East Rutherford High School

East Rutherford High School was a public high school that operated as part of the East Rutherford School District in East Rutherford, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, until it was partially destroyed in an October 1966 fire.[1] The school was succeeded by Henry P. Becton Regional High School, which opened in 1971 to serve students from both East Rutherford and Carlstadt, New Jersey.

Athletics

The boys cross country running team won the Group B state championship in 1929 and 1930.[2]

In 1933, the girls' basketball team won its 100th consecutive game, continuing a streak that started with the final game of the 1927 season.[3]

The boys' basketball team, coached by Dick Vitale, won the Group I state championship in 1970 (defeating Burlington Township High School in the tournament final) and 1971 (vs. Gloucester City High School).[4] Les Cason set a tournament record with 45 points to lead the 1970 team to a 67-66 win against Burlington Township in the Group I championship game at a game played in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Cason broke the record of 40 points that had been held by Brian Taylor of Perth Amboy High School.[5]

Notable alumni

Carol Arthur (1935–2020), actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks.[6]
Ernest Cuneo (1905–1988), lawyer, newspaperman, author and intelligence liaison, who played two seasons in the NFL for the Orange Tornadoes and the Brooklyn Dodgers.[7]
Henry Helstoski (1925–1999, class of 1940), politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for 12 years, from 1965 until 1977.[8]
Robert P. Hollenbeck (born 1931), politician who served six terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 36th Legislative District.[9]
C. Gus Rys (c. 1912–1980), politician who was mayor of Fair Lawn and served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly.[10]
Walt Szot (1920–1981), American football tackle who played five seasons in the National Football League with the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers.[11][12]
Dick Vitale (born 1939), basketball coach and sportscaster who coached the East Rutherford basketball team to two state titles.[13]

References

Staff. "Fire Destroys Jersey School", The New York Times, October 9, 1966. Accessed January 9, 2018. "A fire destroyed East Rutherford High School tonight."
NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
Staff. "East Rutherford Girl Sextet Scores 100th Victory in Row", The New York Times, February 16, 1933. Accessed January 9, 2018. "Bent on equaling the record of the Passaic 'wonder' basketball team of a few years ago – which won 159 consecutive games – the girls' court team of East Rutherford High School today defeated West New York, 24 to 13, for its 100th straight contest. The East Rutherford girls began their bid for fame in the last game of 1927."
Past State Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 9, 2018.
Cason's 45 Snaps Tourney Record", The Record, March 22, 1970. Accessed November 26, 1970, via Newspapers.com.
"Keeping In Touch", Commercial Leader and South-Bergen Review], December 12, 1984. Accessed November 3, 2020. "Carol DeLuise, the former Carol Arata of East Rutherford, remembers her area friends with a Christmas card that shows her growing sons, Michael, left, David and Peter, right — and their dog Midnight.... Carol was Miss Everything at East Rutherford High School where she wrote and starred in the musicals, edited the yearbook and the school newspaper and finished off with academic honors."
Ernest Cuneo Papers, 1926–1988, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Accessed March 14, 2018. "Cuneo was born in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1906. His first newspaper experience was as editor of the school newspaper at East Rutherford High School and a stringer for the Passaic Daily News."
Phalon, Richard. "Two Ex-Classmates in Heated Ninth District Race", The New York Times, October 28, 1974. Accessed January 9, 2018. "As fellow graduates, of the old East Rutherford High School, Class of 1940, Representative Henry Helstoski, a Democrat, and Harold A. Pareti, his Republican opponent in the Ninth Congressional District, have a certain wry respect for each other's talents."
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1985, p. 279. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1985. Accessed July 17, 2019. "Assemblyman Hollenbeck was born in Carlstadt Nov. 5, 1931. After graduating from East Rutherford High School he attended Albright College in Reading, Pa., and technical trade schools."
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 197, p. 255. E.J. Accessed April 3, 2019. "Mr. Rys was born June 24, 1913, in Passaic. He was educated in the Passaic parochial schools, and graduated from East Rutherford High School."
"Walt Szot With Grid Cards", The Herald-News, October 7, 1946. Accessed October 16, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Walt Szot, former East Rutherford High and Bucknell football tackle, has signed with the Chicago Cardinals."
Walt Szot, Pro Football Archives. Accessed October 16, 2020. "High School: East Rutherford (NJ)"
Moran, Malcolm. "Dick Vitale: Frustrated But Still", The New York Times, February 1, 1979. Accessed January 9, 2018. "He won two New Jersey state championships at East Rutherford High School, and had a career record of 131‐47."

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[1] Staff. "Fire Destroys Jersey School", The New York Times, October 9, 1966. Accessed January 9, 2018. "A fire destroyed East Rutherford High School tonight."

[2] NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.

[3] Staff. "East Rutherford Girl Sextet Scores 100th Victory in Row", The New York Times, February 16, 1933. Accessed January 9, 2018. "Bent on equaling the record of the Passaic 'wonder' basketball team of a few years ago – which won 159 consecutive games – the girls' court team of East Rutherford High School today defeated West New York, 24 to 13, for its 100th straight contest. The East Rutherford girls began their bid for fame in the last game of 1927."

[4] Past State Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 9, 2018.

[5] Cason's 45 Snaps Tourney Record", The Record, March 22, 1970. Accessed November 26, 1970, via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Keeping In Touch", Commercial Leader and South-Bergen Review], December 12, 1984. Accessed November 3, 2020. "Carol DeLuise, the former Carol Arata of East Rutherford, remembers her area friends with a Christmas card that shows her growing sons, Michael, left, David and Peter, right — and their dog Midnight.... Carol was Miss Everything at East Rutherford High School where she wrote and starred in the musicals, edited the yearbook and the school newspaper and finished off with academic honors."

[7] Ernest Cuneo Papers, 1926–1988, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Accessed March 14, 2018. "Cuneo was born in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1906. His first newspaper experience was as editor of the school newspaper at East Rutherford High School and a stringer for the Passaic Daily News."

[8] Phalon, Richard. "Two Ex-Classmates in Heated Ninth District Race", The New York Times, October 28, 1974. Accessed January 9, 2018. "As fellow graduates, of the old East Rutherford High School, Class of 1940, Representative Henry Helstoski, a Democrat, and Harold A. Pareti, his Republican opponent in the Ninth Congressional District, have a certain wry respect for each other's talents."

[9] Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1985, p. 279. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1985. Accessed July 17, 2019. "Assemblyman Hollenbeck was born in Carlstadt Nov. 5, 1931. After graduating from East Rutherford High School he attended Albright College in Reading, Pa., and technical trade schools."

[10] Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 197, p. 255. E.J. Accessed April 3, 2019. "Mr. Rys was born June 24, 1913, in Passaic. He was educated in the Passaic parochial schools, and graduated from East Rutherford High School."

[11] "Walt Szot With Grid Cards", The Herald-News, October 7, 1946. Accessed October 16, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Walt Szot, former East Rutherford High and Bucknell football tackle, has signed with the Chicago Cardinals."

[12] Walt Szot, Pro Football Archives. Accessed October 16, 2020. "High School: East Rutherford (NJ)"

[13] Moran, Malcolm. "Dick Vitale: Frustrated But Still", The New York Times, February 1, 1979. Accessed January 9, 2018. "He won two New Jersey state championships at East Rutherford High School, and had a career record of 131‐47."