>Bench-a-thon lifts spirits of Grundy family
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
BY BRIAN FARRELL
SPORTS EDITOR
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
RIDGEWOOD — Sports in high school go way beyond the playing lines when it comes to internal support, because if one takes the right attitude and approach, then the team one is playing for or coaching becomes family.
The Ridgewood High School football community has a very nice, exemplary family. Just ask Bill Grundy
Grundy, the epitome of what a good football coach should be, with all of the attributes of a Vince Lombardi — toughness but fairness, demanding but rewarding — is steadily recovering from the stroke he suffered in April of 2008. The former Ridgewood junior football head coach and assistant coach at Ridgewood High School has gone through extensive rehabilitation and therapy since he was felled at his teaching job at Demarest Middle School. With that have come extensive medical bills. Even though insurance has pulled a considerable weight in helping, the Grundy family is still left with much to pay out of its pocket.
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