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Longtime Coach, Athlete Nicknamed 'Flash' Memorialized With Perth Amboy Scholarship
A longtime area coach and athlete is being remembered with the creation of a local scholarship.
The late Tyrone Fashaw, 68, attended Perth Amboy High School where he excelled as a three-sport student-athlete. He was a natural at most sports, so much so that he was given the nickname, "Flash" for his above-average speed, according to Kenneth Ortiz, who organized this GoFundMe page.
After graduating from Perth Amboy High School in 1972, Tyrone attended Bloomfield College, where he was a member of the football and baseball teams.
A few years after graduating college, Tyrone was hired as a bil…