Dear Editor:
On April 13, 2002 a Testimonial Dinner was held honoring Coach Edward Stinson, Head Coach of the Hoboken Red Wings football team for 25 years of coaching. The Testimonial Committee would like to extend a warm thank you to the following people: Mayor David Roberts; Senator Bernard Kenny; former Mayors Anthony Russo and Patrick Pasculli; Freeholder Maurice Fitzgibbons and Richard DelBoccio, Councilman.
Superintendent of Schools Patrick Gagliardi; Hoboken High School Principal Gerard Kiely; former Assistant Superintendent of Schools Francis E. McGorty; Board of Education members, Michele Russo and James Farina.
Assistant Superintendent of Paterson Schools, Dennis Servano; Dr. John Muciaccia, formerly of Palisades Park High School; Superintendent of Little Ferry, Dr. Mark Hayes and Michael Venutolo, Director of Physical Education and Athletics for the City of Jersey City.
The Athletic Departments of North Bergen and Emerson High School.
Coach Spurrier, Washington Redskins; Coach Davis, Cleveland Browns, Coach Perterno, Penn. State; Coach Pasqueloni, Syracuse; Coach Shannon, University of Miami; Coach Williams, Michigan State; Coach Schiano, Rutgers University and Coach Warren Wolf, Brick Town High School.
Former players and their parents.
Last and by no means last, the family members and friends from the 60s to the present who came to pay tribute to the coach, the man and the educator. Your presence added in honoring a landmark in Coach Stinson’s outstanding career and in making the evening a successful and memorable event.
Thank you,
The Testimonial Committee