While a student at Stivers High School, Larry earned 3 letters in both basketball and cross country. He received “Special Mention, All-City” two years. He played one year at Wilmington College, then while attending the University of Dayton, served as head basketball coach at Shawn Acres Children’s Facility in 1960 […]
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Vern Woods was one of the premier football players in the Dayton City League during the mid 1950’s. He was a three year starter for the Tigers as an offensive tackle and defensive lineman. Vern made 1st Team as a defensive middle guard in his sophomore year. He played both […]
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Bobby Logan was an outstanding athlete who was a three year starter in both football and baseball under Coach Jim Hanby for the Stivers Tigers. Bob was considered a rugged, hard-nosed player despite his 5’6″ and 145 pound stature. He was a starting defense halfback as a sophomore and a two […]
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Joe was born in Dayton on March 20, 1939. At the age of 6, his parents moved the family to Owensboro, KY, where they lived until 1954. They moved back to Dayton for his sophomore year at Stivers and he immediately made his presence known by lettering in cross country, […]
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Herb Schafer earned 7 letters at Stivers with three letters in football as an offensive halfback and four letters in baseball as an outfielder. In football, Herb was 2nd Team All-City as a junior on the 1952 Public League Championship Team and 1st Team All-City as a senior. He was […]
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Larry Ferguson was an outstanding student and athlete who earned eight letters during his Stivers athletic career. Larry lettered three years in football as an offensive and defensive end and he Co-captained the 1953 team. He earned All-City honors as an offensive end in his senior year and 2nd Team […]
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As a freshman, Dale was a starting forward and a leading scorer on the freshman team that finished second in the City League. As a 6’4″ sophomore forward he was not a starting player on the Varsity. However, after the third game, he saw action in almost all remaining games. […]
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Bernard Keiter was an outstanding athlete who excelled in football and basketball for the Stivers Tigers. He was an All-City end, noted for excellent receptions and good speed. He was also the team kicker and usually played every down on offense and defense. Beno attended the University of Dayton following […]
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Martin was born January 27, 1912 in Sielberick, Austria-Hungary and came to the USA in March of 1921. He was a gifted athlete and a three sport star at Stivers, playing baseball, basketball and football. He won several basketball games with excellent free throw shooting and was Captain his senior […]
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Ray Otto was a football legend at Stivers, who also lettered in basketball, baseball and track. Behind his leadership the football team went undefeated three consecutive years and claimed the National Championship in 1923 and 1924. He was the quarterback those two years, also started on defense, drop kicked field […]
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