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Entered in 1997 … 1959 Haverstraw H.S. alumnus … joins brother Gerry, inducted in 1996 … swift and powerful running back who was a threat to score every time he touched the ball … helped lead Haverstraw to the 1957 Rockland PSAL championship … in 1958, his senior season, Kapusinsky set the Rockland County record (since broken) for points in a season with 76, achieved in only five games … the same year, he scored 12 touchdowns, tying the existing Rockland record set seven years earlier by Haverstraw’s Bob Strack, also a Hall of Fame member … Kapusinsky was a two-time All-County honoree and three-year varsity performer who finished his high school career with a then-County record 26 career touchdowns from 1956 through 1958 … he also served as the placekicker … he also played varsity baseball and ran track at Haverstraw … was recruited by University of Georgia, the country’s top-ranked football team in 1958, but he transferred to the University of Rhode Island … at URI, he earned All-East and All-Yankee Conference recognition … set a school record with an 80-yard punt … after graduating from Rhode Island, went on to earn a master’s degree from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut and a doctorate from the University of Sarasota in Florida … was superintendent of schools in the Beacon, N.Y., School District.