To hear Jeannette Bruno say it, her husband, former track and field and football coach Bill Bruno, couldn’t wait for the day he would be in familiar territory accepting the honor the Pinelands Regional Athletic Hall of Fame committee had bestowed upon him.
“When Bill found out he was going to be inducted, it was a very big deal to him,” said Jeannette, who accepted the honor in her husband’s place on Sept. 24. Bill passed away June 19 at 68 years old.
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