
Honoring Athletes, Coaches and
Benefactors whose outstanding performance has earned them the right to be enshrined in the Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame!
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The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame
2006 Inductee
JOHN PLACE

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 |