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 * Swede – Weequahic’s Gentle Giant **

More than anything else, the Swede was known for his excellent performance in football, basketball, and track and field at Weequahic. While at Panzer College, Swede continued to awe his peers and rivals alike in shot put, discus, soccer, and basketball. Pictured below is the Swede during the apex of his athletic career at Panzer College where he carried his team to an unheard of forty-four game winning streak. Decades later, the Swede is still remembered by many of his peers at Weequahic and Panzer (now Montclair State University) not only for his presence on the field, but as a humble, nice Jewish boy and a well-mannered gentleman. .

For his excellent performance in both academics and athletics, Swede was elected “Most Likely to Succeed” in the Weequahic High School yearbook by his peers and teachers. Though he is usually remembered as an outstanding athlete the Swede was equally talented academically. Many of the Swede’s peers were perplexed by his rather cryptic yearbook quote, “God like in giving, but the Devil to pay.” Everyone who ever met the Swede agreed that he was always a very generous man to the point of self-sacrifice.
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 * The Swede Residence **

Pictured below is the house where the Swede spent his childhood years. Because of the Swede’s star status and importance to the community, the New Jersey Historical Society has preserved and maintained the long abandoned childhood home of the local hero. The façade of the house has been refaced every four years since its induction into the Historical society. The Swede house has recently become part of the small town’s “American Dream” bus tour alongside the Swede’s own alma mater, Weequahic High School.