Notable people Voorhees Township, New Jersey

people (and animals) born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated voorhees township include:

ron anderson (born 1958), played on several nba teams, in europe.
eli apple (born 1995), football cornerback new york giants.
andrew bailey (born 1984), all-star closer boston red sox.
hank baskett (born 1982), free agent wide receiver had played philadelphia eagles.
james beach (born 1946), member of new jersey senate.
barrett brooks (born 1972), offensive tackle pittsburgh steelers.
stanley brotman (1924-2014), judge of united states district court district of new jersey.
chris canty (born 1976), former professional football cornerback.
sarah chang (born 1980), violinist.
prince chunk (1998–2010), cat weighed as 44 pounds (20 kg).
brian dawkins (born 1973), former free safety philadelphia eagles.
pervis ellison (born 1967), basketball player played 11 nba seasons , first player selected in 1989 nba draft.
josh farro (born 1987), former guitarist of pop-punk band paramore. in band farro.
zac farro (born 1990), drummer half noise former drummer of pop-punk band paramore.
joe flacco (born 1985), quarterback plays baltimore ravens of national football league.
christina foggie (born 1992), professional basketball player, drafted in 2014 minnesota lynx of wnba.
english gardner (born 1992), track , field sprinter specializes in 100-meter dash.
arie gill-glick (1930-2016), israeli olympic runner.
mike golic jr. (born 1989), football offensive guard arizona rattlers of arena football league.
scott graham (born 1965), former sports broadcaster philadelphia phillies.
louis greenwald (born 1967), represents 6th legislative district in new jersey general assembly.
dana hall (born 1969), jazz drummer, percussionist, composer, bandleader, , ethnomusicologist.
ron jaworski (born 1951), former nfl player on philadelphia eagles.
jill kelley (born 1975), socialite emails led disclosure of petraeus scandal.
craig mactavish (born 1958), former nhl hockey player.
jimmy mcgriff (1936–2008), jazz , blues organist.
tommy paul (born 1997), professional tennis player.
raoul peck (born 1953), award-winning haitian filmmaker.
rev. scott pilarz, s.j., (born 1959), jesuit priest , academic served president of marquette university.
mary previte (born 1932), member of new jersey general assembly represented 6th legislative district 1998 2006.
keith primeau (born 1971), played on philadelphia flyers.
molly schaus (born 1988), ice hockey goaltender played united states women s national ice hockey team won silver medal @ 2010 winter olympics.
lauren schmetterling (born 1988), rower, three-time world rowing championships gold medalist, olympic gold medalist.
mel shaw (1946-2017), racing driver competed in 24 hours of daytona , died @ age 70 in trans-am series crash @ brainerd international raceway.
devin smeltzer (born 1995), professional baseball pitcher los angeles dodgers organization.
chris st. croix (born 1979), hockey defenseman.
adam taliaferro (born 1982), played on penn state nittany lions football team.
jeremy thompson (born 1985), nfl player green bay packers.
madison tiernan (born 1995), soccer midfielder plays sky blue fc of national women s soccer league.
phil trautwein (born 1986), offensive tackle has played st. louis rams.
julia udine (born 1993), actress performed christine on north american tour of phantom of opera.
john vukovich (1947–2007), former mlb third baseman, best known career philadelphia phillies.
toyelle wilson (born 1981), assistant basketball coach baylor lady bears basketball team.
kelsi worrell (born 1994), american competition swimmer specializing in butterfly won gold medal in 100-meter butterfly @ 2015 pan american games in toronto.
brandon wynn (born 1988), artistic gymnast won bronze medal in still rings event @ 2013 world artistic gymnastics championships.




^ staff. ron anderson: comfortable shot , life , philadelphia inquirer, april 27, 1991. accessed march 17, 2011. married afterward ron , gail live in voorhees.
^ pennington, bill. in eli apple, giants add defensive force 10th pick , new york times, april 28, 2016. accessed november 15, 2016. apple, raised in voorhees, n.j., admitted surprised. said giants had talked him once @ n.f.l. combine.
^ friedman, jackie. voorhees native andrew bailey living all-star game dream after finding success oakland s reliever , star-ledger, july 13, 2009. accessed march 17, 2011. andrew bailey , father bill drove toward st. louis arch during 17th hour of 38-hour trek voorhees, n.j., scottsdale, ariz., on bitter february morning.
^ hank baskett - personal, philadelphia eagles, backed internet archive of september 14, 2010. accessed march 12, 2013. single , resides in voorhees, nj
^ staff. democrats maintain grip on n.j. assembly , philadelphia inquirer, november 4, 2009. accessed march 17, 2011. in senate, democrat james beach - voorhees resident served camden county clerk , freeholder - bested republican joseph adolf...
^ staff. former eagle brooks in super situation steelers , philadelphia daily news, february 3, 2006. accessed march 17, 2011. brooks still lives in philadelphia area. , family live in voorhees n.j.
^ von bergen, jane m.; , naedele, walter f. stanley s. brotman, 89, longtime federal judge , philadelphia inquirer, february 26, 2014. accessed october 18, 2015. stanley s. brotman, 89, of voorhees, former federal judge in new jersey, died friday, feb. 21, @ kennedy university hospital in stratford.
^ staff. arrested player set cotton bowl , new york times, december 20, 1996. accessed june 4, 2012. canty, junior voorhees, n.j., has 54 tackles , team-high 5 interceptions, arrested in morning of dec. 9 , pleaded not guilty on wednesday.
^ scher, valerie. violinist s key: minor -| gifted sarah chang still teen core , san diego union-tribune, october 31, 1995. accessed march 17, 2011. never play same way twice, says phone family s home in voorhees, nj.
^ schapiro, rich. prince chunk s (fat) cat s meow , daily news, august 1, 2008. accessed march 17, 2011. cat named powder wound @ camden county animal shelter last week after owner, donna oklatner, 65, of voorhees, n.j., no longer pay bills.
^ klein, michael. buy brian dawkins house , philadelphia inquirer, july 16, 2009. accessed march 17, 2011. seven-time pro bowler , former eagle brian dawkins denver broncos now, , house in voorhees on market.
^ schwartz, erik. basketball tournament honor slaying victim , courier post, september 15, 2005. accessed march 17, 2011. expected appear , sign autographs pervis ellison voorhees resident , ymca member top pick in 1989 nba draft.
^ condran, ed. paramore movin up, not movin out , bucks county courier times, february 25, 2006. accessed march 17, 2011. farro brothers born in voorhees nj met williams 4 years ago.
^ joe flacco, pro-football-reference.com. accessed january 31, 2017.
^ ervin, phil. lynx pick duke g tricia liston in first round , fox sports north, april 14, 2014. accessed october 19, 2015. foggie, 5-9 voorhees, n.j. native, leave nashville commodores all-time leader in career 3-pointers made.
^ goe, ken. charismatic oregon sprinter english gardner fights injury , lives mother s premonition , oregonian, may 25, 2011. accessed october 19, 2015. between english gardner s attention-grabbing first name, talent, charismatic presence , tears-to-triumph story, making name herself extends beyond eugene , hometown of voorhees township, n.j.
^ feiner, lauren. arie gluck, 86; former olympian, camp director , philadelphia inquirer, june 29, 2016. arie gluck, 86, of voorhees, member of israel s first olympic track team , legendary director of summer camp in poconos, died thursday, june 23, @ virtua voorhees hospital.
^ mike golic, nfl.com. accessed october 19, 2015.
^ bracy, aaron. phils may alter lineup -- in booth , courier-post, november 16, 2006. accessed march 17, 2011. graham 41 of voorhees has worked in phillies broadcast booth past 8 years after starting career phillies in 1991...
^ assembly member louis d. greenwald, project vote smart. accessed august 8, 2007.
^ visiting artist: dana hall, chicago symphony orchestra, backed internet archive of july 12, 2014. accessed october 19, 2015. moved voorhees, new jersey, @ age 12 , began studying drums in junior high , oboe in high school.
^ garber, greg. adrenaline gone, throwing pain , hartford courant, november 25, 1998. accessed march 17, 2011. broke every finger on passing hand @ least once -- of them twice , 3 times, jaworski said tuesday night voorhees, n.j., home. let me tell you, s awful hard throw football without fingers. other position out there, doesn t matter. quarterback, broken finger killer.
^ ron jaworski speaker profile, leading authorities. accessed march 17, 2011. proud family man, ron jaworski resides in voorhees, new jersey wife, liz.
^ mucha, peter. philly s jill kelley dishes petraeus scandal , philadelphia inquirer, january 23, 2013. accessed november 7, 2013. kelley, grew in voorhees , northeast philadelphia, unwittingly helped bring affair light when reported threatening e-mails friend in fbi, traced them broadwell.
^ anderson, dave. sports of times; mact s muscular art: crucial face-off , new york times, may 22, 1995. accessed august 20, 2013. despite age difference, mactavish , 22-year-old lindros roommates on flyer road trips, , flyer captain hangs out @ mactavish home in nearby voorhees, n.j.
^ ratliff, ben. jimmy mcgriff, 72, jazz , blues organist , new york times, may 28, 2008. accessed march 17, 2011. jimmy mcgriff, since 1960s 1 of popular jazz , blues organists, died on saturday in voorhees, n.j. 72 , lived in voorhees.
^ via associated press. jazz, blues organist jimmy mcgriff dies @ 72 , wpvi-tv, may 26, 2008. accessed june 4, 2012. mcgriff s death on saturday multiple sclerosis confirmed associated press on monday wife, margaret mcgriff. @ time of death, mcgriff lived in philadelphia suburb of voorhees, n.j.
^ via associated press. federer in semis; face andy murray after dispatching gilles simon. , philadelphia inquirer, july 9, 2015. accessed october 19, 2015. tommy paul, 18, voorhees native, advanced fourth round of boys championship 6-3, 6-1 win on johan nikles of switzerland.
^ raoul peck profile film lumumba, zeitgeist films. accessed march 17, 2011.
^ glauber, bill. marquette university s next president, pilarz, spirited leader , milwaukee journal sentinel, september 4, 2010. accessed december 14, 2014. 1 night, after dinner @ family s home in voorhees, n.j., broke news parents, joan , joseph, , younger sister, susan.
^ mary previte s biography, project vote smart. accessed november 7, 2013.
^ panaccio, tim. primeau deals reality , philadelphia inquirer, september 14, 2006. accessed march 17, 2011. phone rang @ keith primeau s house in voorhees, n.j., on sept. 6. flyers general manager bob clarke said wanted meet next day.
^ yale s ingalls rink host cwhl game featuring 14 olympians, 26 national team members friday , boxscore world sportswire, november 25, 2011. accessed november 7, 2013. blades roster includes 10 2010 u.s. olympic silver medalists (two of whom, erika lawler , gigi marvin, injured): ... molly schaus (voorhees, n.j./bc)
^ lauren schmetterling archived september 8, 2015, @ wayback machine., rowing. accessed october 19, 2015.
^ kent, spencer. longtime racecar driver n.j. reportedly dies in crash @ minnesota event , nj advance media nj.com, july 3, 2017. accessed september 3, 2017. mel shaw, 70, of voorhees, described veteran racer more 40 years, died while participating @ sports car club of america race @ brainerd international raceway, according startribune.com.... , wife debbie -- whom had been married more 27 years -- lived in home in voorhees.
^ mcquade, dan. just-drafted dodger voorhees beat childhood cancer @ st. chris; devin smeltzer drafted dodgers last month. says couldn t have done without doctors , nurses @ st christopher s. , philadelphia (magazine), august 2, 2016. accessed may 1, 2017. voorhees, new jersey, native had not yet turned 10 years old, , diagnosed rare form of pelvic bladder cancer. smeltzer tough kid.
^ staff. ladies set court battle \ camden catholic stands tall on , philadelphia daily news, december 26, 1997. accessed march 17, 2011. chris st. croix, defensemen voorhees, named national junior hockey team.
^ kindred, david. 1 amazing freshman , sporting news, august 27, 2001. accessed march 17, 2011. 3 months, october 6 past 19th birthday on new year s day january 5, taliaferro underwent rehabilitation therapy @ magee rehabilitation center in philadelphia, 15 miles home in voorhees, n.j.
^ jeremy thompson, database football. accessed july 31, 2009.
^ madison tiernan, rutgers scarlet knights. accessed may 8, 2017. hometown: voorhees, n.j.; high school: eastern regional
^ english, antonya. markings of champion , st. petersburg times, august 31, 2007. accessed march 17, 2011. trautwein, low-key senior voorhees, n.j., had tattoo done in april, , has been conversation piece ever since.
^ friedman, sally. age, clear phantom star belonged center stage , courier-post, march 30, 2014. accessed november 22, 2015. , voorhees native has pinch herself, @ least figuratively, realize yes, s name in bold print on program, , s there facing thousands , thousands of audience members marches on through national tour.
^ mandel, ken. phils pay respect vukovich , major league baseball, march 9, 2007. accessed march 17, 2011. private funeral held tuesday near vukovich s voorhees, n.j., home, , many members of phillies organization planning attend traveling philadelphia on chartered flight.
^ toyelle wilson, baylor lady bears basketball. accessed december 15, 2014. native of voorhees, n.j., wilson earned bachelor s degree in business management manhattan college in 2003 , four-year letter winner women s basketball team.
^ kelsi worrell, usa swimming. accessed december 14, 2015. birthplace: voorhees, n.j. hometown: westampton, n.j. high school: rancocas valley regional high school (mt. holly, n.j.) 12
^ staff. ex-ohio state gymnast brandon wynn makes u.s. national team , columbus dispatch buckeyextra, august 20, 2013. accessed november 7, 2013. former ohio state gymnast brandon wynn retained spot on u.s. men s national team fifth-place finish in all-around standings @ p&g championships in hartford, conn. wynn, native of voorhees, n.j., among 6 americans participating in world championships in antwerp, belgium, sept. 30 oct. 6.