Press release from Dennis Sevano:
December 29, 2020
There is no doubt that the first family in Hoboken Sports history would be the Lisas. To have some fun allaying the virus dread and fatigue of 2020, let’s see if we can answer 25 Hoboken Sports Trivia questions with more to come.
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What former Hoboken head coach was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star in Viet- Nam?
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What Red Wing football star lineman won a full academic scholarship to Stevens and graduated with honors?
What Red Wing football player was named New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year in the
‘90’s?
Who is the only Red Wing to have played in a major league baseball World Series and All Star Game?
What Group 4 first team all -state lineman was recruited by Columbia University in the late ‘60’s under Vince Ascolese?
What Demarest High School pitcher made the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine while pitching back to back no hitters at FDU?
What Hoboken High School star player professional basketball in the former ABA?
What Demarest High School running back in the ‘50’s was named to the All American High School Football Magazine?
Maureen Wendelken was the ground breaker in women’s college basketball in the ‘70’s. What was the name of the college she coached?
What Hoboken native pitched for the New York Yankees and also was a professional NBA referee?
What professional baseball team signed Charles Hennessy and David Little to a minor league contract?
What two Hoboken players made all the varsity sports teams with All County Honors as well in 1965?
Who was the only player, assistant and head coach to win a Hudson County baseball championship?
Who graduated number one in his academic class at Demarest and made All State in two sports as well?
What lefty basketball player at Hoboken High School scored fifty points in an away game?
Who held the college national consecutive foul shooting record for many years?
Can you name the three baseball coaches who took a Hoboken team to play in the Soviet Union in 1988?
Who was Buddy Matthews’ assistant coach in baseball when winning numerous county and state titles?
Hoboken native Mike Granelli and Jim Jacobson went on to coach what sport at St. Peter’s University?
Can you name the three brothers from the Fourth Ward who made All County honors in the ‘60’s?
What two female athletes made Hoboken High school track and field team a success under Jerry Smith?
What husband and wife team at Hoboken High School were a vital part of the success in swimming and track and field?
What was the final record of the Hoboken High School Red Wing County baseball championship team in 1967?
Other than successful coaches what did Frank Chiocco and Peter Vecchio have in common?
Who was the outstanding basketball referee from the Mile Square City and listed in many papers as one of the best basketball coaches from New Jersey?
Visiting and reclaiming glimpses of the impactful coaches and players who came before Vecchio, Chiocco, Totaro, Asolese, Granelli, and Smith, and reaching back even further to Walsh, Kane and Marino, let us fast forward to 1988 through 2003.
Through those years only two coaches acquired more titles and awards than Buddy Matthews and Ed Stinson whose accomplishments would be hard to match in Hudson County no less in New Jersey.
Hoboken Sports and other Trivia bits and pieces will continue highlighting the mentors from years past, but in the meantime-Happy Holidays!
Dedication
To the late Battalion Chief and Red Wing football star Michael Taglieri and the passing of athletic director James Ronga.
This press release was produced by Dennis Sevano. The views expressed here are the author's own
