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Elected in 1991 … Spring Valley H.S., Class of 1967 … 6-foot-3 sharp-shooter who was chosen Rockland high school basketball player of the year in 1967 … also two-time All-Rockland quarterback in football, and a 6-foot high jumper who made All-County in track and field in 1965 and ‘66 … led the Tigers to the school’s first county basketball title in 25 years … that year, 1967, he averaged 20 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds per game … chosen to the first-team All-Metropolitan New York team … scored 31 points in the 68-64 victory over Clarkstown that clinched the championship … earned varsity letters in football, basketball and track his sophomore, junior and senior years … as a quarterback, once threw four touchdown passes in one game … captained basketball and football teams … at Rockland Community College, he was named first-team All-Region in the 1970-71 season after averaging 25 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds per game … he attended C.W. Post on a basketball scholarship and captained the 1973 team, which was ranked in the top 10 in Division II … that year he averaged 12 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds per game … Haubner also is in the Spring Valley H.S. Hall of Fame … in the U.S. Marine Corps, Haubner served 13 months in Vietnam, where he was awarded two Purple Hearts and was twice decorated with the Republic of South Vietnam’s Cross of Gallantry.