East Rutherford High School - Tea Leaf Yearbook (East Rutherford, NJ)

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. 7 Huck Row. left to right: Mr. L. Fittipaldi, coach. J. Jiovenetta, F. La Greca, Shepherd, F. Pietrzak, S. Mazella, W. Milano, C. Yakimowicz, C. Simmons, G. if if , if iff' 0' 1 uf , dwg! ,yrs nl fgyxglal are . , i l Henry Mr. K. Sinofsky. roach. Seronrl Row. left to right: R. Hamas. J. Pollak, C. De Vasto, W. Obolsky, J. Mc- Mlhon R. Liva, L. Catuzzi, J. Smalz, Mr. W. Eigenraueh, coach. Iwrsl Row. left to right: J. Murray, R. Mensing, VV. Lesko, C. Knichel, V. Valente, A Stoplnsky, W. Nieglos. 3 i . - sh ll. Henry S. Mazella J. McMahon 'fDon't fall now! l f' il I I eras! lan lt's a steady, average, hardworking team l'll field against, Passaic High Saturday afternoon at liiggin Field. There is no element of greatness on our squad hut we will play every one up to the hilt, said our amiahle coach Lou Fittipaldi hefore the opening of the 1952 foothall season. And that's the way it happened. The Wild- eats put on a terrific foothall show in every game and finished the season with an impressive four win, one tie, and three loss record. lslast Rutherford, appearing not to have anything resemhling their l951 edition, fielded a suprisingly strong team. Handling the bar-kfif-ld chores for the Wlildcats were Bill Shepherd, Bill Oholsky, Anthony Stopinsky. Carl Simmons, ,Ioe Smalz, Charles DeVasto and the amazing Walt Nieglos. Nieglos was a tremendous factor in the East Rutherford ground game as his ehurning legs gained over 1.000 yards dur- ing the season. His hard play earned him a herth on the Passaic Valley Conference All-Star foothall team. The squad's defensive strength was nothing to sneer at either. The forward wall saw Chet Yak and Bill Milano at the end spotsg Frank Pietrzak, George Henry, Boh Hamas and Bill Lesko at tackleg ,lohn McMahon, Vie Valente, and John Pollak at guard, and over the hall was Sam Ma- zella. In the opening game against Passaic, the underdog Wildcat team turned in a spark- ling upset at Riggin Field. Behind the running of Nieglos and the passing of Shep- herd the Wildcat gridders took a com-

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W XK Y fi lfuvk Row, left to right: Mr. I.. Smith. 1'0ilt'II, J. ZRIIIFAI, R. Harris, A. Torre, R. Hiller, R. Y Davis. II. Huduk. Ii. IIIISBIIII, A. I1NIlll'Il. Firsl Row. Ivft to right: ll. Horiamopoulos, R. Mungonc. YV. Hryrzlk. S. Perri. R. Holmp- fa-I. R. Ifrvy. R. Itlll'llS, G. llroun. G. Matln 'I'In- Wihlvuts sl1l'l'vrccI their first st-thurk ol' tho 1-urrvnt season us! they wore' vmlgml hy Clifton in u thriller, I3-6. A tom-Iulown hy Balwvllolia in tht- lust quurtvr provillml thc' slim inurgin of tlcfoat. I'izxst IiliIIll'I'l'0l'lI also howvll to I,iIIt'l'SOIl Q 1 Ill' Itast IillIIH'l'li0l'1I I9 Passaic' , I2 Itusxt Ilutln-rlortl 26 Contrnl 6 Nast Ilutlwrlornl , , 0 Fair Lawn ,. 0 Iuust RllIIN'l'l-UNI , , I9 Curlivhl ..,.. 0 Eustsitlo in il frvu svoring flilllll' ut the win- nors' tif-ld. 'l'lm VVihIruts. off hulanvv from thc loss tho work Iwlorv. lost 39-2-I. Thvy hounceil right hawk, Iiowvvor. to whip thu Loili Hunts hut lost to Lyndhurst in thc umluul Turkey Uuy gunna .LUIIID Fast Rutlmrfortl ,, 6 Clifton I3 East Huthf'rforsI , . 24 Iiustsislv 39 East Iiuthcrforcl , 2l I,o4Ii . . , 0 East Hutlicrford ,.....,, 20 I,yn1Ihurst . 32 The uthlotes are fetcil I I -mf -my w w-W-wf wb- ,