Editing Avalon, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Geno Auriemma]] (born 1954), head coach of the [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team]]<ref>Elliott, Rich. [http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Hoop-recruit-spikes-UConn-231599.php "Hoop recruit spikes UConn"], ''[[News-Times (Danbury)|News-Times]]'', August 26, 2008. Accessed March 1, 2011. "Auriemma, his wife, Kathy, and Ernie and Joanie Delle Donne had dinner several times this summer at the Jersey Shore to discuss the situation. Auriemma owns a house in Avalon, N.J. The Delle Donnes own a house in nearby Stone Harbor."</ref><ref>Giuca, Linda. [http://www.courant.com/features/food/hc-cookies04-auriemma,0,3311617.story "Celebrity Cookie Countdown: Geno Auriemma"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009052731/http://www.courant.com/features/food/hc-cookies04-auriemma,0,3311617.story |date=October 9, 2012 }}, ''[[Hartford Courant]]''. Accessed March 1, 2011. "The Auriemmas spent Thanksgiving at their home in Avalon, N.J., close to the Philadelphia area where the couple's respective families live."</ref>
* [[Neil Hartman]], Comcast Sportsnet personality<ref>[http://www.aedgonline.com/about-us/our-team/neil-hartman Neil Hartman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216234008/http://www.aedgonline.com/about-us/our-team/neil-hartman |date=2014-12-16 }}, Alternative Energy Development Group. Accessed August 23, 2015. "He resides in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey with his wife and two children. He also owns a home in Avalon, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Paul Holmgren]] (born 1955), former General Manager of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] and current president<ref>Staff. [http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2011-09-06/bike-crash-bloodies-philadelphia-flyers-gm-paul-holmgren "Bike crash bloodies Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren"], ''[[Sporting News]]'', September 6, 2011. Accessed October 16, 2012. "Holmgren owns a home in Avalon and is a Somerset, N.J., resident, according to The Press of Atlantic City."</ref><ref>Staff. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/flyers/flyers-gm-holmgren-injured-in-bike-crash-in-avalon/article_1af561cc-d82f-11e0-9759-001cc4c03286.html "Flyers GM Holmgren injured in bike crash in Avalon"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', September 6, 2011. Accessed October 16, 2012. "Holmgren, who owns a home in Avalon, has been the team's general manager since 2006. He also played for the Flyers from 1976-83 and coached the team from 1988-92."</ref>
* [[Tim Kerr]] (born 1960), [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]] who played in the NHL for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32EAF3A0C19E6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "For A Radio Pair, Bad Reception \ Monkey Boy And An Intern Were Turned Away From The Arena. And So Was Their Stanley Cup."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', June 4, 1997. Accessed November 20, 2008. "'It's great to be back,' said Kerr, 37, who lives in Avalon."</ref><ref>Lulgjuraj, Susan. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/article_f53db206-66e5-11df-ae77-001cc4c03286.html "Many Philadelphia Flyers past and present call Cape May County home"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', May 24, 2010. Accessed March 1, 2011. "Tim Kerr has a huge presence in the Avalon and Stone Harbor area. The three-time All-Star played in Philadelphia for 11 seasons from 1980 to 1991 and holds Philadelphia's team record for the most 50-goal seasons with four. He owns Tim Kerr's Powerplay Realty on Dune Drive, which sells and rents homes in the Avalon and Stone Harbor area. For several years, Kerr also has run a charity run that bears his name. Kerr splits time between his homes in Avalon and Moorestown, Burlington County, said Tim Kerr Realty sales associate Ann Delaney."</ref>
* [[Ed McMahon]] (1923–2009), television show host<ref>Staff. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/ed-mcmahon-dies-at-age/article_00aab990-5916-5d9c-af07-df7d4a4f0243.html "Ed McMahon dies at age 86; He had many connections to N.J. shore"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 24, 2009. Accessed October 29, 2016. "A Marine pilot in World War II and Korea, McMahon married in Atlantic City and got his start in show business working on television in Philadelphia. During that time he purchased a summer home in Avalon and he and his family were frequent visitors."</ref>
* [[Joe Paterno]] (1926–2012), Penn State football head coach<ref>McLane, Jeff. [http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20080719_Paterno_eager_for_football.html?text=reg&c=y "Paterno eager for football"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', July 19, 2008. Accessed August 6, 2008. "Perhaps Paterno's eagerness to attend the event has grown in the last month, one spent partly at his beach house in Avalon, N.J."</ref>
* [[Michael W. Rice]] (born 1945), CEO/Chairman of [[Utz Quality Foods]]<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/nyregion/zoning-big-money-big-plans-equal-big-headaches.html "Zoning; Big Money, Big Plans Equal Big Headaches"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 1, 2006. Accessed October 26, 2019. "The Rices -- his grandparents started the Utz company nearly 100 years ago -- bought the property of just over an acre on the high dunes in 2000 for $3.5 million and tore down a late-1940s cottage. They applied for permits from the State Department of Environmental Protection and from Avalon to build an approximately 20,000-square-foot house but were refused, and eventually compromised with the current plans for a house with 40 rooms and 15 bathrooms."</ref>
* [[Ed Stefanski]], former General Manager of the [[Philadelphia 76ers]]<ref>Mazda, Jason. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/article_ad21122d-d5e7-5265-9318-4bb90da7bd21.html "NBA's No. 2 overall pick Evan Turner brings 76ers buzz to beach"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', August 1, 2010. Accessed October 16, 2012. "'I'm a sports fan in general, and this is my third year coming to this thing,' said Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren, who, like Stefanski, owns a home in Avalon."</ref>