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Wall of Fame
Cranford High School
Sports Hall of Fame
Est. 1996
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Thomas Albans III
Albans, a 1965 graduate of CHS, holds the Cranford High School record for the 880 yard run (1:56.2). "The greatest race I ever won was winning the 880 yard New Jersey State Championship in 1965." He placed 4th in the NJ Group IV state championship in the indoor 500 yard run and the outdoor 440 yard run. In 1965, Albans was the Watchung Conference champion in the 880 yard run. He was voted the runner up for the High School Athlete at the Penn Relays. In 1965, Albans signed a full athletic scholarship to St. John's University where he was ranked #2 in the country as a freshmen and won 6 Metropolitan Conference championships.
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Robert Amitrani
Amitrani, a 1976 CHS graduate, was the Union County champion for the mile run in 1975. Also in 1975, Amitrani won the NJ state Group IV championship for the two mile run. In the meet of champions, Amitrani placed 2nd in the 2 mile run. In 1976 Amitrani set two Union County records in the mile and two mile races. He won the 2 mile race in the meet of champions in 1976 and was named 1st team All-State in Cross Country and Outdoor Track. Amitrani was named to the "Star Ledger All Century Team" for Cross Country.
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John Fedorchak
Fedorchak graduated CHS in 1974. During that time he was a 3 letter winner and was named all Watchung Conference (1973) and All Union County (1973) for football. As a wrestler, Fedorchak was 18-0 in the 73-74 season, winning the Regionals and placing second in the Districts. In 1974, Fedorchak won the individual championship for the Watchung Conference in shot-put and discus. Fedorchak signed a full athletic scholarship to Rutgers University where the team had an 18 game win streak and went undefeated in 1976. In 1980, Fedorchak signed a contract with the New York Jets. Fedorchak was a varsity football, track, and 9th grade wrestling coach at CHS as well as a gym teacher from 1978-1980.
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Donald Kern
Kern graduated from CHS in 1952. During this time, Kern was named to the 4 county All-Star team. As a baseball player, Kern was named All Union County and All State. He pitched 17 of 18 games for the Cougars posting a 13-4 record and setting two records (400 strikeouts and 218 innings pitched). He also posted a .63 ERA. In college at Ithaca, Kern pitched the first no hitter in Ithaca history throwing 19 strikeouts which today is still an Ithaca record. Kern signed a contract with the Philadelphia Phillies and played for their single A team, making the All-Star team. Kern also played for their AAA team and retired from baseball after the 1959 season.
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