Trio to be Inducted into Rutgers Football Hall of Fame
Sep 17 | Football
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The three newest members of the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame, tight end Marco Battaglia (1992-95), tailback Arthur Gottlieb (1937-39) and right tackle Kenneth MacAlpine Rendall (1914-17) will be inducted during ceremonies at halftime when the Scarlet Knights host Cincinnati on Oct. 6 at Rutgers Stadium.
Battaglia appeared in all 44 games in his career (1992-95); making 32 starts, and hauled in 171 passes for 2,221 yards and 16 touchdowns. Battaglia went on to play eight-years in the NFL, and was a member of the 2004 Carolina Panthers' Super Bowl team. He was an All-New York City and All-State player at St. Francis Prep, and played on three consecutive New York City Catholic League championship teams. Battaglia currently resides in Queens with his wife Maria and children Ava and Marco, and remains a fixture on the sideline at all Rutgers home games
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Arthur Gottlieb |
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Rendall's 1915 team proved to be an offensive powerhouse, scoring 351 points, the most of any Eastern team, and posted a 7-1 record. Two years later, the Rutgers eleven capped off Rendall's outstanding senior campaign with a season ending 14-0 win over highly regarded Newport Naval Reserve, which featured some of college football's top players during this war-era contest. Rendall was selected to the Boston Herald's All-East squad following his senior year, and also earned all-star recognition from other leading newspapers of the time, including the New York Tribune and the New York Sun.
