMPIONS
(UNDEFEATED) AND AVERAGED MOST PTS/GAME IN
SCIL HISTORY. OBTAINED VARSITY LETTERS AT
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY (1977) AND COLGATE (1978-7980). WAS ECAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR; 1ST TEAM
CONFERENCE; ALL TOURNAMENT GREAT ALASKA
SCHOOTOUT; WHILE ESTABLISHING 2 SCORING AND 2
STEAL RECORDS (1980-81) NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL
STATISTICS: NO. 2 IN SCORING (AVERAGING 28.6 PTS
PER GAME); 1ST AND 8TH HIGHEST SCORING GAME IN
U.S. WITH 50 PTS. & 42 PTS. RESPECTIVELY; 10TH IN
FREE THROW PCTG. (87.6) AND LED THE NATION IN
STEALS/GAME. DRAFTED 48TH IN 1981 NBC DRAFT.
PLAYED
PROFESSIONALLY
FOR
WASHINGTON
BULLETS.
~~~
ROBERT H. DALLING, SR. – INDUCTED 1993
HE ATTENDED PREP SCHOOL AT BLAIR ACADEMY
FROM 1924 TO 1929.
HE RECEIVED VARSITY LETTERS IN 1927, 1928 AND
1929.
MR. DALLING THEN ATTENDED LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
FOR 4 YEARS.
IN 1932 AND 1933 HE WON THE EASTERN
INTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP AT
125 LBS.
AFTER COMPLETING SCHOOL HE BEGAN HIS
COACHING CAREER AT BLAIR ACADEMY.
HE WAS HEAD WRESTLING COACH AT BLAIR FOR 32
YEARS.
DURING HIS COACHING CAREER HIS RECORD WAS 22
WINNING SEASONS, 7 LOSING SEASONS, 4 TIED
SEASONS, 4 UNDEFEATED SEASONS, 7 STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WAS ALSO A 20 YEAR MEMBER OF THE NEW
JERSEY SCHOLASTIC REFEREE ASSOCIATION.
~~~
JAMES R. WRIGHT – INDUCTED 1986
MOVED TO SPARTA FROM GREAT NECK, NY IN 1965
WHERE ATTENDED SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL.
AT
SPARTA HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL
AND BASEBALL IN 1965-1966. HE MADE ALL STATE IN
1966 AT THE POSITION OF END. IN 1967 EARNED
VARSITY LETTER IN BASEBALL AND MADE ALL STATE
IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. HE WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF
NOTRE DAME ON A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP. A
VARSITY LETTER WINNER IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
IN HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS HE EARNED
VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL. HE PLAYED IN THE
COTTON BOWL IN 1967. BEAT TEXAS BREAKING A 37
GAME WINNING STREAK. HE LED THE TEAM IN
TACKLES IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. ALL AMERICAN
CANDIDATE IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. 1971-1972 HE HAD
TRYOUTS WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS, THE BRITISH
COLUMBIAN LIONS AND MONTREAL ALOUETTES OF
THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
AT THE PRESENT TIME, HE IS THE MANAGER OF
MERRILL LYNCH IN TOMS RIVER, NJ.
~~~
JOHN ZAMOS – INDUCTED 1978
JOHNNY’S
ILLUSTRIOUS
PLAYING
AND
COACHING CAREER ENCOMPASSES OVER THREE
DECADES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
A THREE
SPORT STAR AT NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL WHO
RETURNED TO HIS ALMA MATER TO EARN
COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS IN BOTH
BASEBALL
AND
GIRL’S
BASKETBALL.
CONTINUED HIS PLAYING CAREER WHILE
SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMY AND AS A MEMBER
OF THE FRANKLIN MINERS, FETZER CHIEFS AND
SUSSEX AND NEWTON AA’S.
~~~
BRENDA GREGORY – INDUCTED 1999
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949
WHERE SHE EXCELLED FOR 4 YEARS IN INTRAMURAL
SPORTS. IN 1953 SHE GRADUATED FROM DOUGLAS
COLLEGE. IN 1952 SHE RECEIVED GOLD NJC AND WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN 1953.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SYNCHRONIZED
SWIMMING GROUP FOR 4 YEARS. BRENDA WAS
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR AT
NEWTON H.S. 1953-56, POPE JOHN H.S. 1960-63 AND AT
KITTATINNY REG. H.S. 1979-94.
SHE COACHED
LAFAYETTE SOFTBALL 1969-71, LITTLE LEAGUE FARM
TEAM 1968-70. SHE WAS ASSISTANT SWIM COACH AT
KITTATINNY H.S. FROM 1979-84. FROM 1950-81 WAS
WATERFRONT INSTRUCTOR AND/OR DIRECTOR AT
VARIOUS CAMPS.
BRENDA WAS ALSO A NJIAA
REFEREE FOR BASKETBALL 1975-78, FIELD HOCKEY
1975-93, FIELD HOCKEY REFEREE TRAINER 1980-88,
WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR TRAINER 1970-94,
LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR TRAINER 1987-94 AND
WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR FROM 1950 TILL THE
PRESENT TIME.
~~~
RICHARD LORENZO – INDUCTED 1985
ATTENDED FRANKFORD TWP. SCHOOL 1951-60.
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON H.S. IN 1964 WHERE HE
EARNED 3 LETTERS IN WRESTLING. 2 TIME DISTRICT
CHAMPION, REGIONAL CHAMPION AND STATE
RUNNER-UP IN 1964 AT 141 LB. CLASS. NEW JERSEY
HERALD SPORTSMAN OF THE MONTH 3 TIMES, 1964,
1967 AND 1968. 1ST ATHLETE TO GET SUCH HONOR. AT
NEWTON PLAYED FROSH. AND J.V. BASEBALL.
PARTICIPATED IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND BABE RUTH
BASEBALL. PLAYED FOR BRANCHVILLE AMERICAN
LEGION AND BRANCHVILLE SEMI-PRO TEAMS.
IN 1964 WAS NAMED KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL
OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETE AND WON THE
SUSSEX COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION AWARD.
GRADUATED FROM PENN STATE U. IN 1968. EARNED
HIS MASTERS IN 1974. WRESTLED 3 YEARS VARSITY
1966-67-68. UNDEFEATED IN DUAL MEETS 1967, 1968.
EASTERN
INTERCOLLEGIATE
WRESTLING
ASSOCIATION 3 TIME PLACE WINNER. IN 1968 EIWA IN
191 LB. CLASS CHAMPION. CHOSEN OUTSTANDING
WRESTLER AND EARNED MOST FALLS TROPHY. EASTWEST WINNER 1968. NAMED EASTERN WRESTLING
LEAGUE “COACH OF THE YEAR” 1981. PENN ASST.
COACH 1968-1974. AT PRESENT TIME HE IS HEAD
COACH AT PENN STATE.
~~~
HARRY LANZI – INDUCTED 1977
ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLERS
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL HAS EVER PRODUCED.
COMPETING IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION,
LANZI WRESTLED HIS WAY INTO THE STATE
TOURNAMENT FINALS ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND
EMERGED VICTORIOUS THREE TIMES. HE ALSO
EARNED FOUR FOOTBALL LETTERS AND ONE IN
BASEBALL. PLAYED FOOTBALL AND WRESTLED
FOR TOLEDO UNIVERSITY, CAPTURING A
NATIONAL A.A.U. WRESTLING TITLE.
PRESENTLY SERVES AS RECREATION DIRECTOR
IN TOLEDO.
~~~
JACK CAMPBELL – INDUCTED 1979
OUTSTANDING THREE SPORT STAR AT NEWTON
HIGH SCHOOL. MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL PLAYER DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR.
EARNED
A
FOUR
YEAR
BASKETBALL
SCHOLARSHIP TO MOUNT SAINT MARY’S
COLLEGE. CAPTAIN AND LEADING REBOUNDER
OF THE MOUNT’S 1962 NCAA SMALL COLLEGE
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. INDUCTED INTO
HIS ALMA MATER’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
HELD NUMEROUS YOUTH LEAGUE AND HIGH
SCHOOL COACHING POSITIONS.
~~~
FRANK L. McCHESNEY – INDUCTED 1980
AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN FOOTBALL, MADE
ALL COUNTY 1947 AND 1948. MADE ALL STATE
FOOTBALL GROUP 1 FIRST TEAM 1948, 1949 AND
1950 ALL LEAGUE NORTH JERSEY PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE AS A MEMBER OF FRANKLIN
MINERS. IN BASKETBALL AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL, ALL COUNTY 1948 AND 1949. ALL STATE
BASKETBALL GROUP 1 1949.
IN 1950 AS A
MEMBER OF FRANKLIN AMERICAN LEGION
MADE ALL STAR TEAM IN SUSSEX COUNTY
BASKETBALL LEAGUE, ESTABLISHING RECORD
OF 331 POINTS IN 16 GAMES ALSO A RECORD 23
POINTS IN ONE QUARTER.
~~~
CHARLES PURSELL – INDUCTED 1977
AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND COACH LED
SPORTS PROGRAMS AT SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL
AND HIGH POINT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AT
SUSSEX, COACHED BOTH VARSITY AND JUNIOR
BASKETBALL TEAMS TO 179-90 AND 179-64
RECORDS, RESPECTIVELY.
COMPILED 238-141
RECORD IN BASEBALL AND 73-22-12 SOCCER
MARK. HIS SUSSEX AND HIGH POINT VARSITY
TEAMS WON 12 CONFERENCE TITLES AND THREE
STATE SECTIONAL CROWNS.
~~~
DICK CELLI – INDUCTED 1978
A VERSATILE NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, BLAIR
ACADEMY
AND
SPRINGFIELD
COLLEGE
ATHLETE.
RECEIVED ALL STATE BASEBALL
RECOGNITION THREE TIMES.
CONTINUED
PLAYING CAREER IN THE SERVICE AND AS A
MEMBER OF THE NEWTON AA AND FETZER
CHIEFS.
BEGAN SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL
AND
BASEBALL
COACHING
CAREER AT FOX LANE (NY) HIGH SCHOOL.
NAMES NEW JERSEY HERALD COACH OF THE
YEAR IN FOOTBALL (1970) AND BASEBALL (1978)
AT HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL.
~~~
BOB GUNDERMAN – INDUCTED 1978
AN ALL STATE/ALL COUNTY FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL SELECTION FROM FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL. PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE
PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
AND
THE
WINNIPEG
BLUE
BOMBERS.
OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AND BASKETBALL
PLAYER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. A
MEMBER OF THE FRANKLIN MINERS AND SUSSEX
COUNTY’S 1961 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.
COMPILED A WINNING RECORD AS HEAD
FOOTBALL COACH OF DICKINSON, WEST
MILFORD AND LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOLS FROM
1960-71.
~~~
DON FREY – INDUCTED 1978
THREE-TIME NJSIAA WRESTLING CHAMPION FOR
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL. CO-CAPTAINED PENN
STATE’S 1953 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
TEAM. EARNED SECOND AND THIRD PLACE
NCAA FINISHES FOR THE NITTANY LIONS. HEAD
WRESTLING COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA
FROM
1962-70.
LED
UNDEFEATED QUAKERS TO IVY LEAGUE TITLES
IN 1968 AND 1969. TWICE NAMED COACH OF THE
YEAR BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENN ATHLETIC
MANAGERIAL BOARD.
~~~
ROGER D. SNOOK – INDUCTED 1979
WON TWO STATE WRESTLING TITLES AT
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL. WRESTLED IN THE 145
POUND WEIGHT CLASS FOR CORNELL COLLEGE
OF IOWA AND PLACED SECOND IN THE 1947 NCAA
TOURNAMENT LEADING HIS SQUAD TO THE
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. PLACED FOURTH IN THE
NCAA’S THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WRESTLED TO A
SECOND AND THREE, FOURTH PLACE FINISHES IN
NAAU
TOURNAMENTS
EARNING
A
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN
THE
JUNIOR
NAAU
TOURNAMENT.
MIDWEST
CONFERENCE
CHAMPION TWO TIMES.
~~~
EARL L. DECKER – INDUCTED 1987
AN OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER, IN THE
HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE
SUSSEX
COUNTY
TWILIGHT LEAGUE, IN THE 1930’S. HE ALSO
PARTICIPATED IN THE NEWTON FIREMEN’S
LEAGUE.
HE WAS A PROFICIENT BOWLER POSSESSING A
193 AVERAGE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND SUSSEX
COUNTY A LEAGUES.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEWTON
RECREATION COMMISSION FOR 6 YEARS. A
LOYAL
SUPPORTER
OF
THE
JUNIOR
PLAYGROUND BLUE JAYS BASEBALL TEAMS AT
MEMORY PARK.
HE COACHED THE NEWTON LITTLE LEAGUE
WILDCATS FOR 12 YEARS.
HIS TEAMS WON 10
TITLES IN 12 YEARS.
HE WAS THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON
FROM JULY 1961 TO JULY 1962.
HE WAS THE NEWTON FIRE CHIEF IN 1969.
AT THE PRESENT TIME, HE IS RETIRED AND
RESIDES IN NEWTON, NJ.
~~~
JOHN GARDNER- INDUCTED 2004
1990 graduate High Point Regional High School; 1995 graduate of
Clemson University; inducted for accomplishments in wrestling, football
and coaching; in high school wrestling, was the first in county to win 100
matches; set all time NJ state win record in 1990 with 131 career wins;
189 pound State Champion in 1990, third place at 152 pounds in 1989,
and third at 140 pounds in 1988; Regional Champion all four years;
District Champion three years; selected Male Athlete of the Year for
Sussex County in 1990 by NJ Herald; in college wrestling, captained
Clemson team in 1994; South Carolina Collegiate State Champion 1993
and 1994; All Atlantic Coast Conference selection in 1992 and 1994;
Clemson was NCAA Division I ranked in 1994 (7th) and 1993 (13th); at
National Tournaments level, was Cadet Freestyle State Champion and All
American (6th) in 1987, Junior Freestyle State Champion and Junior
Greco Roman State Champion in 1989 and 1990, Junior Greco Roman
All American (2nd) in 1989, Espoir Freestyle All American (3rd) in 1991
and Asics All American in 1990.
In high school football, was SCIL First Team, All Area NJ Herald, All
West Jersey Star Ledger and Third Team All State Star Ledger, all in
1989.
Additional Accolades:
As a coach, was named Wrestling Coach of the Year by the NJ Herald in
2001; High Point Head Wrestling Coach since 1999; coached High Point
to North I Group III State Sectional titles in 2001, 2002 & 2003
~~~
ED PAIVA – INDUCTED 2004
1975 graduate of Sussex Technical School; 1981 graduate of William
Paterson College; inducted for achievements in basketball in high school
and college as a player and as a coach; in high school, captained the team
junior and senior years; Sussex Tech MVP junior and senior years; led
Sussex County in scoring in the 1974/75 season with a 26 point average
including 44 points against Pope John and 40 against High Point; scored
30 points or more eight times and 20 points or more on sixteen occasions;
shot 50% from field and 80% from foul line his senior year; first team All
County senior year; Sussex County All Tournament Team; first player in
Sussex Tech history to score 1,000 points with a career total of 1,220.
In college, played for the Top 20 Junior College ranked County College
of Morris as a freshman; retired from competitive basketball in 1976;
Bachelors degree in physical education William Paterson College 1981.
As a coach, currently boys head varsity soccer coach and assistant boys
varsity basketball coach at Wallkill Valley; 1998 to 2002, head basketball
coach at Sussex Tech; 2002 to present, girls head softball coach at Sussex
Tech; led the team to a new school record for wins in a season with
eighteen in 2003; NJVTAC State Softball Champions in 2002; Mugs
Media/Eastern Propane 2002 Softball Coach of the Year; led the teams to
three consecutive NJSIAA state tournament appearances and several of
his players earned All Area and All West Jersey selections; boys head
soccer coach at Sussex Tech from 1994 to 2002 and reestablished the
program after a seventeen year absence; his 1999 team was the first
Sussex Tech team to qualify for the State Tournament.
~~~
KEVIN HOPKINS INDUCTED 2004
1987 graduate of Pope John High School; 1992 graduate of Mount Union
College, inducted for accomplishments in two sports, swimming and
baseball; senior year in high school, despite missing the first eleven
games due to the YMCA Nationals swimming competition in Florida, hit
eight home runs (led SCIL), had a 956 slugging average, batted 413, had
a 509 on base average, scored fourteen runs, and had 23 RBI’s; baseball
awards that season, NJ Herald First Team All Area, First Team All SCIL,
Star Ledger West Jersey Second Team, North Jersey Advance Co-Male
Athlete of the Month for May 1987 (for three home runs in one game).
Swimming career covered four areas, YMCA, high school, college and
Masters. In YMCA swimming, member of the Lakeland Hills YMCA
National Team in 1986 and 1987, All American both years; in high
school, four time SCIL All League selection, three time All Area
selection, Condit Motors/WSUS Athlete of the Month freshman year
(1983), Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame Athletic Award recipient
1987, seven time county champion (out of eight possible) in six different
events, seven time county record setter (out of eight possible) in five
different events; NJ Meet of Champions qualifier all four years; NJ
Herald Male Athlete of the Month for January 1987; holder of every (ten)
Pope John swim records upon graduation; in college, Captain of the
Mount Union swim team in 1992; Ohio Athletic Conference MVP in
1991 and 1992, going undefeated in six individual events at the year end
Conference championships.
Additional Accolades:
At the United States Masters Swimming level since 1992, holds seven NJ
state records; national top ten times in six different events through 2003.
~~~
RANDALL SPRAGUE-INDUCTED 2004
1966 graduate of Newton High School; 1971 BSCE graduate of NJIT;
1981 MSCE graduate of NJIT; inducted for accomplishments in sailing;
began competitive sailing in 1963 at Swartswood Yacht Club (member of
North American Yacht Racing Association); represented Swartswood
Yacht Club in Flying Tern and other sailboat classes at competitions from
1964 through 1984
1964-1978 won 12 Flying Tern Fleet Championships at Swartswood Lake
1978-1984 won 3 Laser Class Fleet Championships at Swartswood Lake
1969-1984 won 8 North Jersey Yacht Racing Association Championships
1969-1978 won 6 Mid Atlantic Championships for North American
Flying Tern
1967 won United States National Championship North American Flying
Tern
1968-1969 second place US National Championships North American
Flying Tern
Won Invitational Regattas Oyster Bay, LI, Carnegie Lake, NJ and
Harrisburg, PA
New Jersey Sportsman of the Month, August 1968; Eagle Scout 1965;
counselor to Boy Scouts for swimming, rowing, canoeing and life saving;
Swartswood Yacht Club Director, Vice Commodore, Race Committee
Chairman for Invitational Regattas; served as Director, Fleet Captain and
Secretary for North American Flying Tern Association; represented North
Jersey Yacht Racing Association in the North American Yacht Racing
Union
~~~
ROBERT TRENZ – INDUCTED 2004
1966 graduate of West Milford High School; 1970 graduate
of Eastern Kentucky University; inducted for
accomplishments as boys swim coach at Vernon High
School; eighteen years (1986-2004) as head coach; career
record of 200 wins and 34 losses (85% winning percentage);
SCIL record of 121 wins and 2 losses (98% winning
percentage); had sixteen undefeated SCIL seasons; his
teams qualified for State Tournament eighteen consecutive
years; two State Sectional titles, 1988 and 2004; five State
Champions in NJ Meet of Champions (MOC); six High
School All Americans; Star Ledger State Boys Swimming
Coach of the Year in 2003
Had a forty nine meet win streak in SCIL from 1986 to
1994; finished career in 2004 with another SCIL win streak
of seventy two meets
Additional Accolades:
Named NJ Herald Swim Coach of the Year six times;
named Star Ledger West Jersey’s State Boys Swim Coach
of the Year four times
~~~
ELIZABETH HOLLANDER WOLFSON - INDUCTED 2004
1985 graduate of Newton High School; 1989 graduate of Brown
University; inducted for accomplishments in softball, basketball and field
hockey; in high school softball, lettered four years, All SCIL and All
Area Second Team two years (1984 & 1985), All West Jersey 1982, All
State Group II Second Team 1982, Coaches Award 1985; team Captain
as junior and senior; in high school basketball, lettered four years,
Captain last two years, All SCIL 1984 & 1985, All Area 1984, All Area
Second Team 1985, All West Jersey Third Team 1984; scored 1,075
points in 1985; 1984 MVP; 1985 SCIL All Stars; in high school field
hockey, lettered three years; Captain 1983 and 1984; All SCIL, All Area
and All West Jersey 1983 and 1984; All State Group II First Team 1983;
All State (all groups) 1984-first female in Sussex County to be named to
the Star Ledger All State Top 11 Player Roster; MVP 1983 & 1984; team
voted Team of the Year in New Jersey, Dream Team with 21-1 record
and only three goals against all year, a Sussex County record that still
exists today; Best Female Senior Athlete by Athletic Department and
Best Class Athlete by classmates in 1985; National Junior Olympics, East
Squad 1985
In college, four year varsity starter and letter winner in Division 1 field
hockey; All Ivy Team 1988; MVP 1988; selected for Olympic Trials
1986, 1987, 1988
Chosen for the Israeli National Field Hockey Team in 1999; participated
in International Maccabiah Games, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1999; ran Boston
Marathon 1989; Tel Aviv half marathon 1988 & 1990, Tel Aviv minitriathlon 2001 & 2002 (11th in 30-35 age group)
~~~
DANIEL STEVENS - 1981
Honorary Member
A TRUE SON OF FRANKLIN AND SUSSEX COUNTY.
ATTENDED
FRANKLIN
SCHOOLS,
1924-1928.
TRACK AND FIELD VARSITY PARTICIPANT.
ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, PRINCETON, ILL 1930-1935.
HAS SERVED AS TRAINER FOR PATERSON STATE
TEACHERS, PATERSON – NEWARK BEARS, JERSEY
CITY JAYS, BROOKLYN DODGERS AND FRANKLIN
HS FROM 1931-1981.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN
MINERS, 1964. FRANKLIN HOSPITAL AWARD FOR
40 YEARS SERVICE. HONORED “DAN STEVENS
DAY” OCT. 29, 1976, “FROM GRID IRON TO
HOSPITAL TO MAYOR’S OFFICE.”
30 YEARS
FIREMAN, MAYOR 1954. STILL ACTIVE TRAINER
AND MEMBER OF FRANKLIN BORO RECREATION
COMMISSION.
~~~
HARRY HARPER – 1980
Honorary Member
PITCHED AT AMHERST COLLEGE WHERE HE WAS
SIGNED BY WASHINGTON BASEBALL TEAM.
SPENT TWO MONTHS IN MINORS THEN
WASHINGTON FOR 7 YEARS. PLAYED ALSO FOR
BOSTON, NY YANKEES AND BROOKLYN POSTING
A RECORD OF 57 WINS AND 79 LOSSES. SHERIFF
BERGEN CO.
1927 – 1929.
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION 1933 – 1943. NEW JERSEY LABOR
AND INDUSTRY COMMISSION 1943.
~~~
DOLSON A. AYERS – 1983
Honorary Member
DUE TO THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER AT AN EARLY AGE,
HE WAS UNABLE TO FINISH HIS SCHOOLING. PLAYED
FOR MAPLEHURST AC AND PELLETTOWN BEARS, BOTH
POWERHOUSE BASEBALL TEAMS FROM THE SUSSEX
AREA. HE ALSO PLAYED SOFTBALL IN THE SUSSEX
CHURCH LEAGUE. MANAGED THE SUSSEX AC AND
SUSSEX FARMERS IN THE SUSSEX COUNTY LEAGUE. IN
1947 HE MANAGED THE SUSSEX COUNTY ALL-STARS
AT THE FARM & HORSE SHOW AGAINST THE LORENZO
MOTORS OF FRANKLIN. HIS 1947 SUSSEX LEGION
TEAMS RECORD 14-4 WAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
SINCE 1939. ASSISTED IN 1950 COACHING THE SUSSEX
AA WHICH WON THE POWERFUL WARREN COUNTY
TOURNAMENT.
HE COACHED SUMMER BASEBALL
FROM 1946-1957 FOR BOYS IN THE SUSSEX,
BEEMERVILLE AND WANTAGE AREA. A CREDIT TO
THE SPORT OF BASEBALL, HE SPENT MANY HOURS OF
HIS OWN TO TRANSPORT AND COACH THE YOUNGER
BOYS, WHILE STILL MANAGING THE MEN’S LEAGUE IN
SUSSEX COUNTY.
~~~
RICHARD CASSELS – INDUCTED 1976
OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH
IN SUSSEX COUNTY FOR 17 YEARS, WITH RECORD
OF 109 WINS, 6 TIES AND 29 LOSSES. “COACH OF
THE YEAR” HONORS 10 TIMES, LED SPARTA HIGH
TO 7 SKYLINE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
ORGANIZED ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT SPARTA
HIGH SCHOOL. PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE,
SERVICE, SEMI-PRO AND PRO FOOTBALL. HE WAS
SELECTED ALL STAR, ALL SERVICE, LITTLE ALLAMERICAN AND CAPTAINED EACH TEAM.
~~~
KENNETH R. BENSON - 1991
Honorary Member
A 1949 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL. HE
EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL AND
WRESTLING.
HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE
NEWTON A.A. IN THE NORTH JERSEY SEMI-PRO
FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 1949 AND 1952 THROUGH 1957.
HE PLAYED IN THE SUSSEX COUNTY ADULT
BASKETBALL LEAGUE 1949-1950 AND 1952-1964
HE HELPED INITIATE POP WARNER FOOTBALL IN
NEWTON IN 1958.
SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT AND HEAD COACH FROM
1958-1985 AND 1988-1989.
HE WAS BUSINESS SECRETARY OF THE NEWTON
“LIL” BRAVES 1958-1964.
HE COACHED THE NEWTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
BASKETBALL TEAM 1968-1970.
HE WAS ASSISTANT COACH FOR ST. JOSEPH’S
WRESTLING TEAM 1966-1970
IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS HE PLAYED FOOTBALL
FOR THE YOKASUKA SEAHAWKS – JAPAN 1951.
HE WAS IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS; 1948-1951.
HE RETIRED AS MSGT. FROM THE MARINE CORPS
RESERVES 1953-1972.
~~~
JOSEPH BIGG - 1985
Honorary Member
ATTENDED FRANKLIN SCHOOLS, WHERE HE
PARTICIPATED IN TRACK. PLAYED FOOTBALL
FOR THE FRANKLIN MINERS IN 1930’S.
OUTSTANDING BOWLER AND SOFTBALL PITCHER.
COACHED
MANY
AREA
SPORTS
TEAMS
INCLUDING THE NEWTON AA BOYS CLUB
WRESTLING
TEAM
AND
THE
PICATINNY
BASEBALL TEAM.
CHAIRMAN OF ELKS
COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THE TRACK AT
NEWTON H.S. HELPED ORGANIZE LITTLE BIGGER
LEAGUE, BABE RUTH TEAMS IN THE COUNTY,
AND
BIDDY
BASKETBALL
IN
NEWTON.
COMMISSIONER OF POP WARNER FOOTBALL ON
THE EAST COAST FOR 5 YEARS, WITH 865 TEAMS
AS MEMBERS.
RECEIVED ELKS LIFETIME
MEMBERSHIP FOR HIS WORK WITH THE YOUTH IN
THE COUNTY.
FOUNDER OF THE SUSSEX COUNTY SPORTS HALL
OF FAME. ELECTED ITS FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1976.
~~~
EARL “CORKY” COURTRIGHT – INDUCTED 2001
A 1947 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, HE
PARTICIPATED AT THE VARSITY LEVEL 4 YEARS IN
WRESTLING AND 2 YEARS IN FOOTBALL. IN 19471949 HE WRESTLED FOR THE NEWTON BOYS CLUB.
IN 1949-1951 HE WAS RECRUITED AND WRESTLED AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO. DURING 1951, HE WAS
DRAFTED BY THE U.S. ARMY AND WRESTLED
THROUGH 1953.
HE CONTINUED TO WRESTLE
THROUGH 1962. OVERALL WRESTLING RECORD WAS
437 MATCHES – 383 WINS – 38 LOSSES – 16 DRAWS.
NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION AT 128 LBS.
(1947) – N.J. AAU CHAMPION AT 145 LBS. (1949) –
PENNSYLVANIA AAU CHAMPION AT 157 LBS. (1952) –
OHIO AAU CHAMPION AT 157 LBS (1950) – US ARMY
5TH INFANTRY CHAMPION AT 157 LBS. (1952) – OHIO
AAU CHAMPION AT 174 LBS. (1956) – OHIO AAU
GRECO ROMAN AND FREETYLE CHAMPION AT 191
LBS. (1958) – FIRST PLACE MIDWEST OLYMPIC GRECO
ROMAN TRIALS AT 191 LBS. (1960) – OHIO AAU
CHAMPION AT HEAVY WEIGHT (1962). WRESTLING
OFFICIAL AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1962 & 1966.
WORLD CUP 1973 THROUGH 1991 INCLUDING FLOOR
CHAIRMAN 1986 THROUGH 1991.
~~~
ARTHUR DISQUE – INDUCTED 1977
A TEACHER, COACH AND LEADER OF NEWTON
HIGH SCHOOL’S YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FOR
OVER THREE DECADES.
COACHED FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AND WAS TWICE
NAMED SUSSEX COUNTY’S BASKETBALL COACH
OF THE YEAR.
SPEARHEADED DRIVE FOR
FORMATION OF SUSSEX COUNTY COACHES
ASSOCIATION AND RENEWAL OF SUSSEX COUNTY
INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE WHILE ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR AT NEWTON. A VARSITY FOOTBALL,
ICE HOCKEY AND LACROSSE PLAYER AT
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE.
~~~
JAMES L. MOORE – INDUCTED 1979
12 VARSITY LETTERS EARNED AT SUSSEX HIGH
SCHOOL
IN
BASEBALL,
SOCCER
AND
BASKETBALL. NAMED ALL STATE THREE TIMES
IN BASEBALL, ONCE IN BASKETBALL. PLAYED
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL IN THE BOSTON RED
SOX FARM SYSTEM. OUTSTANDING SEMI-PRO
PLAYER AS A MEMBER OF THE SUSSEX A.C.,
NEWTON A.A. AND PATERSON BLUE JAYS. PAST
PRESIDENT SUSSEX COUNTY CHEF’S OF POLICE.
COACHED MANY YEARS IN VARIOUS LITTLE
LEAGUES IN MORRIS AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.
~~~
RICHARD EARL McKEEBY – INDUCTED 1986
ATTENDED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE
GRADUATED IN 1953. PLAYED FOOTBALL AND
WRESTLED, EARNING VARSITY LETTERS IN BOTH
SPORTS, IN HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS. IN
1950 HE WAS NEW JERSEY AAU, 115 LB. CLASS
CHAMPION. HE REPEATED THIS FEAT IN 1951.
WRESTLED FOR NEWTON A.A. FROM 1950-1953.
COLLEGE FOUND McKEEBY AT RUTGERS WHERE
HE PLAYED 150 LB. FOOTBALL AND WRESTLED
FROM 1953-1957. A VARSITY LETTER WINNER
FROM 1955-1957. HIS SENIOR YEAR HE SCORED
THE FASTEST PIN, 23 SECONDS. HE GRADUATED
WITH A BS-MS IN 1957. IN 1957-1961 HE WAS ASST.
COACH AND HEAD COACH OF RAHWAY HIGH
SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAMS.
HE WAS HEAD
COACH OF THE EAST BRUNSWICK RECREATION
LEAGUE. IN 1957-1972 AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF
THE NEW JERSEY WRESTLING COACHES AND
OFFICIALS ASSN. AT THE PRESENT TIME HE IS AN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE BIOLOGY DEPT. AT
UNION COLLEGE CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY.
~~~
JIM LACIKA – INDUCTED 1979
EARNED 11 VARSITY LETTERS AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL. AN ALL COUNTY SELECTION IN THREE
SPORTS. NAMED TO THE ALL STATE FOOTBALL
AND BASEBALL TEAMS AND ALL GROUP II
BASKETBALL SQUAD. ALL STATE FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL SELECTION AT SETON HALL PREP.
EARNED FOUR VARSITY LETTERS FOR FOR
BASEBALL AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY BATTING
.409 IN HIS SENIOR YEAR.
PLAYED SEMI
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FOR THE FRANKLIN
MINERS.
~~~
FRED SWANSON – INDUCTED 1995
GRADUATED FROM HIGH POINT REG. HIGH SCHOOL
IN JUNE 1971. FRED LETTERED IN FOOTBALL FOR 3
YEARS AND IN 1971 WAS NAMED CO-CAPTAIN. WAS
ALSO NAMED CO-CAPTAIN OF THE 1971 ALL COUNTY
TEAM. A 4 YEAR VARSITY LETTER WINNER IN
WRESTLING WAS NAMED CAPTAIN IN 1971. PLACED
2ND IN DISTRICTS AT 157 LBS. IN 1969. IN 1970 HE WAS
UNDEFEATED IN DUAL MEETS PLACED 1ST IN
DISTRICTS AT 168 LBS. AND MADE THE ALL-COUNTY
TEAM. ALSO IN 1970 PLACED 2ND IN NEW JERSEY
AAU TOURNAMENT. WAS UNDEFEATED IN DUAL
MEETS IN 1971, PLACED 1ST IN DISTRICTS AND WAS
STATE CHAMPION AT 178 LBS. NAMED TO ALLCOUNTY TEAM IN 1971. ENDED HIS HIGH SCHOOL
CAREER WITH A 56-6-2 RECORD. IN 1970 WAS NEW
JERSEY HERALD ATHLETE OF THE MONTH AND ALLSTATE WRESTLER BY THE NEWARK NEWS. WAS
ELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT IN 1971. GRADUATED
FROM EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE IN 1975
WHERE HE WRESTLED AT THE VARSITY LEVEL
4 YEARS. PLACED 3RD AT U.S.M.A. PLEBE TOURNEY
IN 1972. PLACED 3RD IN HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION PA.
STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 1975 AND WAS
NAMED NCAA DIV. II ALL-AMERICAN.
~~~
HOBART BURD – INDUCTED 1997
EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL AT
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942 AND 1943. PLAYED
VARSITY BASKETBALL IN 1943-44 LEADING THE
COUNTY IN SCORING. NAMED TO ALL COUNTY 1ST
TEAM AND 1ST TEAM ALL STATE GROUP II. IN 1944
WAS ALL COUNTY AND ALL STATE GROUP II IN
BASEBALL. ENLISTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY IN 1944
BUT RETURNED TO FRANKLIN H.S. TO GRADUATE IN
1946. GRADUATED FROM BRADLEY UNIVERSITY IN
1952. TAUGHT AT HAMBURG H.S. FROM 1952-1957
WHERE
HE
ALSO
COACHED
BASKETBALL,
BASEBALL AND WAS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS. IN
1957 HE WAS BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR WHILE
AT HAMBURG H.S. HIRED AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1957. WON THE SKYLINE TITLE IN BOTH
1963 & 1964.
ALSO WON THE STATE GROUP
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1964 AND WAS NAMED COUNTY
COACH OF THE YEAR. COACHED SOCCER AT F.H.S.
FROM 1965-1976.
PLAYED FOR THE FRANKLIN
MINERS FOOTBALL CLUB FOR 7 YEARS. FROM 1954
TO THE PRESENT TIME HE HAS OFFICIATED
HUNDREDS OF FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL
GAMES.
~~~
DOLSON H. (DOC) AYERS – INDUCTED 1976
GRADUATE OF SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL – 1948, RECEIVED VARSITY
LETTERS IN SOCCER AND BASEBALL 4 YRS. AND IN BASKETBALL,
3 YEARS. IN BASEBALL, WON BATTING TITLES AND WAS ALL CTY
1ST TEAM AND ALL STATE GROUP I IN 1946-1948. HIS FOUR YEAR
BATTING AVERAGE WAS .488.
NAMED TO THE ALL CTY.
BASKETBALL TEAM IN 1948 AND MADE THE STATE HONOR ROLL.
ATTENDED SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, PLAYED VARSITY
BASEBALL FROM 1948-1952.
PLAYED BASEBALL FOR THE
FRANKLIN AMERICAN LEGION IN 1946, THE SUSSEX FARMERS IN
1945-1947, UNCLE SAM’S BLUE JAYS OF PATERSON IN 1948, 1949. IN
1950 FOR THE DOWN EAST LEAGUE IN PORTLAND, ME. AND THE
BLACKSTONE VALLEY LEAGUE IN WHITINSVILLE, MA IN 1951. IN
1952 SIGNED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, ASSIGNED TO
THE GRAMBY, QUEBEC, CANADA TEAM, CLASS C. PROV. LEAGUE.
US ARMY FROM 1953-1954, PLAYED ON THE 188TH AIRBORNE
REGIMENTAL TEAM. IN 1955 FOR THE SALT LAKE CITY CLASSIC
TEAM. IN 1956 FOR THE WILSON, NC CLASS B CAROLINA LEAGUE
IN 1957, 1958 FOR THE TULSA, OK CLASS AA TEXAS LEAGUE. IN
1959 FOR THE WILLIAMSPORT, PA CLASS A EASTERN LEAGUE.
PLAYED FOR THE SUSSEX CARDINALS – 1966-1971 AND WITH THE
NEWTON AA – 1971-1977. HIS RECORDS FOR THE 11 YEARS IN THE
NORTH JERSEY LEAGUE ARE: 545 AB, 163 RUNS, 216 HITS WITH 125
RBI’S, 42 DOUBLES, 53 SINGLES AND 3 HOME RUNS FOR A .396
AVERAGE.
MVP 1973 & 1974 IN MORRIS COUNTY MAJOR
BASEBALL LEAGUE; ACTIVE IN THE HIGH POINT LITTLE LEAGUE
AND MIDGET FOOTBALL PROGRAMS AND BASEBALL BOOSTER
CLUB. MEMBER OF THE PLAINSMEN, A SINGING GROUP.
~~~
ANDREW WASKOWICH – INDUCTED 1988
GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1933.
EARNED
VARSITY
LETTERS
IN
FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AND WAS ONE OF THE
ACTING CAPTAINS IN EACH OF THE SPORTS. IN 1932,
G.A. FALZER, SPORTS EDITOR OF THE NEWARK
SUNDAY CALL SELECTED HIM ALL STATE, 2ND CLASS B
TEAM AT FULLBACK. THE JERSEY JOURNAL SPORTS
EDITOR NAMED ANDREW FULLBACK OF FRANKLIN
HIGH SCHOOL, 1ST POSITION ON THE ALL NORTH
JERSEY TEAM AND 2ND PLACE IN THE ALL STATE TEAM.
IN SEPTEMBER 1933 HE RECEIVED A FOOTBALL
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND ALBRIGHT COLLEGE WHERE
HE BECAME THE STARTING FULLBACK ON THE
FRESHMAN TEAM. HE WAS ACTIVE IN YOUTH SPORTS
PROGRAMS AND HELPED ORGANIZE JUNIOR BASEBALL
TEAMS IN SUSSEX. HE SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING
WORLD WAR II IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE AS AN E/M
IN THE SEABEES. HE WAS A VFW MEMBER IN SUSSEX
AND WAS ACTIVE IN HELPING VETERANS WHO
NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
~~~
LORELEI GROSSKURTH - INDUCTED 1994
GRADUATED FROM HIGH POINT REGIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1982. 3 YEARS OF VARSITY BASKETBALL.
ALL SCIL AND ALL WEST JERSEY TEAMS 1980, 1981 AND
1982. ALL STATE GROUP II IN 1981 AND 1982. SCORED
OVER 1,000 POINTS AND 1,000 REBOUNDS WHILE
PLAYING AT HIGH POINT H.S. GRADUATED FROM
COLGATE UNIVERSITY IN 1986 WHERE SHE LETTERED
IN BASKETBALL FOR THREE YEARS.
1983 NYSAIAW DIVISION II “ROOKIE OF THE YEAR”
1984 UPSTATE ALL CONFERENCE TEAM
1984 NYSAIAW DIVISION II ALL STAR TEAM
1985 BECAME ONLY 3RD WOMAN IN COLGATE
UNIVERSITY HISTORY TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS IN A
CAREER
~~~
RUSSELL VAN ATTA – INDUCTED 1976
SUSSEX COUNTY’S OUTSTANDING PITCHER FOR
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL AND PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY. PITCHED THREE YEARS FOR NEW
YORK YANKEES, FOUR YEARS FOR ST. LOUIS
BROWNS, FOUR YEARS FOR ST. PAUL AMERICAN
ASSOC. IN 1933, IN AMERICAN LEAGUE, HAD A
12-4 WINNING RECORD AND BEAT CHAMPIONSHIP
WASHINGTON TEAM FIVE TIMES, INCLUDING A
SHUTOUT, AND BATTING 4-4 THE FIRST GAME
AGAINST THEM.
~~~
JANET HUTCHINSON – INDUCTED 1997
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN
1967. PARTICIPATED IN TRACK, FIELD HOCKEY
AND BASKETBALL. IN 1971 GRADUATED FROM
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY.
COACHED
FIELD HOCKEY, BASKETBALL AND SOFTBALL AT
BLAIR ACADEMY FROM 1971-1977. FROM 1978 TO
PRESENT TIME SHE IS HEAD FIELD HOCKEY AND
SOFTBALL COACH AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY.
BECAME THE 1ST WOMAN IN NCAA HISTORY TO
ACHIEVE 1000 COACHING WINS WITH A
COMBINED BLOOMSBURG RECORD OF 1006-190-20.
WINNINGEST ACTIVE FIELD HOCKEY COACH IN
NCAA DIVISION II. AT PRESENT 2 WINS OFF THE
ALL TIME RECORD. 1991 NATIONAL COACH OF
THE YEAR FOR FIELD HOCKEY. 1992 NATIONAL
COACH OF THE YEAR FOR SOFTBALL. AT THE
PRESENT TIME IS THE WINNINGEST SOFTBALL
COACH IN NCAA DIVISION II HISTORY.
~~~
WILLIAM GLYNN – INDUCTED 1976
A THREE SPORT STAR IN FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL. PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
FOR FOURTEEN SEASONS WITH VARIOUS
MAJOR AND MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS,
INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, AND
THREE YEARS WITH CLEVELAND INDIANS
AND 1954 WORLD SERIES. ON JULY 4, 1954, HIT
THREE HOME RUNS IN GAME AGAINST
DETROIT.
~~~
DON KOVACH – INDUCTED 1978
COMPILED NINE LETTERS AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL. EARNED ALL STATE/ALL COUNTY
FOOTBALL STATUS AND NAMED TO THE ALL
COUNTY
BASKETBALL
TEAM.
AN
OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
LINEMAN FROM 1953-1957.
ASSOCIATED
PRESS SOPHOMORE LINEMAN OF THE NATION
NOMINEE IN 1954 WHEN HE WAS ALSO
NOMINATED TO THE ATLANTIC COAST
CONFERENCE ALL AMERICAN CHECKLIST.
~~~
DONALD ROSS – INDUCTED 1993
GRADUATED SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. EARNED 4
VARSITY LETTERS IN SOCCER AND 4 VARSITY LETTERS
IN BASEBALL. ENTERED THE ARMY IN 1945 AND
PLAYED BASEBALL ON THE ARMY TEAM ON GUAM AT
MITCHELL FIELD.
HE PLAYED ON THE SEMI-PRO
SUSSEX FARMERS FROM 1947-1953.
PLAYED IN THE NORTH JERSEY BASEBALL LEAGUE
FOR THE SUSSEX CARDINALS FROM 1954 – 1963 AND
WAS PLAYER MANAGER FROM 1957-1963. HIS TEAMS
WERE UNDEFEATED IN 1959, 1961, 1962 AND 1963.
HE WAS ELECTED MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN 1957.
HE THEN COACHED SUSSEX BABE RUTH LEAGUE FOR
17 YEARS. HE WAS FOUNDER OF THE HIGH POINT
MIDGET FOOTBALL HAWKS AND SERVED AS
PRESIDENT FOR 13 YEARS.
HE WAS FOUNDER OF THE WANTAGE GIRLS SOFTBALL
TEAM AND WAS HONORED FOR HIS SERVICE WITH THE
WANTAGE TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.
~~~
JEFFREY HULL – INDUCTED 2002
GRADUATED FROM MORRIS HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964
WHERE HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL
(3 YEARS) AND WRESTLING (4 YEARS). GRADUATED FROM
BLOOMSBURG COLLEGE IN 1968 AFTER RECEIVING VARSITY
LETTERS ALSO IN FOOTBALL & WRESTLING. GAINED GREAT
RECOGNITION AND DISTINCTION AS HEAD WRESTLING
COACH AT HIGH PINT REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1971,
1993 & 1997-1998.
HIS TEAMS PRODUCED THE MOST
WRESTLING VICTORIES IN SUSSEX COUNTY HISTORY
(285-108 3) RECORDS INCLUDE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN
1974 & 1975 (SKYLINE CONFERENCE); 1976, 1984, 1988, 1989,
1990, & 1997 (SCIL).
THERE WERE SECTIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SECTION 1 FOR 1984 (GROUP 2); 1985
THROUGH 1991; 1993; 1996 (GROUP 3). TEAMS WERE STATE
RUNNER-UP IN 1984 (GROUP 2) AND 1988; 1989; 1990 (GROUP 3).
THEY WERE RATED BY N.J. COACHES POLL IN THE TOP 10
TEAMS IN N.J. 5 TIMES. 2ND IN 1990 & 3RD IN 1989. PERSONAL
AWARDS INCLUDE: NJSIAA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE (1994);
MD HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE (1994); ALL AREA WRESTLING
COACH (7 YEARS); REGION COACH (3 YEARS); DISTRICT
COACH OF YEAR (6 YEARS); ALL AREA CROSS COUNTRY
COACH (1 YEAR). DESIGNED AND ORGANIZED SUSSEXWANTAGE WRESTLING PROGRAM; COORDINATED USA
FEDERATION
TOURNAMENTS
AND
PROPOSED
REORGANIZATION OF STATE SECTIONAL WRESTLING
PROGRAM THROUGH NJSIAA.
~~~
ERINE GROVE CALA – INDUCTED 2002
A 1990 GRADUATE OF HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL,
SHE PARTICIPATED AT THE VARSITY LEVEL FOR 4
YEARS IN SOFTBALL AND BASKETBALL.
IN
SOFTBALL, SHE WAS ALL-AREA; ALL LEAGUE;
AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN 1988, 1989 &
1990. IN 1989, SHE WAS SELECTED FOR ALL WEST
JERSEY 1ST TEAM AND IN 1990, SHE WAS SELECTED
ALL STATE 2ND TEAM. IN 2000, SHE WAS AN
INDUCTEE INTO THE HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL
“WALL OF FAME”. AS A SOFTBALL PITCHER FOR
THE TRENTON STATE COLLEGE LIONS FROM 19911994
SHE
RECEIVED
THE
FOLLOWING
RECOGNITION: MEMBER OF NCAA NATIONAL
SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS 1992, 1994; NJAC PITCHER
OF THE YEAR 1993; NCAA ALL-AMERICAN 1993,
NCAA ALL REGION 1994; NJAC PITCHER OF THE
YEAR 1993; NCAA ALL-AMERICAN 1993; NCAA ALL
REGION 1994; NCAA NEW JERSEY WOMAN OF THE
YEAR 1994, NJAC WOMAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
1994. HER CAREER PITCHING RECORD IS 61-5 FOR
A NCAA RECORD WINNING PCT. OF 92.4%. HER
COLLEGE PITCHING CAREER ERA WAS A
REMARKABLE 1.42.
~~~
GARY CHIUSANO – INDUCTED 1995
GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1969.
WHILE THERE HE EARNED 10 VARSITY LETTERS. 3 IN
FOOTBALL, 4 IN WRESTLING AND 3 IN BASEBALL. IN
BASEBALL 1968 WAS NAMED 1ST TEAM ALL COUNTY, 1ST
TEAM ALL SKYLINE CONFERENCE AND 1ST TEAM GROUP II
ALL STATE. HAD A CONFERENCE BATTING AVERAGE OF .435
AND OVERALL BATTING AVERAGE OF .424 AND WAS NAMED
M.V.P. OF THE FRANKLIN H.S. BASEBALL TEAM. IN 1969 GARY
WAS NAMED CAPTAIN. IN WRESTLING 1966 PLACED 3RD IN
DISTRICTS AT 123 LBS. IN 1967 PLACED 2ND IN KINNELON
TOURNAMENT AT 167 LBS. IN 1968 PLACED 1ST IN KINNELON
TOURNAMENT AT 167 LBS., WAS NAMED CAPTAIN AND M.V.P.
OF THE FRANKLIN H.S. TEAM, WITH A 19-2 RECORD. IN
FOOTBALL HE WAS NAMED CO-CAPTAIN IN 1968, ALSO IN
1968 WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-COUNTY TEAM AND GROUP I
ALL STATE. IN 1968 N.J. HERALD SPORTSMAN OF THE MONTH
FOR DECEMBER AND IN 1969 WAS FRANKLIN H.S. ATHLETE OF
THE YEAR. GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM DREXEL
UNIVERSITY IN JUNE 1973. HE RECEIVED 3 VARSITY LETTERS
IN FOOTBALL 1970-72.
IN 1972 WAS NAMED MOST
OUTSTANDING PLAYER AND IN 1971 NAMED ECAC PLAYER
OF THE WEEK. HE WAS THE TRIPLE CROWN WINNER FOR THE
SUSSEX COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL LG. IN 1970.
PLAYED BASEBALL FOR SPARTA A.A. IN 1971 AND THE
BOONTON BEARS IN 1973.
~~~
FRANK VIRTUE – INDUCTED 1997
PLAYED BASKETBALL AT BUTLER HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1956, WHERE HE MADE THE ALL
COUNTY TEAM.
IN 1957 AT CARTERET
SCHOOL, WEST ORANGE, N.J. MADE THE ALL
ESSEX BASKETBALL TEAM AND RECEIVED
ALL
STATE
HONORABLE
MENTION.
GRADUATED
FROM
WEST
VIRGINIA
WESLEYAN COLLEGE WHERE HE PLAYED
BASKETBALL.
HIRED AS HEAD BOYS
BASKETBALL COACH AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL FROM 1964-1982.
WAS HEAD
BASKETBALL COACH AT WALLKILL VALLEY
REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1982-1986.
BECAME ASSISTANT BOYS AND GIRLS
BASKETBALL COACH AT WALLKILL VALLEY
REGIONAL H.S. FROM 1988-1996.
~~~
LAURA REIGSTAD ZAKRZEWSKI – INDUCTED 2002
1988 GRADUATE OF SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICIPATED IN
BASKETBALL AT THE VARSITY LEVEL FOR 4 YEARS. DURING
HER CAREER, SHE WAS A 4-YEAR STARTER, WON A STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP (1985), 2 SECTIONAL TITLES (1985, 1986), 4
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS (1985, 86, 87 AND 88), AND 4
CONSECUTIVE COUNTY TOURNAMENTS (1985, 86, 87 & 88).
FROM 1985-86, THE LADY SPARTANS WON 57 CONSECUTIVE
REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN S.C.I.L. COMPETITION, THE
TEAM WAS 78-2. HER CAREER RECORD WAS 100 WINS 7
LOSSES (93.4%). SHE WAS THE 4TH LADY SPARTAN SELECTED
TO PLAY IN THE NORTH/SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME. SHE WAS
THE 3RD LADY SPARTAN TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS (1,303) –
TEAM RECORD.
OUTSTANDING FREE THROW SHOOTER
DURING HER H.S. CAREER SETTING TEAM RECORDS FOR ALL
FOUR SEASONS. ALL S.C.I.L. 1986, 87 AND 88; ALL AREA N.J.
HERALD 1ST TEAM 1986, 87 AND 88; STAR LEDGER ALL WEST
JERSEY 3RD TEAM 1986, 2ND TEAM 1987, 1ST TEAM 1988. STAR
LEDGER 1ST TEAM ALL STATE GROUP #3 – 2ND TEAM ALL
STATE ALL GROUPS 1988. IN 1985 STAR LEDGER FINAL POLL
TEAM RANKING #2 1985, #3 1986; #6 1987; AND #20 1988.
SELECTED TO ALL STAR AAU TEAM REPRESENTING N.J. AT
NATIONAL COMPETITION 1985, 86 AND 87.
CONTINUED
BASKETBALL CAREER AT DIV. I LaSALLE UNIVERSITY 19891992. TEAM RECEIVED NATIONAL RANKING IN 1989 AND
PLAYED IN NCAA TOURNAMENT. IN 1992, SHE COMPETED IN
THE NATIONAL NIT TOURNAMENT. ASSISTANT GRADUATE
COACH 1993-94 AT LaSALLE UNIVERSITY.
~~~
JOE BARNES – INDUCTED 1983
GRADUATED FROM PORT JERVIS NY HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1937.
ONE OF THE WORLD’S OUTSTANDING MARKSMEN.
WON N.J. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1967 AND 1976.
CONN. STATE CHAMPION IN 1972.
PA. STATE
CHAMPION – GRAND AGGREGATE WINNER 1974.
REGIONAL CHAMPION IN 1970, 2/1971 AND 1974.
HELD MANY NATIONAL RECORDS.
BLACK HAWK OPEN, HOLLYWOOD, FLA. METALLIC
SIGHT CHAMPION 1972.
GRAND AGGREGATE CHAMPION 1973 AND 1974.
NATIONAL METALLIC SIGHT CHAMPION 1966 WITH
SCORE OF 3200-3200.
WAS NATIONAL RECORD FOR 10 YEARS. THIS IS
STILL A NATIONAL MATCH RECORD.
MEMBER OF THE WINNING 1969 UNITED STATES
INTERNATIONAL TEAM HELD AT BISLEY, ENGLAND.
NATIONAL SR. CHAMPION – 1977.
BRANCHVILLE YOUTH GROUP ADVISOR AND COACH
OF THE RIFLE TEAM.
~~~
BILL FELKER – INDUCTED 1978
ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE ATHLETES TO EVER
GRADUATE FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL. EARNED
A TOTAL OF 10 VARSITY LETTERS FOR BASEBALL,
BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL. TWICE NAMED TO
ALL COUNTY/ALLSTATE TEAMS FOR BOTH
BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL.
SCOUTED AND
SIGNED BY THE WASHINGTON SENATORS, “WILLIE”
PITCHED FOR SIX DIFFERENT CLUBS DURING A
PROFESSIONAL CAREER THAT SPANNED FROM 1956
THROUGH 1963.
~~~
VICTOR PATERNOSTRO – INDUCTED 1981
ATTENDED PAROCHIAL AND PREP SCHOOLS IN NEW
JERSEY
WINNING
LETTERS
IN
FOOTBALL,
WRESTLING AND BASEBALL. GRADUATE OF NOTRE
DAME UNIVERSITY PLAYING FOOTBALL 4 YEARS.
HOLDS A MASTERS DEGREE FROM FORDHAM
UNIVERSITY. OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL COACH AT
POPE JOHN REG. H.S. 15 YEARS.
4 STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, COACH OF THE YEAR 4 TIMES.
MAN OF THE YEAR – NEWTON VFW – 1976. PRESENT
TIME VICE PRINCIPAL AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
AT SCHOOL….ATTAINED HIS 100 WIN IN 1981.
~~~
JAMES ELEKES – INDUCTED 1982
GRADUATE OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1951
EARNING LETTERS IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL. ALL STATE FOOTBALL 1948 AND 1951.
AT FRANKLIN HIS TOTAL OF VARSITY LETTERS WAS
11.
A 1952 GRADUATE OF BLAIR ACADEMY
ACHIEVING LETTERS IN FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND
BASKETBALL.
TOOK ALL GROUP ALL STATE
HONORS AS A FULLBACK IN 1952. GRADUATED
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1956. LETTERS
IN BASKETBALL 2 YEARS, FOOTBALL 3 YEARS,
WINNING NATIONAL ACCLAIM IN FOOTBALL AS A
FULLBACK AND LINEMAN.
PLAYED FOR THE
FRANKLIN MINERS IN THE NORTH JERSEY
PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE 1956-1958, WINNING FIRST
TEAM HONORS IN 1956, 1957 AND 1958. PRESENTLY
TEACHER IN DOVER SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE HE
COACHED FOOTBALL FROM 1956–1966. HAS BEEN
DIRECTOR OF FRANKLIN RECREATION ASSOCIATION
SINCE 1972.
~~~
CHRISTINE CONSTANTIN IRELAND – INDUCTED 1999
A 1989 GRADUATE OF KITTATINNY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
WHERE SHE EARNED 4 VARSITY LETTERS EACH IN CROSS
COUNTY AND TRACK & FIELD AND COMPETED IN THE NJ
HIGH SCHOOL MEET OF CHAMPIONS FOR CROSS COUNTRY IN
1988 AND IN THE NJ HIGH SCHOOL MEET OF CHAMPIONS FOR
TRACK & FIELD IN 1989. SHE WON THE EASTERN STATES
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1988. WHILE IN HIGH
SCHOOL SHE REPRESENTED K.R.H.S. IN THE UNITED WAY
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE CEREMONY IN 1989. IN 1997 SHE WAS
NAMED TO THE NORTH JERSEY TOP 25 FOR CROSS COUNTRY
RUNNERS. ON NOV. 7TH, 1988 SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FACE IN THE CROWD AWARD.
CHRISTINE GRADUATED FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IN
1993 AND EARNED 4 VARSITY LETTERS IN BOTH CROSS
COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD. SHE WAS AN 8 TIME ALLAMERICAN IN CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD FROM
1989-1993.
IN 1992 SHE WAS BIG EAST CONFERENCE CHAMPION AT 10,000
METERS AND PLACED 3RD IN THE 10,000 METERS AT THE
NATIONAL OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1990 AND
1993. IN 1993 SHE WAS VOTED M.V.P. IN CROSS COUNTRY.
SHE WAS THE CHAMPION IN THE 10,000 METERS AT THE PENN
RELAYS IN 1991 AND WAS CHAMPION IN THE 3,000 AND 5,000
METERS AT THE ECAC OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
1993. SHE STILL HOLDS SEVERAL TRACK RECORDS AT
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
~~~
GRETA SENCEVICKY – INDUCTED 1997
A 1969 GRADUATE OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA LETTERING FOR 3 YEARS
IN
BASKETBALL
AND
3
YEARS
IN
VOLLEYBALL.
HIRED AS ASSISTANT
BASKETBALL COACH AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL FROM 1968-1973.
BECAME HEAD
GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AT FRANKLIN
H.S. FROM 1973-1982. HIRED AS HEAD GIRLS
BASKETBALL COACH AT WALLKILL VALLEY
REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1982-1988.
SHE HAS COMPILED A RECORD OF 209 WINS
AND 145 LOSSES AS A HEAD COACH.
COACHED THE 1ST SUSSEX COUNTY GIRLS
BASKETBALL TEAM TO EVER QUALIFY AND
ENTER THE NJSIAA TOURNAMENT.
HER
TEAMS WERE GROUP NORTH 1 FINALIST IN
1981, 1983 AND 1984, WINNING THE GROUP
NORTH 1 CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1983.
~~~
DENNIS TOBIN – INDUCTED 1990
EARNED 4 VARSITY LETTERS AT HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL.
ACHIEVED 2091 CAREER POINTS AND BECAME THE 23RD
PLAYER IN NEW JERSEY HISTORY TO REACH THE 2000 POINT
MILESTONE.
MADE THE ALL SUSSEX COUNTY TEAM IN 1976, ’77 AND ’78.
WAS THE NJ HERALD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN 1978.
STAR LEDGER ALL STATE GROUP 2 BASKETBALL TEAM IN
1977 AND ’78.
HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AMERICAN 1976-’77, AND ‘78
EARNED A BA DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
HEALTH IN 1982 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA - WILMINGTON
IN COLLEGE HE WAS A 4 YEAR VARSITY BASKETBALL
LETTERMAN.
ELECTED CAPTAIN IN 1981 AND ’82.
AN ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN NOMINEE IN 1982.
AS SPARTA HEAD BASKETBALL COACH FROM 1984-1990, HIS
RECORD READS 126 WINS – 32 LOSSES.
HIS TEAMS WERE SCIL CHAMPIONS 1984-85, 86-87-87-88.
NORTH JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONS GROUP 3 IN 1988-89,
GROUP 3 NORTH-1 SECTIONAL STATE CHAMPIONS 1987-88,
88-89.
N.J. HERALD COACH OF THE YEAR 1987-88.
STAR LEDGER COACH OF THE YEAR 1988-89.
~~~
BOB McKEEBY – INDUCTED 1978
SUSSEX COUNTY’S FIRST THREE-TIME STATE
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CHAMPION. EARNED
FOUR VARSITY WRESTLING LETTERS AT NEWTON
HIGH SCHOOL GOING UNDEFEATED AND PINNING
ALL BUT ONE OF HIS OPPONENTS DURING HIS
SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS.
CULMINATED
SCHOLASTIC
CAREER
WITH
SELECTION AT STATE’S MOST OUTSTANDING
WRESTLER, THREE-TIME STATE AAU CHAMPION
WHO FINISHED SECOND AND FOURTH IN
NATIONAL COMPETITION. PAST PRESIDENT OF
THE SUSSEX COUNTY MAT CLUB.
~~~
THOMAS MORRIS – INDUCTED 1993
GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950.
RECEIVED A B.A. IN CLASSICAL LANGUAGES FROM
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY IN 1954.
EARNED HIS M.A. IN ADMINISTRATION AND
SUPERVISION FROM MONTCLAIR STATE COLLEGE IN
1960.
AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL HE EARNED 3 VARSITY
LETTERS IN BASEBALL, AND IN 1950 WAS TEAM
CAPTAIN AND EARNED ALL-COUNTY AND ALL-STATE
HONORS.
HE EARNED 2 VARSITY LETTERS IN FOOTBALL AND
WAS TEAM CAPTAIN AND NAMED ALL-COUNTY AND
ALL-STATE IN 1949.
HE STARRED WITH THE FRANKLIN MINERS OF THE
NORTH JERSEY PRO FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND IN 1956
THE TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 13-0
SEASON RECORD.
HE TAUGHT IN VERONA SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 31
YEARS AND WAS VARSITY BASEBALL COACH FOR 9
SEASONS.
HIS TEAMS WON 4 CONFERENCE TITLES AND 2 STATE
TITLES.
HE ASSISTED AT VERONA HIGH SCHOOL. 10 YEARS AS
FOOTBALL COACH AND WAS HEAD COACH FOR THE
VARSITY FOR 2 YEARS.
~~~
EUGENE CONQUY – INDUCTED 1976
ATTENDED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL 1946-1949 WITH VARSITY
LETTERS IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. HIS
SOPHOMORE YEAR WAS 8-2 PITCHER AND 6-4 AS A JUNIOR.
HIS SENIOR YEAR HE STRUCK OUT 24 BATTERS AGAINST
HACKETTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. SEASON AVERAGE WAS 8-0,
BATTING .423 WITH 3 HOME RUNS. IN BASKETBALL 1949 SET
SCORING RECORD FOR THE COUNTY, AVERAGING 19 PPG FOR
34 STRAIGHT GAMES. IN FOOTBALL AVERAGED 1 TD FOR
EVERY GAME PLAYED IN 3 SEASONS. HELD SEASON SCORING
RECORD FOR 20 YEARS. STATE IN BASEBALL, FOOTBALL FOR
2 YEARS, AND BASKETBALL FOR 1 YEAR. SIGNED FOR THE
DETROIT TIGERS FOR FOUR YEARS. SIGNED ON WITH THE
BROOKLYN DODGER’S AS PITCHER, MOVED TO THE
OUTFIELD WHERE HE BATTED .347. MADE THE ALL STAR
TEAM. LED THE LEAGUE IN STOLEN BASES (35). PLAYED
FOOTBALL FOR U.S. NAVY, PLAYED FOR THE FRANKLIN
MINERS FOR SEVEN YEARS OFTEN PLAYING TWO GAMES A
WEEKEND 1 NAVY 1 MINERS. PLAYED BASKETBALL 10
YEARS WITH NEWTON AA AND FETZERS CHIEFS, THREE
YEARS FOR NAVY. COACHED TWO YEARS AT N.H.S. TWO
YEARS AT POPE JOHN; COACHED 7 YEARS WITH ANDOVER
ARROWS LITTLE LEAGUE WINNING 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS, HAD
32 STRAIGHT WINS AT ONE POINT. COACHED NEWTON
BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUE PANTHERS FOR 2 YEARS AND
COUGERS FOR 1 YEAR WINNING TITLES FOR ALL THREE.
~~~
SAM MITCHELL – INDUCTED 1980
EARNED SEVEN VARSITY LETTERS AT
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL 1949 TO 1953. IN
FOOTBALL 1951 AND 1952 ALL COUNTY. 1952
ALL STATE GROUP II. IN BASKETBALL AT
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, ALL COUNTY 1952
AND 1953 SCORING LEADER 1952. ONE GAME
SCORED 41 POINTS, BOTH COUNTY AND NHS
RECORD.
FOUNDER OF NEWTON BIDDIE
BASKETBALL IN 1969. COACHED POPE JOHN
HIGH SCHOOL 1972-1975 HAVING TWO 1,000
POINT PLAYERS.
PLAYED FOR FETZER’S
CHIEFS AND NEWTON AA IN SUSSEX COUNTY
BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
~~~
CARLTON SPRAGUE – INDUCTED 1999
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935, EARNING
VARSITY LETTERS IN WRESTLING AND BASEBALL. HE WAS
STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC WRESTLING CHAMPION IN 1934
AND IN 1935. HE ALSO PLACED 2ND IN THE EASTERN
INTERSCHOLASTIC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1935. HE
WAS A 3 TIME RUNNER-UP AT THE STATE A.A.U.
TOURNAMENT, FROM THE NEWTON BOYS CLUB TEAM, FROM
1934-1938. CARLTON GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. ARMY
COAST ARTILLERY SCHOOL AS A 2ND LT. IN 1942 AND TAUGHT
HAND TO HAND COMBAT FROM 1943-1945. HE LEFT THE
ARMY IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. HE BECAME
INVOLVED IN THE FLYING TERN SAILING COMPETITION AT
SWARTSWOOD YACHT CLUB IN 1963 SERVING AS DIRECTOR,
FLEET CAPTAIN AND ON THE MEMBERSHIP & REGATTA
COMMITTEES. IN 1966 HE PLACED 4TH AT THE FLYING TERN
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT AUGUSTA, MAINE. IN 1967 HE
PLACED 1ST IN THE FLYING TERN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
IN MANCHESTER, MASS. (OCEAN RACING)
IN 1967 PLACED 2ND AT CARNEGIE INVITATION REGATTA AT
PRINCETON, NJ AND PLACED 2ND AT FLYING TERN NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS AT OYSTER BAY, L.I. HE SERVED AS CHIEF
MEASURER FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN TERN ASSOCIATION
FROM 1964-1970.
~~~
FREDERICK GEFFKEN – INDUCTED 1989
HE WAS A GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL
WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. IN
1978 RECEIVED A B.S. FROM PATERSON STATE
COLLEGE.
COACHED SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL TO THE S.C.I.L.
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1982-85-86-87. LEAD HIS TEAM TO
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1985 AND 1986.
IN 1985 WON STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH
A 29-0 RECORD.
HIS TEAMS WON THE FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS
TOURNAMENTS: 1980 AT HIGH POINT, 1981, 1982, 1984
AND 1985 AT BUTLER AND 1986 AT PARAMUS
CATHOLIC.
COACHED SPARTA TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY COACHES
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1985, 1986 AND 1987.
HOLDS A BASKETBALL COACHING RECORD OF 57
STRAIGHT WINS.
HIS TEAMS RECEIVED STATE
RANKING BY THE STAR LEDGER: 1985-2ND, 1986-3RD,
AND 1987-5TH.
WAS AWARDED COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE STAR
LEDGER IN 1985 AND NEW JERSEY HERALD COACH OF
THE YEAR IN 1985 AND 1986.
WAS A CHAIRMAN OF THE SPARTA RECREATION
COMMISSION AND IN 1975-78 WAS A MEMBER OF THE
SPARTA BOARD OF EDUCATION.
~~~
DIANE SPENCER – INDUCTED 1998
ATTENDED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL 1960-1964 WHERE SHE
PARTICIPATED IN SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK & FIELD.
SHE ATTENDED ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1965-67.
DIANE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM TENNESSEE TECH
UNIVERSITY WITH A MA, BS IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
IN 1968 PLAYED VARSITY VOLLEYBALL AND SOFTBALL.
TAUGHT AT POPE JOHN XXIII HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970-79 AND WAS
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSON.
DIANE COACHED SOFTBALL AND HER TEAM BECAME THE FIRST
EVER S.C.I.L. CHAMPIONS.
SHE COACHED GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL BEING NAMED COACH
OF THE YEAR IN 1973-74 & 1974-75.
AT GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE SHE COACHED VARSITY
BASKETBALL DURING THE 1982 AND 1983 SEASONS. BECAME A
MEMBER OF THE N.J. COACHES ASSN. AND THE SOUTH JERSEY
COACHES ASSN.
LATER SHE ALSO COACHED J.V. TENNIS & LACROSSE. COACHED
VARSITY SOFTBALL WINNING THEIR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
IN 1983. CO-CHAMPS OF THE NJAIAW IN 1992. NCAA DIV. 3 RANKING
OF #2 AND #1 RANKING IN THE MID-EAST REGION WITH A 19-1
RECORD. TEAM CAME IN 4TH PLACE IN THE EAST REGIONAL.
SOME OF DIANE’S OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE BEING AN
OFFICER, PLAYER & COACH IN THE SUCO WOMEN’S SOFTBALL
LEAGUE, BEING NAMED ALL-STAR 7 TIMES, MVP & BATTING CHAMP.
DIANE WS A WOMEN’S BOWLING LEAGUE PRESIDENT AND
AMERICAN JUNIOR BOWLING CONGRESS INSTRUCTOR.
SHE RAN MANY CLINICS FOR THE TOWN OF NEWTON ON SOFTBALL,
BASKETBALL & FIELD HOCKEY. SHE ALSO INSTRUCTED ARCHERY
AT YMCA CAMPS AT BEAR MT. NY.
AT THE PRESENT SHE HAS A MASTERS DEGREE IN
PRINCIPAL/SUPERVISOR’S CERTIFICATION AND IS EMPLOYED AT
NORTH WARREN REG. H.S. AT SUPERVISOR OF APPLIED STUDIES AND
PERFORMING ARTS.
~~~
TERRY KARL – INDUCTED 1994
1973 GRADUATE OF POPE JOHN XXIII HIGH SCHOOL.
PLAYED 4 YEARS OF VARSITY FOOTBALL. WAS
FIRST TEAM ALL COUNTY FOR 3 YEARS AT RUNNING
BACK. LED THE COUNTY IN SCORING IN HIS SENIOR
YEAR. FIRST TEAM ALL STATE PAROCHIAL B,
WRESTLED AT THE VARSITY LEVEL FOR 4 YEARS.
WAS THE FIRST POPE JOHN FOOTBALL PLAYER TO
RECEIVE A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO WAKE FOREST.
ATTENDED WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 1973-74 AND
WAS
TEAMS
THIRD
LEADING
RUSHER.
TRANSFERRED TO CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY AND
RECEIVED VARSITY LETTER WHILE PLAYING
RUNNING BACK. GRADUATED CUM LAUDE WITH A
B.S. IN BUSINESS IN 1978. COACHED TWO YEARS FOR
THE SPARTA SOCCER CLUB. COACHED FOR THE
SPARTA LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM.
~~~
MARK SCHULTE – INDUCTED 1995
GRADUATED FROM PARSIPPANY HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1965. MARK
PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK AND BASEBALL. HE
PLAYED AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL FOR 3 YEARS FOR THE
PARSIPPANY TOMAHAWKS OF THE MORRIS COUNTY MAJOR LEAGUE
FOR 3 YEARS WHILE SERVING IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE FROM 1968-1972
HE PLAYED 8 MAN FOOTBALL 3 YEARS AND WAS NAMED A.T.C. ALLSTAR FOR 2 YEARS. ALSO PLAYED 2 YEARS OF FAST PITCH
SOFTBALL, 4 YEARS OF JUDO – EQU 1ST DEGREE BROWN BELT AND
HANDBALL/RACQUETBALL, 2 YEARS AS BASE CHAMPION. MARK
SERVED AS AN OFFICIAL FOR THE ALABAMA STATE BASKETBALL,
BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL ASSN. AND THE AMATEUR SOFTBALL
ASSOC. FROM 1969-72.
FROM 1972-75 HE OFFICIATED IN
MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE STATE BASEBALL, I.A.A.B.O. BOARD 31
BASKETBALL AND MASS. MIDGET FOOTBALL ASSOC. FROM 1975 TO
THE PRESENT OFFICIATING FOR THE NEW JERSEY I.A.A.B.O. BOARD
168, N.J.S.B.U.A. BASEBALL SERVING AS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD
MEMBER AND SUSSEX COUNTY INTERPRETER AND THE S.C.O.A.
SOCCER ASSOC. MARK HAS OFFICIATED NUMEROUS TOURNAMENTS.
IN BASEBALL 88 STATE TOURNAMENT GAMES, 7 STATE SECTIONAL
FINALS, 3 STATE SEMI-FINALS, 1 STATE FINAL, 4 MORRIS COUNTY
SEMI-FINALS AND 1 MORRIS COUNTY FINAL. IN BASKETBALL 105
STATE TOURNAMENT GAMES 9 SECTIONAL FINALS, 2 STATE SEMIFINALS, 1 STATE FINAL, 12 SUSSEX COUNTY SEMI-FINALS AND 7
SUSSEX COUNTY FINALS. IN SOCCER 16 STATE TOURNAMENT
GAMES AND 2 STATE SECTIONAL FINALS. IN A.S.A. SOFTBALL 5
STATE FINALS (FAST, MODIFIED & SLOW PITCH), 3 REGIONAL FINALS
(FAST & MODIFIED), 2 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FINALS (SLOW
MODIFIED PITCH). MARK WAS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF
THE GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS AND
WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SUSSEX COUNTY COMMITTEE. HE COACHED
VARSITY SOCCER AT KITTATINNY REG. H.S. FOR 8 YEARS AND WAS
ASSISTANT COACH 4 YEARS.
~~~
HELENE REIGSTAD GEISSEL – INDUCTED 2002
1985 GRADUATE OF SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL,
PARTICIPATED IN BASKETBALL & TRACK AND FIELD
FOR 4 YEARS AT THE VARSITY LEVEL.
COCAPTAINED
THE
1ST
STATE
BASKETBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FROM SUSSEX COUNTY/29-0.
SHE WAS THE FIRST LADY SPARTAN SELECTED TO
PLAY IN THE NORTH/SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME.
DURING HER BASKETBALL CAREER, SHE WAS THE
FIRST LADY SPARTAN TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS (1,084)
AND THE FIRST WITH 1,000 REBOUNDS (1,129).
HOLDS SINGLE GAME REBOUND RECORD – 29. ALL
S.C.I.L. 1984-85. SELECTED BY THE N.J. HERALD ALLAREA (2ND TEAM 1983 – 1ST TEAM 1984-85), STAR
LEDGER ALL-WEST JERSEY (2ND TEAM 1983 & 84, 1ST
TEAM 1985). STAR LEDGER 1ST TEAM ALL-STATE
GROUP 2 – 3RD TEAM ALL-STATE ALL-GROUPS – 1985.
STAR LEDGER FINAL POLL – TEAM RANKED #2.
CONTINUED BASKETBALL CAREER AT CATAWBA
COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA, 1986-89 AND FINISHED
3RD ALL TIME WITH 929 POINTS AND 2ND IN
REBOUNDS WITH 703.
~~~
ERIK PEDERSEN – INDUCTED 1997
ATTENDED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL 1981-1985 WHERE
HE LETTERED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL EACH FOR 3 YEARS. IN FOOTBALL 1983 &
1984 WAS SCIL ALL LEAGUE QUARTERBACK. IN 1984
WAS 1ST TEAM ALL WEST JERSEY AND 2ND TEAM ALL
STATE. HOLDS THE SINGLE SEASON RECORD IN THE
SCIL FOR PASSING, 1662 YARDS AND HAD 3042
YARDS PASSING IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. IN
BASKETBALL WAS NAMED 1ST TEAM ALL SCIL AND
2ND TEAM ALL WEST JERSEY IN 1984-85 ENDING HIS
CAREER WITH 1166 POINTS. IN BASEBALL IN 1984 &
1985 ALL SCIL AS PITCHER. 1985 WAS NAMED 1ST
TEAM GROUP II AND 2ND TEAM ALL STATE. IN 1985
HELPED LEAD N.H.S. TO THE STATE BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
GRADUATED
1990
FROM
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY WHERE HE LETTERED IN
BASEBALL.
PLAYED IN THE MORRIS COUNTY
MAJORS 1986-1995.
PRESENTLY COACHING
FRESHMAN BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AT
VERNON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
~~~
FRANK CHRISTIAN – INDUCTED 1976
A THREE – SPORT STAR AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL.
ALL STATE SELECTION IN FOOTBALL AND
BASEBALL. LED UNDEFEATED FRANKLIN TO
STATE SECTIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
1941.
PITCHED THREE NO HITTERS IN HIGH SCHOOL
IN A THREE SEASON 35-GAME WINNING
STREAK.
~~~
MICHAEL FRICK – INDUCTED 1984
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER TO GRADUATE FROM
POPE JOHN H.S.
HE ALSO EARNED LETTERS IN
FOOTBALL AND TRACK. IN WRESTLING IN 1969, HE
WAS THE N.J. STATE CHAMPION IN THE 98 LB. CLASS.
1970 HE TOOK 2ND PLACE IN THE 106 LB. CLASS. IN 1971
HE WON THE 115 LB. CLASS IN THE STATE
TOURNAMENT. 1972 FOUND HIM WINNING THE 123 LB.
DIVISION AND THAT YEAR VOTED THE TOURNAMENT’S
OUTSTANDING WRESTLER.
BY WINNING 3 STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 4 YEARS, HE DID SOMETHING NO
ONE HAD DONE BEFORE. HE ATTENDED LEHIGH
UNIVERSITY WHERE HE WON THE 1973 118 LB. CLASS
IN THE EWIA CHAMPIONSHIP AND VOTED THE
OUTSTANDING WRESTLER AWARD. 1975 FOUND FRICK
WINNING THE 134 LB. CLASS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP. HE
AGAIN WAS VOTED THE OUTSTANDING WRESTLER. IN
1976 HE WAS CROWNED THE 134 LB. CLASS NCAA
AGAIN. BY WINNING 2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, HE
ATTAINED A HIGH GOAL IN COLLEGE WRESTLING. HE
WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1977 US AAU TEAM TO GO TO
RUSSIA AND POLAND. 1979 FOUND HIM WRESTLING IN
CUBA WITH THE AAU TEAM.
IN COACHING HE
ASSISTED AT ARIZONA UNIV. AND LEHIGH UNIV. HE
WAS HEAD WRESTLING COACH AT BELVIDERE H.S.
FROM 1981-1982.
~~~
HAROLD SISCO – INDUCTED 1977
AN ALL COUNTY AND ALL STATE SELECTION IN
BOTH BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL FOR HAMBURG
HIGH SCHOOL. EARNED THREE BASEBALL LETTERS
AT
EAST
STROUDSBURG
STATE
COLLEGE.
COMPILED A .355 BATTING AVERAGE DURING SEVEN
NORTH JERSEY BASEBALL LEAGUE SEASONS
PLAYING FOR THE SUSSEX A.A. NAMED MOST
VALUABLE PLAYER IN 1960 WITH LEAGUE LEADING
.456 AVERAGE. 1971 SUSSEX COUNTY BASEBALL
COACH OF THE YEAR AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
~~~
KELSEY BROWN – INDUCTED 1983
GRADUATED FROM BARrINGER HIGH SCHOOL IN
NEWARK, NJ IN 1945 WHERE HE EARNED LETTERS IN
CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK. ATTENDED MORGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE LETTERED IN CROSS
COUNTRY, TRACK AND BASKETBALL, FROM 1945-1951.
HE SPENT 2 YEARS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE. HE WON
MANY TITLES IN THE NATIONAL MASTERS-INDOORS
FROM 1977-1983, NEVER FINISHING LOWER THAN 3RD
PLACE. IN 1979 HE TOOK A 1ST PLACE IN THE 1000 YD
WHICH WAS A U.S. RECORD (DIFFERENT AGE GROUP).
THIS HE REPEATED AGAIN IN 1983. FROM 1978-1982
NATIONAL MASTERS-OUTDOORS, WON AGAIN MANY
RACES, AGAIN NEVER FINISHING LOWER THAN 3RD
PLACE. NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 1978 1ST
PLACE 1500 METERS. 1980 800 & 1500 METERS 1ST
PLACE. PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN PUERTO RICO. 1981
1ST PLACE 800 & 1500 METERS AGAIN. HE HAS PLACED
IN MANY WORLD GAMES FROM 1977-1981 AND IN 1983
PLACED 2ND IN THE 800 METERS AND 4TH IN THE 1500
METERS AT THE WORLD GAMES IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO
RICO AT THE AGE OF 56. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE
CENTRAL JERSEY TRACK CLUB AND NORTH JERSEY
MASTERS. HE WAS ALSO ELECTED TO THE HALL OF
FAME AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
~~~
RICHARD FINCKEN – INDUCTED 1979
AT CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL, EARNED ALL
STATE GROUP IV, ALL PVC AND ALL
METROPOLITAN STATUS IN BASKETBALL. A
DELL
SPORTS
TOP
500
BASKETBALL
SELECTION. ALL CONFERENCE BASKETBALL
AND BASEBALL PLAYER AT TUSCULUM
COLLEGE. COACHED AT GARFIELD, MORRIS
CATHOLIC AND SPARTA HIGH SCHOOLS.
BUILT HOPATCONG’S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
BASKETBALL PROGRAM. SUSSEX COUNTY
COACH OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES. 1973 NEW
JERSEY HERALD MAN OF THE YEAR. SIX
YEAR PRESIDENT SUSSEX COUNTY COACHES
ASSN.
~~~
JAMES SHELTON – INDUCTED 1981
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AT FRANKLIN H.S. IN
FOOTBALL 1948-1952 ALL STATE GROUP 1 – 1951.
EARNED 3 VARSITY LETTERS AT UNIV. OF
DELAWARE 1952-1957. UPI ALL EAST WEEKLY
SQUAD 3 TIMES. CITY SERVICE ALL AMERICAN
CHECK LIST 1955.
ALL EAST “COLLIER”
MAGAZINE 1956. MEMBER OF THE FRANKLIN
MINERS, 2ND INF. DIV. FT. BENNING, GA. AND 1ST
CAV. DIV. KOREA. PRESENTLY A BRIGADIER
GENERAL, U.S. ARMY, FT. LEWIS, WASHINGTON.
~~~
JOHN HELLER – INDUCTED 1990
GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1950.
RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE IN MECHANICAL DESIGN
ENGINEERING IN JUNE 1963.
POLICE COMMISSIONER IN FRANKLIN, NJ 1968 AND ’69.
NRA CERTIFIED POLICE AND CIVILIAN PISTOL COACH
1958-65.
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN
REVOLVER
AND
RIFLE
ASSOCIATION 7 YEARS.
LIFE MEMBER FRANKLIN RIFLE AND REVOLVER
ASSOCIATION AND NRA.
DISTINGUISHED PISTOL MASTER IN THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION.
ANNUAL PISTOL MATCH WINNER HARRISBURG, PA 1973.
MACK TRUCK PISTOL MATCH WINNER ALLENTOWN 1974.
NRA 2600 CLUB WINNER 1974.
NEW JERSEY STATE PISTOL CHAMPION 1984.
NRA NEW JERSEY STATE PISTOL TEAM MEMBER 1987.
GARDEN STATE GAMES WINNER – PISTOL 1987.
U.S. INTERNATIONAL MAYLEIGH CUP TEAM MEMBER 1988.
MARKSMAN MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR FOR LOCAL BOY
SCOUTS.
11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION U.S. ARMY 1953-1955.
~~~
CATHY WILLE – INDUCTED 1999
ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL IN
1986 WHERE SHE EARNED 4 VARSITY LETTERS EACH IN
BASKETBALL AND TRACK & FIELD. AS A POINT GUARD SHE
LED HER BASKETBALL TEAM TO UNDEFEATED SEASONS IN
1984-85. SHE WAS NAMED TO THE S.C.I.L. ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
IN BASKETBALL IN 1985-86. SHE SET LEAGUE RECORDS FOR
MOST GAMES PLAYED 107, MOST ASSISTS 523, AND MOST
STEALS 514.
IN 1985 & 1986 WAS NAMED S.H.S. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
IN GIRLS BASKETBALL. SHE WAS NAMED M.V.P. OF THE
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PLAYED AT THE NJ
MEADOWLANDS ARENA. CATHY WAS A 2 TIME NEW JERSEY
HERALD ATHLETE OF THE MONTH AND IN 1986 WAS NAMED
NEW JERSEY HERALD FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. IN
MARCH 1986 SHE WAS NAMED STAR LEDGER ATHLETE OF
THE WEEK. SHE LED HER TEAM TO A #2 RANKING IN THE
STATE IN 1985 AND TO #3 IN 1986.
IN 1986 SHE WAS NAMED S.H.S. FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE
YEAR. IN TRACK & FIELD SHE COMPETED IN LONG JUMP,
HIGH JUMP, SPRINTS AND THE RELAY TEAM, WHICH WON
THE NORTH SECTION GROUP II TITLE IN 1985.
SHE
GRADUATED FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY IN 1990
EARNING VARSITY LETTERS IN BASKETBALL FOR THREE
YEARS. SHE HELD THE W.F.U. SEASON RECORD FOR ASSISTS,
143 DURING THE 1987-88 SEASON. SHE HELPED LEAD HER
TEAM TO REACH THE NCAA TOURNAMENT IN 1987-88 AND IN
THE 1989-90 SEASON HELPED LEAD HER TEAM TO A 23-8
RECORD.
~~~
JAMES SPENCER – INDUCTED 1980
WAS INVOLVED WITH YOUTH IN SUSSEX COUNTY
FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. IN FOOTBALL, HEAD
COACH OF NEWTON MIDGET FOOTBALL, 2
CHAMPIONSHIPS COACHED AT POPE JOHN HIGH
SCHOOL. PLAYED FOR MANY PENNSYLVANIA
TEAMS.
IN SUSSEX COUNTY PLAYED FOR
FRANKLIN MINERS AND NEWTON AA. HEAD COCOORDINATOR PASS-PUNT-KICK 19 YEARS. IN
BASEBALL, UMPIRED 9 YEARS IN THE COUNTY.
HEAD COACH NEWTON AMERICAN LEGION,
NEWTON AA 4 YEARS. 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS 100
WINS, 30 LOST. MANAGER OF YEAR, NORTH
JERSEY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1956.
~~~
STEVE PINIAHA – INDUCTED 1978
EARNED 12 VARSITY LETTERS AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL FROM 1938-42.
AN OUTSTANDING
DEFENSIVE PLAYER FOR THE FRANKLIN MINERS
FOOTBALL CLUB WHO RECEIVED THE NEW
JERSEY HERALD SPORTSMAN OF THE MONTH
AWARD.
HONORED BY HOMETOWN WITH
“PINIAHA DAY” IN 1953 AND NAMED SPARTA
CITIZEN OF THE MONTH 23 YEARS LATER. A
TIRELESS YOUTH LEAGUE DIRECTOR COACHING
YOUNGSTERS IN THREE SPORTS.
~~~
MICHAEL WASKOWICH – INDUCTED 1976
ENGAGED AS PLAYER AND COACH FOR FOUR
DECADES IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
THREE SPORT STAR IN FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND
BASKETBALL AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE.
COACHED AT NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL 1942-1965.
~~~
WILLIAM DOLAN – INDUCTED 1997
A GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL WHERE
HE EXCELLED AT WRESTLING. HE WAS A STATE
CHAMPION AT 112 LBS. IN 1947 AND 1948. HE WAS
STATE CHAMPION AT 120 LBS. IN 1949 AND WAS
NAMED OUTSTANDING WRESTLER.
ATTENDED DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND IN 1953
WAS ON THE GOLF TEAM. GRADUATED FROM
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. IN LAW.
IN GOLF HE WAS CLUB CHAMPION AT NEWTON
COUNTRY CLUB IN 1950, 51, 60, 61, 66, 73, 75, 79, 81
AND 82. HE WAS SENIOR CHAMPION, OVER 55
GROUP, IN 1997.
~~~
CARL O. JOHNSON – INDUCTED 1987
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1933.
DURING HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS, HE EARNED
VARSITY LETTERS IN WRESTLING.
IN STATES HE WAS CHAMPION IN 1932 AND 1933.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF COACH HENRY BORESCH’S
NEWTON BOYS CLUB FOR 7 YEARS. IN 1933, IN THE
EASTERN STATES INTERSCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS,
HE PLACED 2ND IN THE 112 LB. CLASS.
IN THE N.J. AAU CHAMPIONSHIPS, FROM 1934 THROUGH
1940, HE WON TWO 1ST PLACES, THREE 2ND PLACES AND
TWO 3RD PLACES.
IN WORLD WAR II, HE SERVED IN ICELAND,
NORMANDY AND IWO JIMA WITH THE SEABEES.
BYRAM TOWNSHIP RECOGNITION. FROM 1963 TO 1971,
HE WAS A PRIME MOVER IN DEVELOPING A SPORTS
COMPLEX IN HIS COMMUNITY. IN APPRECIATION FOR
HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE, THE PARK WAS NAMED
“THE C.O. JOHNSON ATHLETIC FIELD”.
HE SERVED BYRAM TOWNSHIP FOR 27 YEARS AS
MAYOR AND COMMITTEEMAN.
HIS PRIME OBJECTIVE AT PRESENT IS TO HELP SERVE
THE YOUTH IN BYRAM TOWNSHIP.
~~~
FREDERICK CRAWN – INDUCTED 1978
A MEMBER OF THE SUSSEX CARDINALS WHO
DOMINATED THE NORTH JERSEY BASEBALL
LEAGUE IN PITCHING FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
RECORDED A 79-10 WON-LOST RECORD FROM
1954-64 WITH 569 STRIKEOUTS. LED THE LEAGUE
IN HITTING 2 YEARS AND COMPILED A .358
BATTING AVERAGE OVER 14 YEARS. PITCHED
TWO NO-HITTERS FOR SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL. A
FOUR TIME ALL COUNTY/ALL STATE BASEBALL
SELECTION.
~~~
ROBERT EDWARDS – INDUCTED 1983
GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN
1959 WINNING LETTERS IN FOOTBALL FROM 19551958. MADE ALL STATE IN 1956, 1957 & 1958. WAS
CHOSEN ALL COUNTY 1ST TEAM IN FOOTBALL IN
1957 & 1958. IN 1958 WAS MOST VALUABLE
FOOTBALL PLAYER AT FRANKLIN.
WAS
FRANKLIN AA TROPHY WINNER FOR BEING THE
“OUTSTANDING ATHLETE” 1960 NEW JERSEY
HERALD SPORTSMAN OF THE MONTH-OCTOBER
AS A MEMBER OF FRANKLIN MINERS.
1966
EARNED AWARD FROM NORTH JERSEY FOOTBALL
LEAGUE–MOST VALUABLE PLAYER-DEFENSE.
WON MANY AWARDS AS A MEMBER OF FRANKLIN
ROD & REVOLVER CLUB. 1961-1964. PLAYED
FOOTBALL AT TAMPA UNIVERSITY, FLA. 1962.
MEMBER OF FRANKLIN MINER FOOTBALL TEAMS
FROM 1960-1961. PLAYED ALSO FOR NEWARK
BEARS, HUDSON VALLEY VIKINGS AND BOONTON
BEARS UNTIL 1972. COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE IN
FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL IN THE FRANKLIN
AREA FROM 1966-1974. MEMBER OF “LIGHTS ON
SPORTS” COMMITTEE IN FRANKLIN TO RAISE
MONEY TO LIGHT UP MUNSEN FIELD.
~~~
JAMES WOODS – INDUCTED 1998
ATTENDED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL 1941-45 EARNING 4
VARSITY LETTERS IN WRESTLING. IN 1943 AND 1944
WAS NEW JERSEY STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
SEMI-FINALIST AND IN 1945 WON THE STATE TITLE
WRESTLING IN THE 128 LB. CLASS.
JIM ALSO LETTERED IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL
FROM
1943-45,
PLAYING
ON
THE
LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN BASEBALL 1945. ATTENDED
BLAIR ACADEMY 1945-46 PLAYING FOOTBALL,
WRESTLING AND BASEBALL.
IN 1946 HE WAS UNDEFEATED IN WRESTLING AND WON
THE NATIONAL PREP SCHOOL WRESTLING TITLE. JIM
COACHED THE 11TH DIVISION WRESTLING TEAM WHILE
SERVICE IN THE U.S. ARMY.
ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM GETTYSBURG
COLLEGE WHERE HE WON THE MIDATLANTIC
COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN WRESTLING DURING
HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEARS. LATER HE
COACHED THE TEAM TO THE MIDATLANTIC
CHAMPIONSHIP.
IN ADDITION HE HAS WON VARIOUS GOLF CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HAS PLAYED IN MANY
SOFTBALL LEAGUES IN NJ, NY, PA. JIM ALSO HAS
COACHED ELEMENTARY WRESTLING FOR SEVERAL
SEASONS.
~~~
DONALD SMOLYN – INDUCTED 1994
1965 GRADUATE OF JOHNSON REGIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL WHERE HE LETTERS IN FOOTBALL,
WRESTLING AND GOLF 2 TIMES. HE LETTERS IN
FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING WHILE ATTENDING
ADAMS COLLEGE WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 1970.
WAS HEAD FOOTBALL, WRESTLING AND TRACK
COACH AT GREENBROOK HIGH SCHOOL FROM
1971 TO 1976. BECAME HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
AT LENAPE VALLEY REG. HIGH SCHOOL IN 1976
AND IS STILL THERE TODAY. SUPERVISOR OF
HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS
FROM 1989 TO PRESENT. COACH LENAPE VALLEY
TO 5 S.C.I.L. CHAMPIONSHIPS, 6 STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TOOK HIS TEAMS TO THE
STATE PLAYOFFS 13 TIMES. NJSIAA “AWARD OF
HONOR” FOR FOOTBALL 1993.
SCHOLASTIC
COACH MAGAZINE “GOLD AWARD” 1988.
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY “SERVICE AWARD”
WINNER 1993. 10 TIME “COACH OF THE YEAR” AS
VOTED BY THE LOCAL PRESS. NAMED AS A
COACH IN THE NEW JERSEY ALL STAR CLASSIC 5
TIMES.
~~~
GEORGE A. DANLEY – INDUCTED 1982
FORMER NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE,
WINNING LETTERS IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL,
BASEBALL AND WRESTLING FROM 1927 T 1929. AT
NEWTON ACADEMY HE WON FOOTBALL LETTER
IN 1930. ENGAGED IN LOCAL BASEBALL LEAGUES
FROM 1930 TO 1941. UMPIRED BASEBALL FROM
1945 TO 1960. PLAYED FOR NEWTON MOOSE
FOOTBALL TEAM IN 1930’S. BOXED IN HAMBURG
IN EARLY 1930’S. BASKETBALL, NEWTON SEMIPRO IN THE 1930’S. CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 1973 BY
NEWTON
VFW.
MANY
LETTERS
OF
COMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
FROM NEWTON TOWN MANAGER AND BABE RUTH
BASEBALL DISTRICT #7. NEWTON LITTLE LEAGUE
ASSOCIATION 1950-1960. FIRST PLAYER AGENT.
MEMBER NEWTON FIRE DEPARTMENT 49 YEARS.
SERVED AS CHIEF FROM 1962-1963
.
~~~
EDDIE BROWN - INDUCTED 2003
1950 NEWTON HIGH GRADUATE-BROWN, A TALENTED ATHLETE,
WAS “FROSH FLASH OF BASKETBALL” TO SI “SAM” INGLER, HALL
OF FAMER AND DEAN OF SPORTS JOURNALISM & FOR BREAKING
BRAVES 9 YR. GRIDIRON LOSING RECORD.
BROWN’S
EXCEPTIONAL PLAY EARNED HIM 7 CAPTAINCIES, 10 VARSITY
LETTERS AS BASKETBALL’S RIGHT GUARD, FOOTBALL
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE’S RIGHT HALF BACKS, AND
BASEBALL’S INFIELDER: AS WELL AS VARSITY “N” FOR
COACHING JR. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM. HOLDS UNBROKEN
GRIDIRON INTERCEPTIONS RECORD. RECEIVED RECOGNITION
BY COUNTY COACHES AND NY GIANTS COACH WHILE SUSSEX
AND
MORRIS
COUNTY
SPORTS
WRITERS
SAID
“UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER THE
COUNTY HAD SEEN”. WAS FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
VARSITY GOLF STAR AND CAPTAIN OF UNDEFEATED TEAM
AGAINST SUCH AS PRINCETON, COLUMBIA, ARMY, PENN STATE,
AND NYU. A LEADING AMATEUR GOLFER, WINNING THE STATE
U.S.O. OPEN AND MINI WESTERN AMONG HIS MORE THAN 60
TOURNAMENT VICTORIES.
1972-74 CHAIRED FAIRLEIGH’S
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM AND TAUGHT EOF
STUDENTS GOLF.
PROFESSIONAL HORSEMAN, HORSE
SPECIALIST FOR NJ ASPCA. 1994-1996 NJ SEC. STATE APPOINTED
BROWN AS CAPTAIN OF THE SPORT CHEER CONFERENCES. NJ
CHIEF JUSTICE WILENTZ APPOINTED BROWN TO NJ SUPREME
COURT JUDICIARY TASK FORCE SERVING FOR 10 YRS. NJ
SUPREME COURT ANNUAL PROBATION CONFERENCE, AND
CURRENTLY CO-CHAIRS SUSSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
~~~
KATHY FRICK – INDUCTED 2003
1985 GRADUATE OF POPE JOHN XXIII HIGH SCHOOL.
EARNED TWELVE (12) VARSITY LETTERS IN FOUR
YEARS INCLUDING: SOFTBALL-1982 AND 1983, FIELD
HOCKEY- 1982, 1983, 1984 AND 1985, BASKETBALL- 1982,
1983, 1984 AND 1985, TRACK-1984 AND 1985.
IN 1985-SCIL ALL STAR IN FIELD HOCKEY; SUSSEX
COUNTY CONFERENCE TEAM IN BASKETBALL; ALL
SCIL TEAM IN TRACK; ALL AREA IN TRACK; ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK (JUNE 6, 1985); AND ATHLETE OF THE
MONTH (JUNE 1985).
1991 GRADUATE OF BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY.
PARTICIPATED IN FIELD HOCKEY FOR FOUR (4) YEARS.
ALL CONFERENCE TEAM IN 1989; PLAYER OF THE WEEK
(PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE) 9/10/90-9/17/90 AND
10/22/90. DIVISION III PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1990.
ELECTED ALL AMERICAN TWO (2) TIMES. INVITED TO
U.S. FIELD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION CAMP IN 1990.
PARTICIPATED IN LACROSSE FOR TWO (2) YEARS.
ELECTED TO ALL AMERICAN TEAM ONE (1) TIME.
ADDITIONAL ACCOLADES: LACROSSE COACH AT
GLOUCHESTER COLLEGE.
CAPITAL ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR-1996; PSAC
LACROSSE COACH OF THE YEAR 1999 AND 2002;
DIVISION II LACROSSE COACH OF THE YEAR-2002 AND
2003.
~~~
WILLIAM PHILLIPS – INDUCTED 2003
BILL BEGAN HIS WEIGHT LIFTING AS PART OF A
PHYSICAL
WORKOUT
PROGRAM
IN
LOCAL
GYMNASIUMS AT THE AGE OF FIFTY NINE (59). HE
BEGAN COMPETING IN THE SIXTY-SIXTY FOUR (60-64)
AGE GROUP THEREAFTER. HE SET THE FOLLOWING
RECORDS IN THAT GROUP FOR BENCH PRESS:
Anti-Drug Athletes Union
198 lb. Wt. Class 372 lbs
United States Power lifting Federation 198 lb. Wt. Class 402 lbs
World Natural Power lifting Federation 198 lb. Wt. Class 402 lbs.
220 lb. Wt. Class 415 lbs.
United States America Power lifting
198 lb. Wt. Class 402 lbs
220 lb. Wt. Class 402 lbs.
National Records U.S.A.P.I. 2001
198 lb. Wt. Class 385 lbs.
2002
198 lb. Wt. Class 407 lbs.
2003
198 lb. Wt. Class 407 lbs.
World Masters Bench-press Championship-Int’l Power lifting Federation
First Place 2002 Killeen Texas
198 lb. Wt. Class 374 lbs.
First Place 2003 Nymbukrk, Czechia
198 lb. Wt. Class 402 lbs.
Holds Existing I.P.F. World Record
413 lbs.
SPECIAL NOTE:
AT THE WORLD POWER LIFTING
CHAMPIONSHIP IN CZECHIA 2003, THERE WERE TEN (10)
WEIGHT CLASSES.
A CHAMP OF CHAMPIONS WAS
DESIGNATED BASED ON SELECTED POWER LIFTING
CRITERIA. BILL PHILLIPS WAS NAMED CHAMP OF THE
CHAMPIONS IN THE 60 PLUS AGE GROUP. HE HAS QUALIFIED
FOR THE 2004 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
~~~
JIM DUFFY – INDUCTED 2002
GRADUATED FROM NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1992
WHERE HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN BASEBALL (4
YEARS), BASKETBALL (3 YEARS), FOOTBALL (3 YEARS). IN
BASEBALL FOR THE YEARS OF 1990, 1991 & 1992, HE WAS
ALL SCIL, ALL AREA & ALL WEST JERSEY AND IN 1991 &
1992, HE WAS NAMED ALL STATE. IN FOOTBALL, FOR THE
YEARS 1991 & 1992, HE WAS ALL SCIL, ALL AREA, ALL
WEST JERSEY AND ALL STATE IN 1992 REPRESENTING
NEWTON HIGH AT GIANTS STADIUM IN NORTH/SOUTH
GAME. IN BASKETBALL, HE SCORED 1,125 CAREER POINTS
AND WAS ALL SCIL IN 1991 & 1992 AND ALL AREA, ALL
WEST JERSEY AND ALL STATE IN 1992. IN 1992 HE WAS
TEAM CAPTAIN AND MVP IN ALL 3 SPORTS. AT SETON
HALL UNIVERSITY HE WAS A 4 YEAR VARSITY BASEBALL
STARTER AND 1996 TEAM CAPTAIN. HE WAS ELECTED TO
THE ALL BIG EAST TEAM IN ’94, ’95 & ’96. OTHER AWARDS
WERE NJ HERALD ATHLETE OF THE MONTH (APRIL ’92),
NEW JERSEY COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (1995),
SETON HALL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (1996), NATIONAL
BASEBALL ALL AMERICAN (1995-9TH IN NATION WITH .429
BA). RECORDS HELD AT SETON HALL: TOTAL HITS (247),
CONSECUTIVE GAME HITTING STREAK (29). SIGNED BY
THE HOUSTON ASTROS IN ’97 AND PLAYED FOR 4 YEARS
IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES, NY
PENN LEAGUE, MIDWEST LEAGUE, FLA STATE LEAGUE,
TEXAN LEAGUE AA; 2 TIME HOUSTON ASTRO PLAYER OF
THE WEEK; I TIME FLA. STATE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.
~~~
PAUL FOXSON – INDUCTED 2000
A 1989 GRADUATE OF WALLKILL VALLEY REGIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL, HE LETTERED ALL FOUR YEARS IN
FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK & FIELD.
SELECTED ALL WEST JERSEY FIRST TEAM FOR THREE
YEARS IN THOSE SPORTS; ALL STATE IN FOOTBALL
AND TRACK FOR TWO YEARS AND ALL STATE IN
BASKETBALL FOR ONE YEAR. A 1993 GRADUATE OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA RECEIVING A
FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR TRACK & FIELD DECATHLON.
SELECTED ALL ACC FOR FOUR YEARS; DIVISION I ALL
AMERICAN; FINISHED 2ND IN JR. NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP, 14TH IN WORLD JR. CHAMPIONSHIP AT
PLOVDIV, BULGARIA, 12TH IN 1992 OLYMPIC TRIALS;
1ST PLACE 4X400 RELAY AND 3RD IN JAVELIN AT THE
MACCABIAH GAMES IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. DURING
1994-1998 WAS RANKED #1 DECATHLETE IN THE WORLD
FOR THREE MONTHS, RANKED #5 IN USA AND 12TH IN
THE WORLD BY TRACK & FIELD NEWS. FINISHED 6TH IN
HEPTATHLON AT U.S. INDOOR NATIONALS AND WAS
VAULT CHAMPION AT RENO POLE VAULTERS SUMMIT.
BEST DECATHLON SCORE WAS 8,234 POINTS.
~~~
ANDY ILIFF – INDUCTED 2000
A 1987 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL, HE
LETTERED IN TRACK & FIELD IN 1986-87, FOOTBALL IN
1986-87 AND IN WRESTLING IN 1984-1987.
IN
WRESTLING, HE WAS NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPION
AT 149 LBS. IN 1986 AND 159 LBS. IN 1987 AND WAS
SELECTED ALL AREA IN 1985-87 WITH AN OVERALL
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER RECORD OF 95-14-3.
WAS
CHOSEN BY THE NEW JERSEY HERALD S THE MALE
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN 1987. A 1991 GRADUATE OF
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST
POINT, HE LETTERED IN WRESTLING IN 1990-1991, WAS
UNDEFEATED IN INTRA SQUAD BOXING AT
HEAVYWEIGHT AND WAS RUNNER UP IN THE BRIGADE
BOXING TOURNAMENT AT 190 LBS. AFTER COLLEGE,
HE PLACED 1ST IN WRESTLING AT THE HANUA AND THE
BAUMHOLDER OPEN TOURNAMENTS.
HE HAS
COACHED WRESTLING WITH THE ARMY COMMUNITY
WRESTLING TEAM IN GERMANY FORM 1993-1995, WITH
FORT KNOX HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1996-1997 AND WITH
NEWTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM 1999 TO
PRESENT.
HE SERVED AS STRENGTH COACH AT
KITTATINNY REGIONAL H.S. IN 1999-2000. HE WAS
SELECTED BY THE NEWARK STAR LEDGER FOR THE
NEW JERSEY ALL CENTURY WRESTLING TEAM DURING
THE 1980’S.
~~~
NICHOLAS STEFKOVICH – INDUCTED 2002
A 1976 GRADUATE OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL,
HE PARTICIPATED AT THE VARSITY LEVEL IN
BASKETBALL & GOLF FOR 4 YEARS.
IN
BASKETBALL, WAS SELECTED 1ST TEAM ALL
COUNTY, ALL CONFERENCE IN 1974, 1975 & 1976.
ALSO, IN 1976, WAS SELECTED ALL STATE GROUP I
IN BASKETBALL. IN GOLF, WAS SELECTED 1ST
TEAM ALL COUNTY IN 1973, 1ST TEAM ALL
COUNTY ALL CONFERENCE IN 1974, 1975 & 1976.
ALSO WAS SELECTED ALL STATE GROUP I IN 1976.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, PLAYED
BASKETBALL FOR 4 YEARS, 1977 THROUGH 1980.
TEAM PARTICIPATED IN 2 NCAA TOURNAMENTS.
WHILE AT THE UNIVERSITY, HE WAS AWARDED
THE OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD
IN 1979, THE “JAMES C. ZABELL” AWARD IN 1979
AND THE PRESTIGIOUS “HUSKY AWARD” IN 1980
~~~
HERBERT WILSON – INDUCTED 2002
BEGAN SOFTBALL PITCHING CAREER WITH FIRST
WIN IN 1944 AND CONTINUED TO COMPETE AT
HIGH LEVEL LOCALLY WITH LAST WIN IN 2001, A
PERIOD EXTENDING OVER SEVEN DECADES.
USUALLY COMPETED ON TWO OR THREE TEAMS
EACH YEAR WITHOUT EVER EXPERIENCING A
LOSING SEASON FOR ANY TEAM. WAS AWARDED
MVP IN SUSSEX COUNTY SOFTBALL LEAGUE IN
1956 & 1957; ATHLETE OF THE MONTH IN 1986 PLUS
OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1996.
INTEREST IN SPORTS CONTINUED WITH MANY
YEARS OF COACHING LITTLE LEAGUE & BABE
RUTH LEAGUE BASEBALL AND JUNIOR BOWLING.
WAS
ACTIVE
IN
ORGANIZING
AND
ADMINISTERING
NUMEROUS
SOFTBALL,
BASEBALL & BOWLING TEAMS AND LEAGUES.
BOWLING CAREER COVERED PERIOD FROM 1952
TO 1999. CARRIED COUNTY WIDE HIGH AVERAGE
IN THE HIGH 180’S TO MIDDLE 190’S FOR SEVERAL
YEARS. DURING US ARMY SERVICE (KOREA 195152) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING VARIOUS
SPORTS COMPETITIONS WITH ARMY UNITS.
~~~
RONALD EARL – INDUCTED 1977
A THREE SPORT STAR AT NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL
COMPILING NINE VARSITY LETTERS.
TWICE
NAMED TO ALL COUNTY TEAMS IN FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL.
ALL STATE
FOOTBALL SELECTION 1950.
CAPTAINED THE
TRENTON STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND
BASEBALL TEAMS DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR.
PLAYED FOR NEWTON A.A. AND THE FRANKLIN
MINERS.
A FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
BASKETBALL COACH AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL
FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES.
~~~
TOM GUNDERMAN – INDUCTED 1979
ALL COUNTY, ALL STATE FOOTBALL SELECTION
FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
NAMED
GREENBRIER MILITARY ACADEMY OUTSTANDING
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. OUTSTANDING LINEMAN
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. AN ALL
D.C, AREA AND ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
SELECTIONS. AP AND UPI HONORABLE MENTION
ALL AMERICAN. PLAYED IN THE NORTH-SOUTH
ALL STAR GAME. PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY AND
SEMI-PROFESSIONALLY
FOR
WASHINGTON
REDSKINS AND THE FRANKLIN MINERS.
~~~
CANCY FRED LORENZO – INDUCTED 1982
GRADUATED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1929 WITH
LETTERS IN FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING.
WRESTLED ON THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IN
NEW JERSEY. GRADUATED PENN STATE IN 1933,
WRESTLED IN EVERY DUAL MEET FROM 1929 TO
1933 AND WAS CAPTAIN OF THE 1933 TEAM. TOOK
2ND PLACE IN THE EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE
WRESTLING ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
1931 AND 1932. CHAMPION OF NEW JERSEY AAU
CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1934-165 LB. CLASS, 1935-155 LB.
CLASS, 1936-174 LB. CLASS; INVITATIONAL AAU
TOURNAMENT CHAMPION IN 1936 AT THE 158 LB.
CLASS.
REFEREED OLYMPIC WRESTLING
TRYOUTS IN 1939. SERVED ON MANY NEW JERSEY
AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATIONS
AS
AN
OUTSTANDING MEMBER.
IN 1961 WON THE
HIGHEST
HONOR
GIVEN
BY
ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL-PAUL HARRIS FELLOW. IN 1981,
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
~~~
THOMAS A. LORENZO – INDUCTED 1982
GRADUATED NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1934,
EARNING LETTERS IN WRESTLING IN 1931-19321933 AND 1934. NEW JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC
ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 1934, 145
LBS. CLASS. NEW JERSEY AMATEUR ATHLETIC
UNION CHAMPION 1933-145 LB., 1934 145 LB.
CLASS, 1936 151 LB. CLASS.
WRESTLED FOR
NEWTON BOYS CLUB. WON FIRST PLACE 1932
AND
1933
INTERSCHOLASTIC
MEET
AT
BETHLEHEM, PA. BOWLED FOR NEWTON ELKS
CLUB TEAM. HE BOWLED IN AMERICAN BOWLING
CONGRESS, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961 AND 1963, ELKS
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT 1961.
~~~
JOSEPH MAGGIO – INDUCTED 1977
A THREE SPORT STAR FOR NEWTON HIGH
SCHOOL.
EARNED ALL STATE STATUS IN
BASEBALL (TWO TIMES). FIRST BASKETBALL
PLAYER IN COUNTY TO SCORE 300 POINTS AS A
SOPHOMORE.
PLAYED IN THE NEW YORK
YANKEE’S ORGANIZATION FOR FIVE SEASONS
ADVANCING TO TRIPLE A LEVEL. NY-PA ALL
LEAGUE SELECTION IN 1939. TWICE LED SUSSEX
AND MORRIS LEAGUES IN BATTING AND HOME
RUNS, RESPECTIVELY. FOOTBALL AND YOUTH
LEAGUES COACH.
~~~
MICHAEL CALDARELLA – INDUCTED 2005
1977 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL; ATTENDED MIAMI
DADE NORTH AND COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS; ELECTED FOR
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BASEBALL, COACHING AND
OFFICIATING; HE WAS NAMED NJ BABE RUTH PLAYER OF THE
YEAR IN 1975; IN HIGH SCHOOL, TWO VARSITY LETTERS IN
BASEBALL; MVP OF 1977 TEAM WHEN HE WON 11 GAMES AND
LOST 2 WITH A SCHOOL RECORD 0.77 ERA AND 83 STRIKEOUTS IN
87 INNINGS; 1976 TEAM WON SECTIONAL AND SCIL
CHAMPIONSHIPS; STAR LEDGER ALL STATE, NJ HERALD ALL
AREA, DAILY RECORD ALL AREA AND ALL SCIL TEAMS IN 1977; IN
COLLEGE, WON VARSITY LETTERS IN BASEBALL AT MIAMI DADE
NORTH IN 1978 AND AT COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS IN 1979
PLAYED ON SUSSEX COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION TEAMS 1973-1978;
WON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1973, 1974 AND 1975; PLAYED
SIXTEEN YEARS IN MORRIS COUNTY MAJORS (1975-1990); PLAYED
WITH NEWTON AA AND NORTH JERSEY NATIONALS
COACHED THE NEWTON BABE RUTH LEAGUE TEAM 1980 AND 1981;
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1981; LEAGUE PRESIDENT 1981; COACHED
NEWTON AMERICAN LEGION IN 1992 AND 1993; THE 1993 NEWTON
AMERICAN LEGION TEAM WAS WESTERN DIVISION LEAGUE
CHAMPION
OFFICIATED FROM 1987 TO PRESENT IN BASEBALL, SOFTBALL,
FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL; DID NINE HIGH SCHOOL SECTIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, ONE STATE FINAL GAME, TWO STATE
SEMI FINAL GAMES, THREE NCAA DIVISION III CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND
TWO
DIVISION
II
CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
~~~
LINN CRAWN – INDUCTED 2005
1969 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL; BORDENTOWN
MILITARY ACADEMY 1969-1970; WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY
1970-1976; ELECTED FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FOOTBALL,
WRESTLING AND BASEBALL; IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WAS
ALL COUNTY IN 1967 AND 1968; IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING,
WAS DISTRICT CHAMPION IN 1968 AND 1969, 3RD IN DISTRICT
IN 1966, 2ND IN REGION IN 1969, NEWTON MVP IN 1969;
COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH A RECORD OF 28-114; IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, WAS ALL COUNTY IN 1969 AND
SECOND TEAM ALL COUNTY IN 1968
IN PREP SCHOOL, WAS STATE CHAMPION IN 1970
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WAS ALL CONFERENCE IN 1973 AND
1974 AND ALL DISTRICT IN 1974; IN COLLEGE WRESTLING, WAS
CONFERENCE CHAMPION IN 1972 AND 1974, 2ND TEAM ALL
CONFERENCE IN 1971, 3RD TEAM ALL CONFERENCE IN 1973,
ALL DISTRICT IN 1973 AND 1974; NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPION IN
1974, WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY MVP IN 1971, 1973 AND 1974
AND HAD A COLLEGIATE CAREER RECORD OF 89-8
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL-SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE
NEW YORK STARS OF THE WORLD FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 1974
COACHING-HAS BEEN ASSISTANT WRESTLING COACH AT
KITTATINNY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SINCE 1980; DURING
THAT PERIOD KRHS HAS WON 8 SCIL TITLES, 12 SECTIONAL
TITLES, 6 GROUP II STATE TITLES AND 8 DISTRICT TITLES
~~~
JOHN GILL – INDUCTED 2005
1974 GRADUATE OF BINGHAMTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL;
1978 GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON; 1980
MASTERS DEGREE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF
SCRANTON; ELECTED FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A
WRESTLING COACH AT KITTATINNY REGIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL; HE WAS ASSISTANT WRESTLING COACH AT
KRHS FROM 1978 TO 1980; AS HEAD COACH SINCE 1980,
HE REACHED HIS 200TH WIN IN THE 1998-1999 SEASON
AND HIS 300TH WIN DURING THE 2004-2005 SEASON; HIS
CAREER RECORD STANDS AT 324-106-5; HIS TEAMS HAVE
WON SIX STATE GROUP II TITLES, EIGHT SCIL TITLES,
EIGHT DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TITLES AND TWELVE
SECTIONAL TITLES; DURING 2005, HIS TEAM WAS
RANKED NUMBER ONE IN NJ BY THE STAR LEDGER AND
GANNETT’S NEW JERSEY TOP 20
HE COACHED THREE WRESTLERS TO SIX NJ STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS WELL AS WRESTLERS TO THREE
SECOND PLACE, FIVE THIRD PLACE, THREE FOURTH
PLACE, ONE FIFTH PLACE AND TEN SEVENTH PLACE
FINISHES AT THE NJ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
CONDUCTED MIDGET WRESTLING CLINICS DURING
SUMMER MONTHS AND HAS ASSISTED AT FEEDER
PROGRAMS IN SUSSEX COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS
~~~
JERRY MORELLI - – INDUCTED 2005
Honorary Member
1977 GRADUATE OF DAVID BREARLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN
KENILWORTH, NJ; ATTENDED JONES COLLEGE IN JACKSONVILLE,
FL; TAUGHT AT CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF BROADCASTING FROM
1993 TO 1996; ELECTED FOR HIS LONG TIME SUPPORT OF SPORTS IN
SUSSEX COUNTY
HE HAS BEEN PRESENT AT HUNDREDS OF SCIL SPORTING EVENTS
OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES AND IN 1993 CREATED TV SPORTS
PROGRAM, SPORTS BEAT, FEATURING THE HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETES IN SUSSEX COUNTY
HIS MEDIA IMPACT GOES BEYOND THE COUNTY’S STUDENTATHLETES, HIS PROGRAMMING HAS ALSO POSITIVELY IMPACTED
PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES; COUNTLESS PARENTS AND
FAMILIES HAVE THANKED JERRY FOR HIS WORK WHICH HAS
PROVIDED MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES;
JERRY’S PROGRAM IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND STATEWIDE;
PARENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AND AREAS AROUND THE STATE
HAVE SAID WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA SPORTS BEAT IS FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY WISHED THEIR AREA HAD A
SIMILAR PROGRAM
HE IS A COMMUNITY MINDED INDIVIDUAL; HE GIVES HIS TIME
AND MONEY BACK TO MANY LOCAL SCHOOLS AND
ORGANIZATIONS AND SPONSORS A BANQUET FOR EACH HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS SEASON, HONORING THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETES; HE EMBODIES SUSSEX COUNTY ATHLETICS; HE IS THE
FACE AND THE VOICE OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN SUSSEX
COUNTY.
~~~
KRISTIAN PEAT – INDUCTED 2005
1984 GRADUATE OF VERNON HIGH SCHOOL; NORTH CAROLINA
STATE 1984-1987; ELECTED FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A
GOALKEEPER IN SOCCER; IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS ALL SCIL IN
1980, 1981, 1982 AND 1983; STAR LEDGER ALL WEST JERSEY IN 1981,
1982 AND 1983; ALL STATE FIRST TEAM COACHES ASSOCIATION
1982 AND 1983; PARADE ALL AMERICAN IN 1982 AND ADIDAS ALL
AMERICAN IN 1982 AND 1983
NATIONAL TEAM UNDER 18 STARTING GOALKEEPER FROM 1982 TO
1984; WON OUTSTANDING GOALKEEPER AWARD AT GRANATKIN
TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA
AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE, WAS FOUR YEAR STARTING
GOALKEEPER AND CAPTAIN IN 1986 AND 1987; HELD RECORD FOR
CAREER SAVES WITH 436; HOLDS RECORD FOR MOST SAVES IN A
SINGLE SEASON WITH 145 IN 1987
PLAYED PROFESSIONAL SOCCER FROM 1988 TO 1999 WITH ALBANY
CAPITALS OF THE AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE, LOS ANGELES
LAZERS AND CLEVELAND CRUNCH OF THE MEN’S INDOOR
SOCCER LEAGUE, LA UNITED OF THE WORLD UNITED SOCCER
LEAGUE, WICHITA WINGS OF THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
SOCCER LEAGUE FROM 1989 TO 1999 WHERE HE WAS AN ALL STAR
IN 1992-1993; MISL ALL STAR 1990-1991; RETIRED IN 1999
COACHING CAREER, 1999-2000 ASSISTANT MEN’S COACH AND
WOMEN’S GOALIE COACH AT UNIVERSITY OF DENVER; 2000-2003
ASSISTANT COACH/GOAL KEEPING, WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
TEAM, THE ATLANTA BEAT; 2004 TO PRESENT, DIRECTOR OF
COACHING, ATLANTA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION
~~~
LOUIS SEVILLE – INDUCTED 2005
1983 GRADUATE OF SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL; 1988 GRADUATE OF
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE; ELECTED FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL; IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, HE HELD ALL
CAREER RUSHING AND SCORING RECORDS AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL;
HELD SCIL CAREER RUSHING AND SCORING RECORDS; AS A SENIOR,
HE WAS SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE NJ NORTH/SOUTH ALL STAR GAME;
WAS SELECTED 1ST TEAM ALL AREA BY ALL LOCAL PAPERS, WAS ALL
SCIL, WAS STAR LEDGER ALL WEST JERSEY AND ALL STATE ALL
GROUPS, WAS DAILY RECORD’S FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND
WAS SELECTED HONORABLE MENTION ALL AMERICAN BY USA TODAY
AND ADIDAS
IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, HE WAS 1ST TEAM ALL SCIL, 1ST TEAM
ALL AREA AND 1ST TEAM ALL WEST JERSEY HIS LAST THREE YEARS,
WAS 1ST TEAM ALL STATE GROUP II HIS SOPHOMORE
YEAR;
SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE NORTH/SOUTH ALL STAR GAME AS SENIOR
NJ HERALD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN 1982; ONLY PLAYER IN NEW
JERSEY TO BE SELECTED TO BOTH THE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL
NORTH/SOUTH ALL STAR GAMES IN 1983
HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL TEAMS AND
SELECTED ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL HIS SENIOR
YEAR; DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, HE PLAYED ON 6 SCIL
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS (1 WRESTLING, 2 BASEBALL AND 3 FOOTBALL),
TWO OF WHICH WERE UNDEFEATED (THE 1980 AND 1982 FOOTBALL TEAMS)
IN COLLEGE, HE LETTERED TWO YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
IN FOOTBALL AND PLAYED ON TWO YANKEE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAMS AND IN THREE NCAA PLAYOFFS; HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE
UNSUNG HERO AWARD IN 1988
HEAD COACH FOR LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL IN SPARTA
~~~
PATRICK McGRATH – INDUCTED 2000
A 1954 GRADUATE OF CHITON HIGH SCHOOL IN
CHITON, WISCONSIN, HE RECEIVED ALL STATE
AND ALL CONFERENCE RECOGNITION IN
FOOTBALL.
GRADUATED FROM MARQUETTE
UNIVERSITY WHERE HE COMPETED IN FOOTBALL,
WRESTLING AND HANDBALL. HE FINISHED 4TH IN
A NATIONAL NCAA HANDBALL TOURNAMENT.
COACHED FOOTBALL, WRESTLING AND GOLF AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PRIOR TO ASSUMING
COACHING POSITIONS AT FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL IN FOOTBALL, WRESTLING, SOCCER AND
TRACK & FIELD. COACHED CROSS COUNTRY AT
WALLKILL VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND
SOCCER AT SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. HE WAS CERTIFIED IN 1975 AS A USSF
SOCCER OFFICIAL FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND SEMI
PRO GAMES. HE AUTHORED “THE HISTORY OF
NEWTON WRESTLING” AND CO-AUTHORED “THE
HISTORY OF SPARTA FOOTBALL”.
~~~
JOE ASH-INDUCTED 2006
1956 graduate of Atlantic Highlands High School; 1961 graduate of University of
Nebraska; inducted for his basketball coaching and scouting accomplishments
At the high school level, was a coach for eleven seasons; was the first High Point
Regional High School basketball coach and coached there for seven years; was
the NJ Herald Coach of the Year in 1970-1971 and Northeast Nebraska Coach of
the Year in 1963-64; was inducted into the High Point Regional High School Hall
of Fame in 2004; conducted summer camps and coaches clinics in Sussex
County; also coached in Nebraska and Iowa
At the college level, was assistant coach at William Paterson College for five
seasons carrying out coaching, scouting and recruiting responsibilities; directed
the Joe Ash Basketball Scouting Services for NCAA Division I basketball teams
and the NBA
In the National Basketball Association, was a part time scout for several years for
various NBA teams; was a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers for five seasons
including the 1982-83 Championship season, the Charlotte Hornets for three
seasons and the Houston Rockets for eleven seasons including two NBA
Championship seasons; internationally, he scouted players in over 30 countries;
was involved with drafting international players including Yao Ming and acquiring
Sarunas Jasikevicius as a free agent; currently in fourth season with the Indiana
Pacers and is Director of Scouting and Assistant to President of Basketball
Operations (Larry Bird); in that role he is responsible for all aspects of scouting
for the Pacers including college, professional, free agent and international
scouting; he also assists Larry Bird in organizing, preparing and carrying out the
NBA draft; he oversees seven full time scouts and is active in scouting the top
NCAA and top International prospects as well as free agents
NBA Hall of Fame Inductees that Joe was involved with include Julius Erving,
Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippin,
Billy Cunningham, Reggie Miller and Larry Bird
~~~
JEFFERY HUGHES-INDUCTED 2006
Graduated Wayne Valley High School, Wayne, NJ in 1967; graduated
New York Institute of Technology in 1972 with a BS in Physics; earned
Teacher Certification from Montclair State in 1973; inducted for his
tennis coaching accomplishments at Sparta High School
As Sparta boys coach from 1978 until 2005, had a career record of 429121 including 17 SCIL Championships and 11 SCIL Tournament
Championships; as girls coach from 1976 to present, has a career
record of 478-113 with 20 SCIL Championships, 16 SCIL Tournament
Championships and 3 sectional Championships; his combined record
through 2005 is 907-234
Some of the top players he coached went on to become successful
college players including Elise Dondero, Christal Jakober, Jessica
Rodgers, Mitch Koch, Chris Ciolino and Logan Hirsch; his most
successful player at the New Jersey High School Meet of Champions
was Andrew Wang who he coached for two years
Some of Jeff’s personal awards for his coaching success include NJ
Herald Boys Coach of the Year in 1978, 1988, 1995, 1999 and 2005 and
Girls Coach of the Year in 1988, 1989, 1996, 1999 and 2005; he was
named Star Ledger Coach of the Year for Girls Tennis in 1983; the Daily
Record Girls Coach of the Year in 1995 and First Team All Area Boys
Tennis Coach in 2004; he received the NJSIAA Sports Award in 2001
and the National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association,
New Jersey Girls Coach of the Year in 1995
~~~
MIKE JUSKUS-INDUCTED 2006
1976 graduate of Hopatcong High School; 1981 graduate of Glassboro
State College (Rowan University); inducted for his accomplishments
primarily in collegiate track and field and secondarily for his
accomplishments in high school baseball, football, wrestling and
bowling; in high school, he won 13 varsity letters while winning
numerous All League, Most Valuable and Most Improved honors
In college, as a track & field walk on, became the top javelin thrower in
the nation; was three time NCAA Division III individual champion and
two time team champion and individual second place once; was three
time NCAA Division I All American winning the individual National
Championship (1981) once and finishing in second and sixth the other
two times; his throw of 273’ 3” is still the National Record for Division III
and sixth best all time in the 85 year NCAA history
He has been inducted into the Hopatcong High School, Rowan College
and NCAA Division III Halls of Fame; other awards won include the
Alfred E. White Award for top senior athlete from Glassboro College,
the 1981 Top Amateur Athlete in New Jersey Award presented by the
NJ Sports Writers and the NJ Herald Athlete of the Year for 1981; at the
1981 NJ State College Championships was named the Outstanding
Athlete for his performance in javelin (260’), high jump (6”8”) and long
jump (22’)
Was part of the United States National Team competing in Europe
including the World University Games in Romania; finished in the Top
Ten US list each year from 1979 to 1982
Has been track & field coach at Hopatcong High School for twenty three
years, nineteen as head coach; his teams have had the highest winning
percentage of any sports program in Hopatcong High School history
~~~
SCOTT LONGCOR-INDUCTED 2006
1976 graduate of High Point Regional High School; LSU 1976-1978;
Penn State 1978-1980; inducted for his accomplishments in wrestling,
football and baseball; achievements started in 8th grade, wrestling for
Branchville; became Heavy Weight County Champ, wrestled under
Mike Pace; became AAU National Champ; Hall of Fame member of
High Point Regional High School, wrestled under SCSHOF coach Jeff
Hull; 1st Team All Skyline Conference as sophomore and 1st Team All
SCIL as a junior and senior, took third in districts as sophomore and
junior and first as senior, first in regionals as a senior, was champion of
Pope John and Clifton Tournaments, was undefeated at 17-0 in dual
meets; voted High Point MVP and athlete of the year; career record
includes 68 wins, 37 pins, most pins in one season (10), most points
(214), fastest pin (11 seconds), and most takedowns (50)
High School football career included 1st Team All SCIL junior and
senior year for offensive and defensive tackle; All State and High Point
MVP in his senior year; in baseball, he earned varsity letters in junior
and senior year
1976-1978 wrestled for LSU, lettered two years in wrestling and 1st at
heavyweight in Oklahoma Open
1978-1980 wrestled for Penn State under SCSHOF coach Rich Lorenzo,
lettered two years and 4th in the Eastern National Qualifiers in the
heavyweight class
1981-1986 was a wrestling coach for Sussex Wantage where he
coached SCSHOF member John Gardner
~~~
BOB MELILLO-INDUCTED 2006
1972 graduate of West Orange Mountain High School; 1976 graduate of Kean
University; being inducted for his accomplishments as baseball coach of Newton
High School
At West Orange Mountain High School lettered in football, wrestling and baseball;
was inducted into the West Orange Mountain Sports Hall of Fame in 1994; at Kean
University, earned four varsity letters in baseball
Was head coach at Newton High School for 23 years (1979-2002) during which
time his teams compiled 353 wins and won five SCIL Championships (1979, 1985,
1992, 1996, 2001), four Group 2 Section 1 Championships (1985, 1992, 1996, 2001)
and played in three State Championship final games (1985, 1996, 2001) and won
one State Baseball Championship in 1985 (only one in Sussex County history)
Inducted into the New Jersey Scholastic Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2006.
Was voted The Daily Advance “Coach of the Year” in 1979 and 1984, The Daily
Record “Coach of the Year” in 2001, the NJ Herald Coach of the Year in 1991 and
the Star Ledger “New Jersey Coach of the Year” in 1985; was inducted into the
New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame in 1996
Since retiring from coaching, has remained active in Sussex County sports by
officiating field hockey, wrestling, baseball and softball; has been a NJ State
Wrestling Official since 1984 serving as both Vice President and President of the
Northwest Chapter 2; he has been a member of the NJ State Baseball Umpires
Association since 1978 and a NJ Field Hockey Official since 2003.
Four former players (Mike Bell, Shawn McCorkle, Jim Duffy and Josh Noviskey)
went on to play professional baseball and two former players have been inducted
into the Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame (Jim Duffy and Erik Pedersen)
~~~
JOHN PLACE-INDUCTED 2006
1983 graduate of Sparta High School; attended Penn State University
1984-1987; inducted for his accomplishments in football and wrestling;
in high school football, in 1982, he was Coaches All SCIL 1st Team
Linebacker, NJ Herald All Area 1st Team, Daily Advance All Area 1st
Team, Daily Record All Area 1st Team, Newark Star Ledger All West
Jersey 1st Team and All State Group II 1st Team; at Penn State he
lettered in football in 1984 and 1985
In high school wrestling, lost only one match in his last two years; was
District 3 and Region 1 Champion at 188 lbs. in 1982 and 1983, was
State Champion in 1983 and 3rd in 1982; 2nd Place Winner at 1983
National High School Tournament; at Penn State he lettered all four
years and was All American as a freshman in 1984, two time Eastern
Regional Runner-Up, two time NCAA Qualifier; in 1984 was on the
College World Team (wrestled in Russia) and was Freestyle National
Champion
Was Sparta High School Male Athlete of the Year 1983 and Most
Valuable Back for the Football team in 1982; his senior year at Sparta
High School (1982-83), John went undefeated in both his sports as the
football team was 11-0 and State Champions and the wrestling team
was undefeated and also State Champions; individually, John went
undefeated winning the 188 lbs. and was State Champion
~~~
ED SHERIDAN-INDUCTED 2006
1972 graduate of Sparta High School; 1976 graduate of Princeton
University; inducted for his achievements in football, baseball and
basketball; in high school earned the maximum of nine varsity letters,
three in each sport for three years; he was captain of all three teams his
senior year; in football, in his senior year, he was first team All
Conference, first team All County and first team All Area as
quarterback; voted most valuable player on the Sparta team as he
completed 67% of his passes; his teams won the Skyline Conference in
both his sophomore and senior years
In high school basketball, he was named second team All County and
honorable mention All Conference his senior year; in high school
baseball, he was All County and second team All Conference his senior
year
At Princeton he was captain of the football team in 1975; he earned
three varsity letters as a defensive back/free safety; earned All Ivy
Conference Second Team and Coaches Award for dedication and
leadership as senior; had a “career” game against Colgate University
as a senior during which game he had twenty two tackles and two
interceptions; for his performance in the Colgate game he was selected
the ECAC defensive player of the week
~~~
GARY SPARTA-INDUCTED 2006
1959 graduate of Hamburg High School; 1963 BS and 1966 MS graduate
of East Stroudsburg State; inducted for his accomplishments as an
athlete, coach and athletic director; in high school, played baseball and
basketball; in baseball lettered all four years, was a member of the
County Championship Team in 1957; he had the best ERA of 1.72,
pitching record of 7-2, recorded 83 strikeouts in 65 innings pitched in
1959; he was in the top ten in hitting in his last three years with
averages of .394, .419 and .294; was NJ Herald All County 2nd Team in
1957 and 1st Team in 1958 and 1959; he was named Outstanding Athlete
by the Franklin Kiwanis Club in 1957-1958; he was Newark News 2nd
Team in 1957, 3rd Team in 1958 and 1st Team in 1959; was Newark Star
Ledger 2nd Team in 1959; was named Hamburg High School Best
Athlete in 1959; won varsity basketball letters as a junior and senior
In 1968 was selected by the Vernon Township Board of Education to be
the district’s first Physical Education teacher; was responsible for
developing the Physical Education program for grades 1 through 8 and
the intramural program for grades 5 through 8; also coached 7th and 8th
grade basketball
In 1973 was appointed Athletic Director and baseball coach at Vernon
High School; he developed and maintained the Athletic and Physical
Education program; he remained AD until 1995
He was a charter member of the SCIL AD’s and served as President of
the League for three years and Secretary for three years; helped
develop the original SCIL Charter and was the last remaining Charter
Member to retire; he was also a Charter Member of the Vernon
Township Recreation Commission
~~~
VICKIE ANN ZUMMO-INDUCTED 2006
1996 graduate of Wallkill Valley High School; inducted for her
accomplishments in wrestling; in 1993 she became the first female
wrestler to become Sussex County Champion in a league of 650
wrestlers; in 1994, established herself as one of the top wrestlers in the
country by winning two National Titles at 97 pounds and making the
United States World Team; was named Outstanding Wrestler at both
the 1994 United States Nationals and the 1994 Sunkist International
Open
In 1995, won the Gilbert Schaub Open in France, the Michigan
International Open and the United States Women’s National
Championships; she won the Bronze Medal at the World
Championships at 97 pounds; she was the only United States’ wrestler
to win a medal at the World Championships
Other first place finishes include the 1996 French National, U.S.
Nationals, Klippen Cup Invitational (Sweden), Americas Cup (New
Mexico) and New York Athletic Club at which competition she was
named the “Tournament Outstanding Wrestler”
In 1997 she took first places at the Klippen Cup, Pam American Games,
French Nationals and NY Athletic Club Invitational; she was honored as
the “U.S.A. Wrestling-Female Athlete of the Year”
She has devoted time to coaching and training other wrestlers at
various camps and clubs throughout New Jersey and New York
~~~
CRAIG BLACKMAN
Graduated Sparta High School 1977; graduated Franklin & Marshall College 1981 and
Penn State University 1989; inducted for his accomplishments in wrestling
A four year starter in high school with over sixty-five victories, he won the 1977 NJSIAA
State Championship at 188 pounds; he was only the third wrestler in the history of Sparta
High School to attain such an honor
He was a two time NJ State Freestyle Champion and, as a member of the NJ team, toured
Turkey in 1976; he advanced to the National AAU Elite Freestyle Wrestling
Championships in 1977 and won the gold medal in the 220 pound weight class and the
silver medal in the Greco-Roman division; touring Iran with the National Team, he
finished with a 4-0 record; in college, he placed sixth in the 1979 Junior World Freestyle
Wrestling Championships at 198 pounds
In college, he amassed 117 victories and currently holds the school record for career
victories; he was a three-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association place winner
and gained the 190 pound crown in 1981, one of only seven F&M wrestlers to do so;
participating in his third NCAA Division I Tournament, he placed fifth, upsetting many
highly touted wrestlers along the way; he was voted the most underrated wrestler in the
United States by the Amateur Wrestling News for his exploits; he was inducted into the
Franklin and Marshall Sports Hall of Fame in 1989
Assisting George McGuire at Sparta High School, the Spartans beat Delaware Valley for
the Group II Dual Meet Championship in 1983; he was a graduate assistant for the
nationally ranked Penn State Nittany Lions from 1983-1985; he took over the wrestling
program at Indian River High School in Chesapeake, VA in 1987 and compiled a record of
48-21 and finished fifth in the 1991 state meet; he coached three collegiate style state
champions and two freestyle state champions while at Indian River
~~~
GUNNER FRAUENPREIS
1978 graduate of Pope John; 1982 graduate of East Stroudsburg University; inducted for
his accomplishments in football, basketball and track; in high school lettered all four years
in all three sports for a total of twelve varsity letters; in football, All State Parochial B in
1977; All County, All Conference sophomore, junior and senior years; in basketball, three
time Christmas Tournament MVP, All League, All County; ended career 1,330 points,
1,100 rebounds; in track, All County, All Conference last three years.
In College, played basketball at Keystone Junior College; starter both years; team captain,
team MVP, Christmas Tournament MVP 1978-1979 season; All Conference Player First
Team Region 19; At East Stroudsburg University, lettered in football.
Coached football and basketball at Pope John in 1985, 1986 and 1987; Coached football,
softball and soccer in Sparta Recreation 1994 to present
~~~
LAURIE GAZDALSKI GENNA
1991 graduate of Pope John High School; 1996 graduate of William Paterson University;
inducted for her accomplishments in swimming; in high school, was seven time County
Champion (out of a possible eight) in four different events; won the Outstanding Swimming
Award at the County Championships in 1991; held five individual PJ team records upon
graduation; was County Record Holder in the 100 meter freestyle; was MSG High School
Athlete of the Week and was named New Jersey Herald Athlete of the Month three times;
was NJ Herald All Area Team and All SCIL all four years; still holds the Pope John team
record in the 100 meter butterfly and 100 meter freestyle
At William Paterson, still holds seven team records; was Metropolitan Conference
Champion and MVP of the Conference Championships for three years (1993, 1994, 1995);
qualified for Division III National Individual Championships in all four years; she was nine
a (9) time All American; NJAIAW Woman of the Year in 1996; inducted into the William
Paterson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001
Coached the Pioneer Aquatic Club at William Paterson College for several years and four
years at Pines Lake in Wayne during which period the team was league champions three
years in a row;
Currently a sixth grade science teacher at Schuyler Colfax Middle School in Wayne, NJ
~~~
ANGELA PATERNOSTRO
1994 graduate of Pope John High School; 1998 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College;
2001 graduate of Rutgers School of Law; inducted for her accomplishments in basketball,
field hockey and softball; in high school., was an eleven letter winner (4 basketball, 4
softball, 3 field hockey); in softball, as a senior catcher, batted .465, threw out 24 base
runners, had 7 triples, 8 doubles, 37 RBI’s, 16 walks and 34 runs scored; she was Team
Captain , MVP, Star Ledger All State and All West Jersey, NJ Herald All Area, All SCIL;
as a junior, was Captain, MVP, All West Jersey, All Area, All SCIL; as a sophomore, won
the Coaches Award and was All Area and All SCIL
In basketball, as a senior, was Captain and led the team in scoring, rebounding and was
second in steals; was PJ MVP, Red Rush Christmas Tournament MVP and All
Tournament Team, All SCIL, All West Jersey and All Area; as a junior, was MVP, All
Area and All SCIL; as a sophomore won Coaches Award and was All SCIL
In field hockey, as a senior, was Captain, MVP, All Area, All SCIL; as a junior won the
Coaches Award, All SCIL
Was an SCIL Academic Athletic Award Winner in all her sports her last three years
In college, was a GTE Academic All American Nominee as junior and senior; a four year
varsity letter winner in basketball, three years in softball; Captain of the softball team as a
junior and senior; holds school softball rankings at third in career triples, fifth in career
RBI’s, fourth in season triples, fourth in season walks and fifth in season home runs; was a
Centennial Conference All League Catcher in 1997 and 1998; had a career .329 batting
average, 43 runs scored, 54 RBI’s, 36 walks and 21 stolen bases; in basketball was captain
as a senior and ranked in the Top 15 in career rebounds at F&M
~~~
DONNA LYNN WEINBRECHT
1983 graduate of West Milford High School; attended Ridgewood School of Art and Design
1984; inducted for her accomplishments in freestyle skiing
She won a gold medal in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France in mogul freestyle
skiing; she began skiing at Hidden Valley Ski Resort in Vernon at age seven and skied there
through high school; she is the most successful skier to ever compete for the United States
Ski Team; in thirteen years of competition, she stood on the podium 96 times to claim a
medal, trophy or award
She has won 46 individual Gold medals in World Cup finishes, 12 Silver and 12 Bronze; she
won a World Championship Gold medal in 1991 and two World Championship Silver
medals in 1989 and 1997; she was World Cup Champion five times; she was the United
States National Champion seven times
In addition to winning the Olympic Gold Medal in 1992, she was 7th in the 1994 Olympics in
Lillehammer, Norway and 4th in the 1998 Olympics held in Nagano, Japan
Some of her awards include:
*Seven time “Freestyle Skier of the Year” by Ski Racing Magazine
*Three time “Ski Athlete of the Year” by the U.S. Olympic Committee
*Appointed to the Board of Directors of the NJ Sports Hall of Fame
*Induction into the United States National Ski Hall of Fame in 2004
~~~
ED WYNNE
Graduated Bergen Catholic High School 1964; attended Seton Hall University 1964-1967;
inducted for his accomplishments as head swimming coach at Pope John XXlll Regional
High School
As Pope John girls and boys head swim coach from 1985 through 2007, he has a career
record of 297-97-2 including 14 SCIL Championships and 10 SCIL Tournament
Championships; he coached his girls team to the Parochial B State Championship in 1995,
the only Sussex County swim team to ever win a state championship; both his boys team
and his girls team currently have 28 dual meet winning streaks in SCIL competition
Twenty eight of his swimmers have won eighty SCIL Festival Championships and fifteen of
them have qualified to swim at the State Championship Swim Meet for Individuals, The
Meet of Champions; his teams have been named Team of the Year eleven times by the New
Jersey Herald
Some of Ed’s personal awards for his coaching success include New Jersey Herald Boys
Coach of the Year in 1990, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and Girls Coach of the Year in 1994 and
2002; he was named Star Ledger and Daily Record Girls Coach of the Year in 1994; he was
named the National Federation Interscholastic Association Sectional Boys Coach of the
Year in 1997
~~~
INDEX by PAGE NUMBERS
1 CELLI, JOE
2 POWERS
3 LENT
4 INGLER
5 BOGLIOLI
6 CASE
7 FOGELSON
8 PHILLIPS, GEORGE
9 SZANYI
10 NAGY
11 DOBBINS
12 JOHNSON, WINTON
13 KOBLER
14 TERRANOVA
15 WASHER
16 SCHWAB
17 BENNETT
18 COOKE
19 BARNHILL
20 MULLIGAN
21 ZSENAI
22 VAUGHN
23 ROE
24 SQUIER
25 HENDERSHOT
26 NOVAK
27 STANKOWICH
28 FEDOR
29 STOWELL
30 SCALZO
31 PURDY
32 LAWRENCE
33 HOSKING
34 SMITH
35 GLYNN, JACK
36 CHAPOT
37 ZAZZI
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38 SCOFIELD
39 MADDEN
40 LOUDENSLAGER
41 BUDD
42 REISS
43 PERONA
44 BATY
45 JENT
46 FULTON
47 DELEA
48 MONCATO
49 BORESCH
50 CORDES
51 FERRARA
52 DALLING
53 WRIGHT
54 ZAMOS
55 GREGORY
56 LORENZO,
57 LANZI
58 CAMPBELL
59 MCCHESNEY
60 PURSELL
61 CELLI, DICK
62 GUNDERMAN,
63 FREY, DON
64 SNOOK
65 DECKER
66 GARDNER
67 PAIVA
68 HOPKINS
69 SPRAGUE, RANDALL
70 TRENZ
71 WOLFSON
72 STEVENS
73 HARPER
74 AYERS, DOLSON
75 CASSELS
76 BENSON
77 BIGG
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78 COURTRIGHT
79 DISQUE
80 MOORE
81 MCKEEBY, RICHARD
82 LACIKA
83 SWANSON
84 BURD
85 AYERS, DOC
86 WASKOWICH, ANDREW
87 GROSSKURTH
88 VAN ATTA
89 HUTCHINSON
90 GLYNN, WILLIAM
91 KOVACH
92 ROSS
93 HULL
94 CALA, ERINE
95 CHIUSANO
96 VIRTUE
97 ZAKRZEWSKI
98 BARNES
99 FELKER
100 PATERNOSTRO
101 ELEKES
102 IRELAND
103 SENCEVICKY
104 TOBIN
105 MCKEEBY, BOB
106 MORRIS
107 CONQUY
108 MITHCHELL
109 SPRAGUE, CARLTON
110 GEFFKEN
111 SPENCER, DIANE
112 KARL
113 SCHULTE
114 GEISSEL
115 PEDERSEN
116 CHRISTIAN, FRANK
117 FRICK, MICHAEL
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118 SISCO
119 BROWN, KELSEY
120 FINCKEN
121 SHELTON
122 HELLER
123 WILLE
124 SPENCER, JAMES
125 PINIAHA
126 WASKOWICH, MICHAEL
127 DOLAN
128 JOHNSON, CARL
129 CRAWN, FREDERICK
130 EDWARDS
131 WOODS
132 SMOLYN
133 DANLEY
134 BROWN, ED
135 FRICK, KATHY
136 PHILLIPS, WILLIAM
137 DUFFY
138 FOXSON
139 ILIFF
140 STEFKOVICH
141 WILSON
142 EARL
143 GUNDERMAN, TOM
144 LORENZO, CANCY
145 LORENZO, TOM
146 MAGGIO
147 CALDARELLA
148 CRAWN, LINN
149 GILL
150 MORELLI
151 PEAT
152 SEVILLE
153 MCGRATH
154 ASH
155 HUGHES
156 JUSKUS
157 LONGCOR
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158 MELILLO
159 PLACE
160 SHERIDAN
161 SPARTA
162 ZUMMO
163 BLACKMAN
164 FRAUENPREIS
165 GENNA
166 PATERNOSTRO
167 WEINBRECHT
168 WYNNE
169-178 INDEX
Inductee by Last Name and Page Number
ASH 154
AYERS, DOC 85
AYERS, DOLSON 74
BARNES 98
BARNHILL 19
BATY 44
BENNETT 17
BENSON 76
BIGG 77
BLACKMAN 163
BOGLIOLI 5
BORESCH 49
BROWN, ED 134
BROWN, KELSEY 119
BUDD 41
BURD 84
CALA, ERINE 94
CALDARELLA 147
CAMPBELL 58
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CASE 6
CASSELS 75
CELLI, DICK 61
CELLI, JOE 1
CHAPOT 36
CHIUSANO 95
CHRISTIAN, FRANK 116
CONQUY 107
COOKE 18
CORDES 50
COURTRIGHT 78
CRAWN, FREDERICK 129
CRAWN, LINN 148
DALLING 52
DANLEY 133
DECKER 65
DELEA 47
DISQUE 79
DOBBINS 11
DOLAN 127
DUFFY 137
EARL 142
EDWARDS 130
ELEKES 101
FEDOR 28
FELKER 99
FERRARA 51
FINCKEN 120
FOGELSON 7
FOXSON 138
FRAUENPREIS 164
FREY, DON 63
FRICK, KATHY 135
FRICK, MICHAEL 117
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FULTON 46
GARDNER 66
GEFFKEN 110
GEISSEL 114
GENNA 165
GILL 149
GLYNN, JACK 35
GLYNN, WILLIAM 90
GREGORY 55
GROSSKURTH 87
GUNDERMAN, BOB 62
GUNDERMAN, TOM 143
HARPER 73
HELLER 122
HENDERSHOT 25
HOPKINS 68
HOSKING 33
HUGHES 155
HULL 93
HUTCHINSON 89
ILIFF 139
INGLER 4
IRELAND 102
JENT 45
JOHNSON, CARL 128
JOHNSON, WINTON 12
JUSKUS 156
KARL 112
KOBLER 13
KOVACH 91
LACIKA 82
LANZI 57
LAWRENCE 32
LENT 3
LONGCOR 157
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LORENZO, CANCY 144
LORENZO, RICHARD 56
LORENZO, TOM 145
LOUDENSLAGER 40
MADDEN 39
MAGGIO 146
MCCHESNEY 59
MCGRATH 153
MCKEEBY, BOB 105
MCKEEBY, RICHARD 81
MELILLO 158
MITHCHELL 108
MONCATO 48
MOORE 80
MORELLI 150
MORRIS 106
MULLIGAN 20
NAGY 10
NOVAK 26
PAIVA 67
PATERNOSTRO, ANGELA 166
PATERNOSTRO, VICTOR 100
PEAT 151
PEDERSEN 115
PERONA 43
PHILLIPS, GEORGE 8
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM 136
PINIAHA 125
PLACE 159
POWERS 2
PURDY 31
PURSELL 60
REISS 42
ROE 23
ROSS 92
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SCALZO 30
SCHULTE 113
SCHWAB 16
SCOFIELD 38
SENCEVICKY 103
SEVILLE 152
SHELTON 121
SHERIDAN 160
SISCO 118
SMITH 34
SMOLYN 132
SNOOK 64
SPARTA 161
SPENCER, DIANE 111
SPENCER, JAMES 124
SPRAGUE, CARLTON 109
SPRAGUE, RANDALL 69
SQUIER 24
STANKOWICH 27
STEFKOVICH 140
STEVENS 72
STOWELL 29
SWANSON 83
SZANYI 9
TERRANOVA 14
TOBIN 104
TRENZ 70
VAN ATTA 88
VAUGHN 22
VIRTUE 96
WASHER 15
WASKOWICH, ANDREW 86
WASKOWICH, MICHAEL 126
WILLE 123
WILSON 141
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WOLFSON 71
WOODS
WRIGHT
WWENBRECHT
WYNNE
ZAKRZEWSKI
ZAMOS 54
ZAZZI
ZSENAI
ZUMMO
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