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Herman G. Rohde Jr. (1921–1992), born in Camden and a former Camden police officer, became pro wrestling’s first televised star as Buddy “Nature Boy” Rogers — NWA World Champion and the first WWWF (WWE) World Champion.
Arlington Street in South Camden ran one block and virtually disappeared after demolition in 2004. The street was home to working-class families, the General Gas Mantle factory (which caused thorium contamination), and became an EPA Superfund site in 1996.
John "Chick" Binder recalls growing up at 2030 Arlington Street through the World War II years — the Rohde family across the street, air-raid drills, and V-J Day on a now-vanished block.
John Regl traces nearly fifty years of his family's history at 2054 Arlington Street, from his great-grandfather's arrival from Hungary in 1906 to the family's departure in 1958.
Death notice of Herman G. Rohde of 2033 Arlington Street, who died December 5, 1939 — father of the professional wrestler Herman "Dutch" Rohde, better known as "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers.