Chuck Campagna, Class of 1973, was the first professional football player to graduate from Colonie Central High School. He went on to study at American International College, graduated college and played for the New England Patriots of the National Football League and the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League despite battling 14 serious and career ending hamstring injuries. He has been President and CEO of Amerlux Global Lighting for more than 20 years, leading the company in becoming one of the most prestigious architectural lighting companies in the world. Campagna has been married to his wife Lynda (Dawson), also a graduate of Colonie Central High School, for 29 years. The have four children Bradley, Olivia, Julia and Annabella. He was one of the first to be inducted into the Colonie Central High School Hall of Fame in 1994.