Englewood Makes History

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  • John Aprea is an American actor. Aprea is a second-generation Italian immigrant. He is known for his role as Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather: Part II (1972). He also had roles in Falcon Crest, Full House, Matt Houston, and The Sopranos. He was born in Englewood and attended…
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  • Paul Fader was the mayor of Englewood from 1998 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005 Feder was a member of the board of directors of New Jersey Transit Corporation, the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation, the Capital City Redevelopment Authority, the North Jersey Transportation…
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  • John Jay Phelps was a businessman and founder of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. He married Rachel Badgeley Phinney on July 4, 1835. He had three children, Ellen Ada Phelps Dodge, William Walter Phelps, and Francis Alexander Phelps. He was the father of…
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  • Eleanor Harvey was an Englewood resident and a founder of the Englewood Historical Society. She was a teacher for 43 years and taught social studies at Diwght Morrow High School. Some of her projects included the placement of the cast-iron clock in front of City Hall, the…
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  • Vincente K. Tibbs was a social worker, Englewood Movement leader, and City Council president from the 4th ward. He a Democrat and was elected in 1960. He worked to help race relations between white and black residents. Tibbs lived in Harlem and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High…
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  • Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was one of the most consequential figures in American sports history. Widely celebrated as the architect of the Green Bay Packers dynasty and memorialized through the NFL’s championship trophy, Lombardi was also a…
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  • Hatcher Irwin Norris was the first African American teacher hired in Englewood Schools. He taught industrial arts. He was recruited for World War II and served as a First Lieutenant, He was killed in action.
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  • Carl Winfree is the father of American Football Player Juwann Winfree and co-founder of the Team Winfree Foundation.
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  • Shelia Elaine Frazier is an American actress, model, and producer. Her first film was Super Fly in 1972. She played Georgia, the girlfried of Youngblood Priest. She grew up in Manhattan until age ten. She moved to Englewood with her mother and attended Dwight Morrow High…
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  • Willie Howard Mays Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He began in the Negro American League with the Black Barons. He began playing in the Major Baseball League with the Giants in 1950. He was extremely decorated and is regarded as one of the best baseball…
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