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  • Honoring Athletes, Coaches and Benefactors whose outstanding performance has earned them the right to be enshrined in the
    Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame

     1982 Inductees

     Joseph “Pep” Celli - GEORGE A. DANLEY - JAMES ELEKES

    CANCY FRED LORENZO - THOMAS A. LORENZO - LEO LOUDENSLAGER

    George L. Phillips - James Daniel Washer   

    Joseph “Pep” Celli - 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

    GEORGE A. DANLEY 

    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 SEMI-PRO 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

    JAMES ELEKES 

    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.

    CANCY FRED LORENZO 

    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 

    Graduated Newton High School in 1934, earning letters in Wrestling in 1931-1932-1933 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.

    LEO LOUDENSLAGER 

    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.

    George L. Phillips - 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.

    James Daniel Washer 

    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.

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