Closter

School closed after the 1954-1955 School year.

General Information
1950′s Scores And Honors

General Information

Closter High School was not the same high school as Northern Valley in Demarest. The sending district was Closter and Northvale. The school was open for many years, but didn’t have football until 1946.

Nickname:
Shamrocks

League:
BCSL 1946-1954

Coaches:
Len Mott, 1949-1954

Sectional Titles:
None

League Titles:
None

Undefeated Seasons:
None

Record by Decade:

1950’s – 12-29-3

Points Scored/Season:

1951 – 100/9

Points Scored/Game:

1951 – 11.11

Margin of Victory:

None

Points Allowed/Season:

1953 – 97/9
1952 – 100/8

Points Allowed/Game:

1953 – 10.78
1952 – 12.5

Shutouts/Season:

2: 1952, 1953

CLOSTER YEARLY RECORDS

Bold face and two asterisks indicate state champions, while just one asterisk indicates playoff appearance.

Year Record
1950 – 1-8-0
1951 – 2-6-1
1952 – 3-3-2
1953 – 4-5-0
1954 – 2-7-0

Thanksgiving Games:

1950-1954, No games

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1950′s Scores And Honors

1950 (1-8, 43pf, 226pa)
at Nyack, NY \ L \ 0-40
at Wood-Ridge \ L \ 6-19
Bergenfield \ L \ 0-48
Park Ridge \ L \ 6-20
at Dumont \ L \ 0-21
Fort Lee \ W \ 18-12
Westwood \ L \ 6-25
at Has. Heights \ L \ 7-14
at North Arlington \ L \ 0-27

1950 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Gil Thompson \ HB \
1950 \ Honorable BCSL \ Dick Craddock \ T
1950 \ Honorable BCSL \ David Pratt \ G \

1951 (2-6-1, 100pf, 148pa)
Nyack, NY \ L \ 6-12
Wood-Ridge \ T \ 12-12
at Bergenfield \ L \ 6-41
at Park Ridge \ W \ 46-0
Dumont \ L \ 0-19
at Fort Lee \ L \ 0-20
at Westwood \ W \ 30-7
Has. Heights \ L \ 0-24
North Arlington \ L \ 0-13

1951 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Rich Cogan \ G \
1951 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Rod Guthrie \ HB \
1951 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Bob Perusini \ T \
1951 \ Honorable BCSL \ John Voter \ B \

1952 (3-3-2, 83pf, 100pa)
LaSalle Mil. Acad, NY \ W \ 6-0
Bergenfield \ T \ 6-6
Park Ridge \ W \ 19-0
at Dumont \ T \ 7-7
Fort Lee \ L \ 6-20
Westwood \ W \ 27-13
at Has. Heights \ L \ 12-27
at Wood-Ridge \ L \ 0-27
at Bayley-Ellard \ Cancelled

1952 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Dave Pratt \ G \
1952 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ George Vollmer \ C \
1952 \ Honorable BCSL \ Bob Fenton \ E \
1952 \ Honorable BCSL \ Rocco Giovinazzo \ B \
1952 \ Honorable BCSL \ Rod Guthrie \ B \
1952 \ Honorable BCSL \ Dick Kober \ T \

1953 (4-5, 68pf, 97pa)
Seton Hall, NY \ W \ 13-6
at Bergenfield \ L \ 0-26
at Park Ridge \ L \ 6-12
Dumont \ L \ 0-14
at Fort Lee \ W\ 19-13
at Westwood \ L \ 0-6
Has. Heights \ L \ 6-20
Wood-Ridge \ W \ 6-0
Bayley-Ellard \ W \ 18-0

1953 \ 1st Team BCSL \ Frank Giovinazzo \ C \
1953 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ John Cogan \ QB \
1953 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Rob Kober \ T \
1953 \ 2nd Team BCSL \ Ernie Scalabrin \ G \
1953 \ Honorable BCSL \ Eugene Iafrate \ B \
1953 \ Honorable BCSL \ Harry Wirth \ E \

1954 (2-7, 40pf, 192pa)
Wallington \ W \ 7-6
Park Ridge \ L \ 0-20
Dumont \ L \ 0-33
Fort Lee \ L \ 13-14
Westwood \ L \ 7-25
at Has. Heights \ L \ 0-47
at Wood-Ridge \ L \ 0-20
Bergenfield \ L \ 7-27
at Bayley-Ellard \ W \ 6-0

1954 \ Honorable BCSL \ Bob Fritsch \ B \
1954 \ Honorable BCSL \ Frank Giovinazzo \ B \

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