Dan was an avid participant and volunteer of the Brooklawn Wiffleball Tournament. He was an avid fan of the Baltimore Orioles. Dan was born and raised in Gloucester City NJ. A graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School, Dan began his education at St. Mary Elementary School, Gloucester City.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Friday evening from 6 to 9 pm and again on Saturday morning from 9 to 10:15 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 am at St. Mary’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth St. Gloucester City. Entombment New St. Mary’s Cemetery Mausoleum, Bellmawr.

A total of 59 men and women who have played important roles in the world of Camden County sports are celebrated in the Hall of Fame, not counting the 14 to be inducted this year.

The first inductee was the late Arnold Cream Sr., who fought under the name Jersey Joe Walcott and became heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 37. He was the oldest man to win the title when he knocked out Ezzard Charles in 1951.

\”Athletics play an important role in our community and creation of the Hall of Fame under the leadership of Sen. Jim Beach, while he was County Clerk, recognizes the importance of the role played by sports at all levels, but especially high school, in Camden County,\” Nash said.

This year’s honorees are the late George \”Cap\” Baker, who coached Haddon Heights football from 1934 to 1953; Maryanna Watson Barr, considered the greatest scorer in the history of field hockey while at Gloucester High School from 1959 to 1962; the late Michael \”Mickey\” Briglia, who started his long coaching career with the Cherry Hill West baseball team in 1958 then served for 25 years as coach of the Rowan University baseball team; Joanne Burke, considered the finest female athlete in South Jersey history for her multi-sport record at Camden Cathjolic; Bill Collins, a coach for 34 years at Highland High School, including 30 years as head track coach.

Also, Edward Gramigna, a three-sport star at Camden Catholic and quarterback and kicker at the University of Pennsylvania when the Quakers were playing big-time football; Joe Hartmann, for starring in football, basketball and baseball at Haddonfield Memorial High School in the late 1940s; Football Coach Jim Horner, who built three high school championship programs at Haddon Heights (1969-75), Cherokee (1975-92) and Haddonfield Memorial (1995-2002), and Gary Melchionni, a basketball star at Bishop Eustace High School, who went on to Duke, where he was all-ACC and, later, with the Phoenix Suns in the NBA.

Also, Joe Murphy, who earned 12 varsity letters at Gloucester Catholic High School, then returned to his alma mater after college to coach and become the school’s athletic director before moving on to Washington Township High School; Sue Schooley, a fine athlete at Camden Catholic who became a successful lacrosse and field hockey coach at Cherry Hill East High School; Bill Ulrich, who guided the Sterling High School girls program to an amazing record of 446 wins and 73 losses; Bill Wagner, a standout at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden in the mid-1950s before returning to Wilson to coach baseball, basketball and football before moving on to Cherry Hill East, and Virginia Brown Whitaker, an outstanding athlete at Haddon Heights High School before coming the first woman in South Jersey history to handle the position of athletic coordinator at the combined Cherry Hill High Schools.