St. Michael's High School was a Catholic high school in Union City, New Jersey, that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
The school closed at the end of the 1985-86 school year in the face of a drop in enrollment and rising debt.
Athletics
The boys track team won the outdoor non-public state championship in 1941, 1942, 1944 and 1945.
The boys basketball team came into the tournament with a record of 6-14 and went on to win the NJSIAA Non-Public B state championship in 1965, defeating St. Mary's High School by a score of 62-52 in the finals.
Notable alumni
- Gordon Chiesa (born 1949/50), basketball coach at the collegiate and NBA level, who served as the assistant coach for the Utah Jazz for 16 seasons
- Lou Cordileone (born 1937), former American football offensive lineman, who played six seasons in the National Football League
- Tom Heinsohn (1934âÂÂ2020), professional basketball player who was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster
- Robert C. Janiszewski (born 1945), politician who served as county executive of Hudson County
- Nick Piantanida (1932âÂÂ1966), amateur parachute jumper who reached with his Strato Jump II balloon on February 2, 1966
- Robert Ranieri (born 1929), politician who represented the 33rd legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly.
- Paul Tagliabue (born 1940), lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League from 1989 to 2006
Notable faculty
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