One of the reigning TV hosts of the 1980s and 1990s is unrecognizable in his high school senior yearbook photo from 1961.
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90s talk show icon turned Fox News pundit is unrecognizable in 1961 high school yearbook... who is he?
One of the reigning TV hosts of the 1980s and 1990s is unrecognizable in his high school senior yearbook photo from 1961.Born in Manhattan, he graduated from We...
Born in Manhattan, he graduated from West Babylon High School on Long Island and worked as a lawyer before starting in broadcast news in the 1970s.
Over the ensuing decades he established himself as a sought-after interviewer, conversing on air with names like , , , , and even Charles Manson.
After the September 11 attacks, he joined and remained on the network until his departure only a few years ago amid simmering feuds with his co-hosts.
However the yearbook photos obtained by the Daily Mail show him in a much earlier stage of life, playing football, running track and acting in a school production.
Can you guess who he is?
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One of the reigning TV hosts of the 1980s and 1990s is unrecognizable in his high school senior yearbook photo from 1961
The TV star-to-be is pictured back row middle as part of the football team for West Babylon High School, which is located on Long Island
His interests stretched outside of athletics as well, as demonstrated by the photo of him (back row middle) in the cast of a school production of Cheaper by the Dozen
He is none other than Geraldo Rivera, born at Beth Israel Hospital in Lower Manhattan in 1943 to restaurant employee Lillian Friedman and cabbie Allen Rivera.
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The Daily Mail has contacted Rivera's representative for comment.
Rivera's yearbook photos show an active, spirited Long Island teenager, with group shots of him on West Babylon High School's football team and track team.
