CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
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CAMDEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Camden Catholic High School
Broadway & Federal Street

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Camden Catholic High School, located in Camden NJ between Broadway and North 7th Street at Federal Streets, fielded a football team prior to World War II. The Fighting Irish returned to the gridiron in 1946, and after mixed results in the team's first year, became a powerhouse in New Jersey high school football.

Camden Catholic High School was badly damaged in a fire on April 17, 1960. Instead of rebuilding in Camden, a new Camden Catholic High School was built outside the city at Route 38 and Cuthbert Road. 

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Mooseheart High School vs. Camden Catholic High School
September 23, 1950
sponsored by Camden Lodge No. 111, Loyal Order of Moose
Game Committee: Dr. Ethan A. Lang, Chairman
Harry Rasmussen, William Palese, Joseph Simpson, Charles Schwarz, Louis Feinstein

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 OUR THANKS

. to the Collingswood Board of Education for making this magnificentstadium available to us. 
 … for the support of the advertisers and the lodges whoseadvertisements and greetings appear in these pages.
 .. for the support of the many Moose lodges who purchased ticketsfor to day's memorable classic.
 … to the president of the Collingswood Board of Education, Mr. F.Lester Tompkins, for agreeing to officially start today's game.
 … to J. Jack Stoehr, regional director of the Moose, for hisunstinted support since the inception of the idea for the game.
 … to the Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club and the CamdenCatholic Fathers Club for the reception tendered the two squads.
 … to Merle Clark, State Director of the Moose, for his untiringefforts in behalf of today's game.
 … to the management of the Savar Theatre for entertaining bothsquads in their fine theatre.
 …to Philadelphia Lodge No. 54 fortaking our Mooseheart guests on a tour of historic Philadelphia.
 ..to the press, radio and television for the use of their mediums topublicize this intersectional game.

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Camden Catholic Football - 1950

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Camden Catholic High School Football - 1950 Season

Gettysburg Times - October 18, 1950

Benjamin ‘Sonny’ Morrell,  captain of the CCHS football team
died of a broken neck suffered during a game with Bridgeton High School



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Camden Catholic High School Football - 1951 Season

My father, Bill Seitzinger Sr., is #22 in the 1950 CCH football team photo. 1950 was my father's sophomore year at CCH. The attached photos and articles are from my dad's scrapbook. It was made for him by his sister during his senior year. Dad went to University Georgia on a football scholarship after that season.

Bill Seitzinger Jr.
July 7, 2006

 
Camden Catholic High School   33
Seton Hall Prep                               6

October 7, 1951

Camden Catholic High    13

Seton Hall Prep                 6

 
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September 30, 1951

Camden Catholic High 47

St. Joseph's Prep           6

 

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Camden Catholic High School   32
Woodrow Wilson High School      6

November 1951

Camden Catholic High School   32

Woodrow Wilson High School      6


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Woodrow Wilson High School     6
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Woodrow Wilson High School     6
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Woodrow Wilson High School     6

 

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Camden Catholic High School   33
Woodrow Wilson High School      0

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Camden Catholic High School   40
LaSalle Prep                                    6

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Camden Catholic High School Football - 1953 

Coach Dr. Ethan Lange  with the freshman squad outside
Camden Catholic High School at Broadway and Federal Street.

Photo courtesy of Jim Lynch

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Camden Catholic High School Football - 1956 

Coach Hank Deighan and the Camden Catholic High School football team at the
Pyne Point Park practice field.  The home games were played at Farnham Park.
The WCAM 1310-AM radio tower is visible in the backgroaund.

Photo courtesy of Jim Lynch

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Camden Catholic
High School Football - 1961 

Coach Hank Deighan and the Camden Catholic High School football team went undeafeated in 1961, outscoring the opposition 220-19 on theor way to becoming State Champions.

Photo courtesy of Bob Straiges

Camden Catholic High School Football - 1961
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Camden Catholic High School Football - 1961
The entire 1961 team is being inducted into the Camden Catholic High School Alumni Hall of Fame on April 28, 2012
Red Names had already been inducted into the Hall of Fame

Jersey #

Player

Position

Graduating Class

 

 

2

Jim Higgin

RB

62

 

3

Craig Hamilton

HB

63

 

4

Ed Pyne

QB

62

 

5

Mike Madden

QB

63

 

6

George Willis

QB

63

DECEASED

7

Nick Trivinia

RB

62

 

8

Andy Mancini

K

63

 

9

Joe Falco

RB

62

 

10

Bob Murtha

RB

62

 

11

Dave Tooley

RB

63

 

12

Jim Bigley

RB

63

 

13

Carl Ginesi

Tackle

62

 

14

Bob Straiges

Guard

63

 

15

Tom Clifford

Tackle

62

 

16

Sam Bastianeli

 

63

 

17

Jim Miller

Guard

62

 

18

Russ David

Tackle

63

 

19

Jim Henion

Tackle

63

 

20

Rich Duckworth

End

62

 

21

Al Mills

Center

63

DECEASED

 

22

Mike La France

End

62

DECEASED

 

23

Ken Nelson

End

62

 

24

 

        
25 Jim McGrath  

63

 

26

Jim Bach

End

63

 

27

Bill Young

Center

63

 

28

Mario Canpana

RB

63

 

30

Fran O'Brien

End

62

DECEASED

31

Bill Weatherby

End

63

 

32

Bill Schultz

Tackle

63

DECEASED

33

Brian Beckett

End

63

 

34

Jerry Flannigan

End

63

 

35

Joe Carmen

Tackle

63

 
 

Ron O'Brien

 

62

   
 

Jack Corbett

 

63

   
 

Ron Nickerson

 

63

DECEASED

 

 

Dominick Spadea

 

63

   

 

Ray Clark

 

63

   

 

Frank Tucci

End

64

   

 

Pat Carr

End

64

   

 

Bob Mattia

Center

     

 

Ralph Beatty

 

64

   

 

Tom Schooley

 

63

   

Camden Catholic High School Football - 1961
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Photo courtesy of Bob Straiges

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Last November ’07 I attended my CCHS class 50th reunion. This is a picture of teammates taken before the CCHS-Bordentown football game that weekend on Dale Avenue, just off the Cooper River Parkway in Cherry Hill .

Left to right – Tony Fugaro who went on to LaSalle and is an anesthesiologist in Philly.  In back with dark glasses is Fred Erhardt.  Fred won the Brooks-Irvine award for the 1956 season and was induced into the South Jersey football Hall of Fame a couple years ago.  Bending over is Willie Morrell who has owned one of the largest plumbing businesses in the Camden area for years.  His older brother was Benjamin ‘Sonny’ Morrell, captain of the CCHS football team who died of a broken neck suffered during a game in 1950. I am in the middle.  I attended West Point and played on the Army team that finished the 1958 season third in thenation.  

 On the right is Ed Scholes who is retired from business and does volunteer work with special children. Other teammates were Elmer Galbraith who went on to play at Annapolis, and Bill Grossman (deceased) who went on to be captain of the Delaware football team , and Dan Powers, anchor of our offensive line, who still lives in Pennsauken.

Jim Lynch
January, 2008  

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