Watch as New Jerseyan's remember Yogi Berra, a baseball icon and local resident, who was active in his community. Watch video
LITTLE FALLS -- Dozens of people from New Jersey, as well as people from the tri-state area, placed flowers and keepsakes around the Yogi Berra statue outside of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center to pay tribute to the Yankees legend.
Berra, who passed away of natural causes on Tuesday at the age of 90, was not only a Hall of Fame catcher and baseball icon, he was a New Jersey local.
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David Secor, of Riverdale, recalled playing racquetball at the Yogi Berra's Fitness & Racquetball in Fairfield, as well as meeting Berra at the Montclair Country Club.
Bob Groder, of Springfield, made a special trip to his almamater Montclair State Univeristy to pay tribute. He recalls the first time he met Berra at Pals Cabin which no longer exists in West Orange, New Jersey for his mother's birthday.
"He was such a gentleman and so kind" said Groder. "He was a character and the time we met him, he was so funny."
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