He was named the Courier Post Coach of the Week three times and Coach of the Year by the Woodbury Daily Times, the South Jersey Midget League and the Touchdown Club of South Jersey. He was the head football coach for 17 years accumulating a 83-66-5 record, including an undefeated 9-0 season in 1970 as well as a pair of Olympic Conference Championships. "10 and 2" and "A,B,C, Dog" will forever be Tony's claim to fame. Tony moved to Washington Township High School in 1967 and taught Driver's Education to thousands of students. They went on 3 dates in 10 months and married in 1968. His 6 foot ½ inch (something he always addressed with those who said he was 6 foot) "tall, dark and handsome" stature led to his heartthrob appeal within the female population at Sterling, but he captured the heart of a fellow teacher named Miss Carol Bramante. Tony taught History at Sterling High School beginning in 1961 and began his coaching career there until 1966. Tony received a four year football scholarship to the University of Delaware Blue Hens where he excelled in football and baseball from 1954-58 under famed coach, Harold "Tubby" Raymond. Tony served as Vice President his Sophomore year and Class President his Freshman, Junior and Senior years. He received honors for All Colonial Conference QB, All South Jersey Group III QB, All Colonial Conference pitcher and was named 1st Team on the All State team for baseball. Tony received the Parker McKee Scholar Athlete Award his Senior year of high school having starred in football, basketball, and baseball. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and later earned his Master's Degree in Education from Rutgers University. Raised in Westville, Tony graduated from Woodbury High School in 1954 and University of Delaware in 1958. Anthony "Tony" Michael DeLucas, age 84, passed away peacefully at his home in Pitman, NJ on December 5, 2020, surrounded by his loving family.
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