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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

     2005  Inductee

    MICHAEL CALDARELLA

     

    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

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