Editing Woodland Park, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Woodland Park, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodland Park include:
* [[Rick Cerone]] (born 1954), former MLB catcher who played most of his career with the [[New York Yankees]]<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/digest/20070510.htm New Jersey Legislative Digest], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed October 23, 2007. "To Be A Member Of The New Jersey Hall Of Fame Advisory Commission: Rick Cerone, of West Paterson *NOT* Fort Lee."</ref>
* [[Jeff Chase]] (born 1968), film and television actor who played for the [[Albany Firebirds]] of the [[Arena Football League (1987–2008)|Arena Football League]]<ref>Caldera, Pete. [https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-36179648/sniffen-has-his-act-together-after-football "Sniffen Has His Act Together after Football"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]''. Accessed October 8, 2018. "This wasn't the career that Jeff Chase envisioned at Passaic Valley in the mid '80s. But here he is, in the company of Tom Cruise, shooting a scene with Paul Giamatti, standing on a red carpet with Donald Sutherland. Back in West Paterson and Totowa, he was Jeff Sniffen, a high school tight end and basketball player growing into an agile and affable 6-foot-7, 300 pound man."</ref>
* [[Darius Hamilton]] (born 1993), [[defensive end]] for the [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football]] team<ref>[http://www.scarletknights.com/football/roster/detail.asp?id=4863 Darius Hamilton], [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football]]. Accessed November 12, 2013.</ref>
* [[Keith Hamilton (American football)|Keith Hamilton]] (born 1971), [[defensive tackle]] who played his entire 12-season career with the [[New York Giants]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/giants/2003-05-23-hamilton_x.htm "Giants' Hamilton faces drug charges"], ''[[USA Today]]'', May 23, 2003. Accessed November 12, 2013. "Hamilton, a 12-year veteran who lives in West Paterson, was traveling on Route 287 in Harding Township when he was stopped around 12:45&nbsp;a.m. Thursday for having tinted windows on vehicle, said Sgt. Dan Nunn, a police spokesman."</ref>
* [[Kendall Holt]] (born 1981), former [[professional boxer]] who competed from 2001 to 2013, and held the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[junior welterweight]] title from 2008 to 2009<ref>Idec, Keith. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/502373827/ "Holt bigger favorite this time around"], ''[[Herald News]]'', July 5, 2008. Accessed March 19, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Kendall Holt lost their first bout, but he is a bigger favorite over Ricardo Torres entering their rematch tonight than he was when he initially challenged Torres in the champion's native Barranquilla, Colombia.... Holt, a Kennedy High School alum, was born in Paterson and lived there most of his life until he moved to West Paterson earlier this year."</ref>
* [[Víctor Santos (baseball)|Víctor Santos]] (born 1976), [[MLB]] relief pitcher who has played for the [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Colorado Rockies]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Cincinnati Reds]], and the [[Baltimore Orioles]]<ref>Idec, Keith. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=120EBC5185AC1660&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=4 "Back to basics - Ex-big leaguer Santos trying to keep his time in minors short"], ''[[Herald News]]'', May 26, 2008. Accessed January 16, 2013. "'Basically I've been going out there, giving this team a chance to win and showing them that I'm still solid, so they can give me a call up to the big leagues,' said Santos, who owns a home in West Paterson."</ref>
* [[Natalia Shaposhnikova]] (born 1961), former Soviet gymnast and two-time Olympic champion who resides and coaches gymnastics in Woodland Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/resident-gets-tapped-for-gymnastics-hall-of-fame|title=Resident Olympian Tapped for Gymnastics Hall of Fame|date=April 8, 2012 |website=Wayne, NJ Patch|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Omar Sheika]] (born 1977), former [[professional boxer]] and multiple time [[super middleweight]] world title challenger<ref>Idec, Keith. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73979850/omar-sheika-boxer-from-paterson-and/ "Sheika: Winning a belt means the world to me"], ''[[Herald News]]'', September 3, 2005. Accessed March 20, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Paterson native and West Paterson resident Omar Sheika will challenge World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Markus Beyer tonight at the ICC in Berlin."</ref>
* [[Frank Tripucka]] (1927–2013), former pro football quarterback<ref>Frankel, Jeff. [http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/223674301_Funeral_set_from_Broncos_QB_Tripucka__formerly_of_Bloomfield.html "Funeral set for Broncos quarterback Tripucka, formerly of Bloomfield"], ''Bloomfield Life'', September 13, 2013. Accessed September 15, 2013. "Funeral plans are set for Frank Tripucka, the Denver Broncos' first quarterback.... Tripucka, 85, a 1945 Bloomfield High School graduate, died Thursday at his Woodland Park home."</ref>