After his father died , he was adopted at age 9 by James Hayden and renamed Sterling Walter Hayden .
Hayden was born in Upper Montclair , New Jersey , to George and Frances Walter , who named him Sterling Relyea Walter .
After Hayden 's father died , Hayden was adopted at age 9 by James Hayden and Sterling Relyea Walter     Hayden .
Hayden was born in Upper Montclair , New Jersey , to George and Frances Walter , who named him Sterling Relyea Walter .