Carlie Cramer was one of the most talented football players to ever wear the orange and black of Stivers. The Tigers only lost one game during his 3 year tenure under coach Floyd Stahl and Carl starred in that loss to Toledo. Cramer was a quarterback who could do it […]
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Herbert Brown 1929
Herb Brown was an East Ender all the way! He attended Emerson Junior High before coming to Stivers. It is interesting to note that the entire state championship team of 1929 played together during their junior high and high school careers. Brown was selected 1st Team All-City in 1929 along […]
Read moreMax Padlow 1930
Max was born August 15, 1912, in Russia to Jewish parents. He was the oldest of three children. At Stivers, Max excelled in both football and basketball. He was an All City end in 1929 and 1930. In 1929, sportswriter Si Burick picked Daytons best high school football players by […]
Read moreBill Ginn 1944
Bill Ginn played football, basketball and ran track at Stivers. His best sport was basketball. He played for Coach R.C.”Skipper” LaRue. Stivers was City League Champion in 1944 and was named the 1944 City”Team of the Year.” Bill was Stivers 1944 “Player of the Year” and was named to the […]
Read moreHerman Raiff 1924
Herman Raiff was singled out as one of Stivers all time great athletes by Robert”Pop” Worst in his “A History of Stivers Athletes”. Mr. Worst was the legendary athletics director at Stivers for thirty-four years and the architect who helped create the great teams and athletic tradition at Stivers. Herman […]
Read moreTed Lewis 1962
In 1958 coach Joe Sullivan asked Ted if he would like to try gymnastics and quickly he became hooked. In 1959 he joined the Flying Tigers gymnastic team performing at UD basketball games, on WHIO-TV and in the Dayton Childrens Parades. In 1960 in his first Dayton City Meet Ted […]
Read moreDale Keiter 1955
An excellent all-around athlete in football, basketball and baseball, Dale earned 7 varsity letters and as a senior he was Co-Captain of the football and basketball teams. In 1954 Stivers ended Chaminade’s 49 straight game winning streak in football against city schools. Keiter scored two touchdowns and was stopped inches […]
Read moreJohn and Jim Lord 1955
John and Jim Lord were twin brothers who transferred to Stivers for their senior year and made an immediate impact on the Tigers football team. Both had been outstanding athletes at Mount Vernon High School having been named to their All-Conference team as juniors. They came to Stivers because their […]
Read moreMarvin Farrier 1928
Marvin Farrier was an outstanding athlete who excelled in football and basketball at Stivers High School. Marv was an excellent offensive and defensive end and the captain of the 1927 football team. He earned All-City honors after his senior season. Marvin had an outstanding high school career in basketball at […]
Read moreJames Fiorita 1938
Jim Fiorita was an outstanding athlete at Stivers. He was a star on the football and baseball teams, earning 6 varsity letters in his high school career. Jim was “All-City” as a halfback during the 1937 football season and teamed with Bernard “Beno” Keiter on this select group of footballers […]
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