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  Albans made his mark in track & field in 1941. Albans was the Union County Champ in the 100yd dash(9.9sec) and the State Champ in the 220yd dash(22.7sec). Albans placed 2nd in the state championships in the 100 and 2nd at the Penn Relays, while running anchor on the Mile Relay Team.

The 1941 CHS graduate then went on to become a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army retiring in 1964. While in the Army, Albans continued to run. In Great Britain, Albans was the 100yd dash, the 220yd dash, and the broad jump Champion.

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  A three sport athlete at CHS, Avery was an All-State Back in Football, co-captain of the basketball team, and State Champion in the Low Hurdles before graduating in 1941.

Avery played football for the Cranford Clippers who won the Union County Championship setting a 76% passing completion record. Avery went on to graduate from Columbia with both a Bachelors and Masters degree.

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  Delano developed an interest in sports journalism as sports editor of CHS's newspaper; Spotlight. He became a sports writer-columnist for the New York Post, an author of sports books and magazine stories as well as a TV-Radio sports commentator. Delano was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991 to recognize his efforts to the game of Hockey.

A graduate of CHS in 1952, Delano played on the first soccer team in 1949, earning 3 Varsity awards as goaltender, going on to play at Washington College in Maryland.

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  Duff graduated from CHS in 1941 after starring for the basketball and baseball teams. Duff was an All County and All State Basketball and Baseball athlete while at CHS. Moving on to West Virginia University, Duff led the nation in free throws, was a member of four NIT basketball teams, and played baseball in two NCAA Regionals.

Duff was the U.S. Naval Academy's head baseball coach from 1960-92 with a coaching record of 595 wins and 300 loses. He led his team to 7 league championships, 8 NCAA tournaments.

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