By Barry Lenson

Wrestling mania seized Nutley. On May 17, 2017, the Nutley Museum at 65 Church Street hosted “50 Years of Nutley Wrestling,” a program that explored Nutley wrestling in its many forms – professional wrestlers from our town, great coaches and student wrestlers from Nutley High School, and much more.

One highlight was a presentation by Sal Scarpa, the brother of the late Luke Scarpa, the most famous professional wrestler who ever called Nutley home. You haven’t heard of him, you say? That could be because while he was winning world fame, he adopted a ring name and wrestling persona – Chief Jay Strongbow.