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Davis, Burge Upshaw (1894-1966)
Burge Davis was a Civic Leader. He financed the Englewood Cubs baseball teams and worked with young athletes. He was also a member of the Galilee Methodist Church. He married Maria Cheney in 1912. He had six children, Henrietta Felder, Eula Mae McCloud, Benjamin, Roscoe, Lee, and Woodrow. -
Coe, Louis Stevenson (1863-1939)
Louis Stevenson Coe was a business owner who grew up in Englewood. He established and owned the New Jersey Paper Tube Company. He ran and was elected to the Board of Freeholders. He was also head of the Englewood Field Club.
His father was William Patten Coe and his brother was George Simmons Coe Jr. He was the nephew of George Simmons Coe Sr. He married Anne E. Burdett. He had two daughters, Julie Burdett Coe Papst and Marie Clinton. -
Madonna Park
Madonna Park near Forest Avenue and Williams Street became a center of boxing and baseball in New Jersey in the 1920s. Negro League teams often played in the park, including Englewood's own Cubs and world-famous boxers like Jack Dempsey would attend matches. Owned by the Knights of Columbus the Park became the Englewood Arena in 1930 and was operated by the Bergen County Sportsmen Club. -
Giants' Willie Mays Buys Englewood Home
A newspaper article writes about Willie Mays moving into his new home in Englewood.Tags Sports -
Mays, Willie Howard Jr. (1931-2024)
Willie Howard Mays Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He began in the Negro American League with the Black Barons. He began playing in the Major Baseball League with the Giants in 1950. He was extremely decorated and is regarded as one of the best baseball players.
Willie Mays moved to Englewood in 1955. It was a short drive from his home in Englewood to the Polo Grounds in Harlem where he played for the New York Giants. He moved to San Francisco in 1957 when the Giants relocated.
Mays married Marghuertite Wendell Chapman in 1956. He adopted a son, Micheal. He divorced Chapman in 1963. Mays married again in 1971 to Mae Louise Allen. He was the godfather of Barry Bonds, the son of Bobby Bonds.Tags Sports -
Echols, Joseph G. (1917-1977)
Joseph G. Echols was an American football player and coach. He was raised in Englewood and played for St. Cecilia under Vince Lombardi. He also played for the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League. He acted as head coach for Morehouse College from 1950 to 1954. He taught at Norfolk State University from 1955 to 1960.