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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Chester Borough, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Chester Borough include: * [[Lois Barker]] (1923β2018), utility player who played for the [[Grand Rapids Chicks]] of the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] during the 1950 season<ref>[http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/profiles/barker-lois/262 Lois Barker], All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association. Accessed April 28, 2015.</ref><ref>Staff. [http://archive.njbaseballmag.com/2005fall/AAGPBL_tommyBarker.htm "All American Jersey Girl"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902095539/http://archive.njbaseballmag.com/2005fall/AAGPBL_tommyBarker.htm |date=September 2, 2015 }}, ''New Jersey Baseball Magazine'', Fall 2005. Accessed April 28, 2015. "Fortunately for baseball purists everywhere, Tommie ate regularly enough while growing up in Chester, New Jersey to make it to tryouts for the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in 1949."</ref> * [[Alex Cable]], optical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur who founded optical equipment manufacturer [[Thorlabs]] in his parents' basement in Chester<ref>Staff. [http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C0&Date=20120323&Category=MULTIMEDIA02&ArtNo=303230036&Ref=PH "Thorlabs opens new facility in Newton"], ''[[Star-Gazette]]'', March 23, 2012. Accessed April 28, 2015. "The company has been growing dramatically since it was started by Alex Cable in the basement of his parents' Chester, NJ home in 1989."</ref> * [[Lester H. Clee]] (1888β1962), clergyman and politician who served in both houses of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] and served as the mayor of Chester<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/16/archives/drlester-h-clee-clergyman-dies-jersey-pastor-was-gops-gubernatorial.html "Dr. Lester H. Clee, Clergyman, Dies; Jersey Pastor Was G.O.P.'s Gubernatorial Choice in '37 Retired in 1950 Started a Boys' Club"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 16, 1962. Accessed April 28, 2015. "After moving to Chester in 1950 he served as Borough Councilman there and later as Mayor."</ref> * [[Matt Flanagan (American football)|Matt Flanagan]] (born 1995), [[tight end]] for the [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>[https://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5714 Matt Flanagan], [[Pitt Panthers football]]. Accessed July 11, 2019. "Hometown: Chester, N.J. High School: West Morris Mendham"</ref> * [[Fran Hopper]] (1922β2017), [[comic book]] artist active during the 1930sβ1940s period known as the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]], who was one of the earliest women in the field<ref>Lentz III, Harris M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HMpZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT203 "Hopper, Fran"], in ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017'', p. 207. [[McFarland and Company]], 2017. Accessed August 8, 2019. "She married Dr. John Hopper in 1944, and retired from comics four years later. The Hoppers moved to Chester, New Jersey, in 1955, where they raised Arabian horses."</ref> * [[Larry W. Maysey]] (1946β1967), [[United States Air Force Pararescue]]man who was posthumously awarded the [[Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross]], the Air Force's second-highest decoration<ref>[http://www.historicchesternj.com/peopleplaces/larrymayseymemorial.html Larry Maysey Memorial], Chester Historical Society, May 1, 2004. Accessed April 28, 2015. "Larry Maysey Larry Maysey lived in Chester for all of his young life, and he was a friend, a companion and a role model."</ref> * [[Jared Stroud]] (born 1996), [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for [[St. Louis City SC]] in the [[Major League Soccer]]<ref>Havsy, Jane. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/game-on/2018/01/21/red-bulls-draft-delbarton-alumnus-chester-native/1052195001/ "Red Bulls draft Delbarton alumnus, Chester native"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', January 21, 2018. Accessed March 27, 2018. "Colgate senior Jared Stroud was selected in the third round of Major League Soccer's SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls Sunday. A Delbarton alumnus from Chester, Stroud had four goals and a school-record 13 assists as the Raiders reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time."</ref>
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