91:, January 18, 2005. Accessed January 3, 2018. "He was one of the greatest high school basketball players to ever come out of Ferris High School, becoming the school's all-time leading scorer in an era when scoring in basketball was as rare as the Hope Diamond. In the 1950s, during Nicodemo's heyday, he was the first Hudson County hoopster to employ the use of a jump shot.... Nicodemo then came home to become a teacher and coach at Ferris High School, eventually becoming a guidance counselor to thousands of students. He also spent almost 30 years as the athletic director at St. Mary's High School on Third Street, just around the corner from where he grew up."
65:, Nicodemo scored 49 points ( NCAA tournament record) on 20 field goals ( NCAA tournament record) to bring the team to the tournament's Final Four. A graduate in the class of 1959, Nicodemo was captain of the basketball team and scored 1,042 points in his collegiate career. Saint Michael's retired his #13 jersey and was inducted as a charter member into the school's hall of fame in 1987. Nicodemo is also an inductee of the Hudson County (NJ) Sports Hall of Fame as well as The New England Basketball Hall of Fame . .
54:(UPI) in both 1958 and 1959. He was named a Catholic Small College All-American in 1959. He was named All-State three times, and All-New England twice. He was named the Men's College Division NCAA Tournament MVP in the 1958 New England Regionals, as he led the Purple Knights to the national tournament for the third straight year. He was the only small college player named to
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