Editing Rochelle Park, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Rochelle Park, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Rochelle Park include:

* [[Jim Bouton]] (1939–2019), former MLB [[pitcher]] for the [[New York Yankees]], [[Seattle Pilots]], [[Houston Astros]] and [[Atlanta Braves]], who authored the baseball memoir ''[[Ball Four]]''<ref>[[Jim Bouton|Bouton, Jim]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/books/review/pinstripe-empire-and-damn-yankees.html "Bronx Tales; ''Pinstripe Empire'' and ''Damn Yankees''"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 1, 2012. Accessed November 4, 2017. "Growing up in the blue-collar town of Rochelle Park, N.J., you rooted for either the Brooklyn Dodgers or the New York Giants. I was a Giants fan, and I loved going to the Polo Grounds. Nobody rooted for the Yankees in Rochelle Park."</ref>
* [[Mychal Judge]] (1933–2001), Franciscan friar and Catholic priest at Sacred Heart in Rochelle Park who served as a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department in which capacity he was killed, becoming the first certified fatality of the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]]<ref>[http://www.americancatholic.org/messenger/Dec2001/Feature2.asp "No Greater Love: Chaplain Mychal Judge, O.F.M."], American Catholic. Accessed September 24, 2015. "Before his West Milford assignment, he also had served at Sacred Heart in Rochelle Park, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Andrew Kohut]] (1942–2015), [[pollster]] and nonpartisan news commentator about public affairs topics<ref>Bernstein, Adam. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/andrew-kohut-connoisseur-of-public-opinion-dies-at-73/2015/09/08/35798d9c-556d-11e5-8bb1-b488d231bba2_story.html "Andrew Kohut, connoisseur of public opinion, dies at 73"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 8, 2015. Accessed September 24, 2015. "The son of a glass blower, Andrew Kohut was born in Newark on Sept. 2, 1942, and grew up in Rochelle Park, N.J. He graduated in 1964 from Seton Hall University and did graduate work in sociology at Rutgers University, both in New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Fabri Salcedo]] (1914–1985), early soccer forward who was inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]]<ref>Staff. [http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/inducted-fame-posthumous-fabri-salcedo-62697896 "Inducted Into Hall of Fame; Posthumous Honor for New Jersey Soccer Star; 'Fabri' Salcedo Was Big When Sport Wasn't"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 12, 2005. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Then, after retiring from soccer, Salcedo moved to Rochelle Park, where he died in 1985 at the age of 71."</ref>
* [[Hellah Sidibe]], former professional [[Football player|soccer player]] who was the first black person to run across the United States.<ref>Closson, Troy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/nyregion/a-crossroads-for-nyc-pride.html "A Crossroads for N.Y.C. Pride"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 1, 2021. Accessed January 10, 2023. "Mr. Sidibe, who lives in Rochelle Park, N.J., is one of about 300 people who have crossed the nation on foot from coast to coast, according to a website that tracks the treks."</ref>