Scholastic Roundup: Herb Turetzky — Nets’ scorer for 54 years
Herb Turetzky is looking forward to May 13 – that’s the date he and Larry Tischler will be getting together for lunch at the Neptune Diner in Bayside, Queens.
“It’s more than 57 years since we last saw each other,” Herb tells Scholastic Roundup. “Larry was the starting guard/tackle on the Jefferson High School football varsity team from 1960-63. We haven’t seen each other since we were roommates at Lycoming (Pa.) College as freshmen. I had to leave and return to Brooklyn and transfer to LIU.”
That transfer literally turned Herb Turetzky’s life around. He attended the New Jersey Americans’ first-ever game in October 1967 as a spectator. He was anxious in seeing fellow Jefferson alum Tony Jackson do battle with former Boys High star Connie Hawkins who was a member of the Pittsburgh Pipers.