“Big” Bill Hosket, so named because he was just shy of 6’5″ tall. In his Sophomore year at Stivers, he was called the greatest center ever seen in action on a high school basketball court by the three tournament officials who placed him on the All-Star Class A team. He was […]
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Jim lettered in 3 years in football at Stivers. In 1939 and 1940 he was on the All-City Team as a guard and was Captain of the Stivers Football team in 1940. Jim was Class President of Stivers in 1937. Jim received a football scholarship to the University of Dayton. […]
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Chuck attended Stivers his freshman, sophomore and junior years but became so disappointed at sitting on the bench that he dropped out for a full year to help support his mother and 7 siblings. When his brother returned from the military he urged Chuck to return to Stivers. At 6’5″ […]
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Davis received 3 letters in football and 3 letters in track during his high school years and was known as a fireball, do-it-all man for the Stivers grid squad. The Dayton Journal Herald Newspaper named him the “Most Valuable Football Player in Dayton” in 1943 at their Eight Annual Citation […]
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Colburn attended Stivers from 1926 – 1929. The Stivers team he played with went 29-1, 29-1, and 27-0 in 1928-29-30, the 2 losses coming in a National tournament in Chicago. Bob was only 5’1″ & 102 lbs. when he started but Coach Stahl said that he had such beautiful coordination […]
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Gene began his Stivers Basketball career on the varsity as a freshman and started every game as a guard, forward or center during all 4 years. He served as Captain in both his junior and senior years. Gene was named to the All-City team as a junior and named Captain […]
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Dale participated in Baseball (I year) Golf (3 years) Basketball (4 years). He earned 7 Varsity Letters – 1 in Baseball, 3 in Golf and 3 in Basketball. Dale was the lead scorer for the Reserve Basketball team and scored a basket in a Varsity game as a Freshman. He […]
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Dale, a native Daytonian, was a product of Dayton Public Schools, attending Belmont Elementary and graduating from Stivers High School, where he was in the marching band and ran the hurdles in track. His brother, Dick, is also a Stivers product, graduating in 1947. Dale attended Ohio University, later receiving […]
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During the past fifty years, there have been few people as deeply involved in Dayton amateur sports as has Ed Tate. He is an east ender from Huffman and Cleveland grade schools and Stivers where he played baseball, football and basketball (on the 1947 City Championship team). After Stivers, Ed […]
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Traver Sutton graduated from Detroit, MI, Central High School in 1940. At Central High he was captain of both the football and basketball teams and was voted the most outstanding athlete of his Class of 1939. After graduation Traver enrolled at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and played football under […]
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At Stivers, Glenn lettered in football his junior and senior years and was selected for first team All-City both years. In 1958, he was selected as a first team defensive lineman by both the Dayton Daily News and the Journal Herald (unanimous selection). In 1959, he was selected as a […]
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Dean has had a very diverse career as an athlete, coach, teacher, college professor, artist and writer. He lettered 3 years in football at Stivers, playing quarterback and team punter. He ran track for 4 years as a sprinter (100, 200 and 440 yard dash), shot put and pole vault. […]
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Harry was a two year starter in football playing center on offense and nose guard on the defense. He was an excellent blocker who played an important role in the Tiger offense that won the Dayton Public School Championship in his senior year. Harry also competed four years on the […]
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Jake Dailey was one of the best gymnasts of the many coached by Joe Sullivan at Stivers. He competed on a national level in 1959, 1960 and 1961. In 1959 teams from Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota met in Detroit and Jake finished 2nd in the Senior Trampoline event. In Columbus […]
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Tom Talbott was a good athlete at Stivers playing football for 4 years and basketball one year. Tom, however, made his mark in athletics as a teacher and coach. Tom served 27 years as an assistant coach in football and was a head coach with 40 years in wrestling. Throughout […]
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