Jerry Puckett was a typical multi-sport athlete, playing football-basketball-track at Stivers in the 60’s. Jerry was a three year starter in football at running back. He played on the ‘66 team that had a winning record of 5-4. Also in ‘66 he received honorable mention all city recognition. In his […]
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Ben Garlikov distinguished himself as one of the nation’s leading golf writers during his 45 years as Assistant Sports Editor at the Dayton Daily News. Ben started his career as a sports writer while a student at Stivers, becoming the Sports Editor of the Stivers News. Ben was fortunate to […]
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Larry Harris was an outstanding athlete in the 60’s. He earned 9 varsity letters, 4 in football, 3 in basketball, 1 in baseball and 1 in track. He was a fierce competitor for Coach Dick Landis’ football team. With a good ground game from the Frederick brothers and Mike Cutshaw, […]
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Steve Frederick was one of the Tigers best athletes in the 60’s, a decade that produced a great many college and professional athletes from the Dayton Public League. Steve earned a total of 10 varsity letters, 4 in football, 2 for baseball, 2 in basketball and 1 for track. He […]
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Bob Andrews was a part of the generation known as the “Greatest Generation”. He was born in Dayton, the second of seven children (5 boys and 2 girls). His father was a plumber. The family lived in east Dayton where Bobby grew to love all sports. When the boys of […]
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Don Reid was born in Old North Dayton, growing up there in a family which included an older sister and two brothers. He attended Allen Elementary School The family moved to Patterson Village, and Don enrolled at Belmont for the ninth grade. There he played on the basketball team. He […]
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Terry was a 4 year competitor in both football and track during his years at Stivers. He had the privilege of playing football with his older brother, Jack, in both his sophomore and junior years. The brothers were starting ends on the 1951 team. Jack earned 2nd team all-city while Terry […]
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Ron Music was a six time letter winner at Stivers High School. In his senior year in 1967, he was named to the All-City First Team in baseball as an outfielder. He batted .368 that year and stole 20 bases out of 21 attempts. That was a very talented All-City […]
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Ova Duane Rudd was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1954. The fifth of nine siblings, Duane later moved with his family to Dayton where he attended Ruskin Elementary and Stivers High. At Stivers he earned seven varsity letters and was valedictorian of Stivers Class of 1973. He was a four […]
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Rosamond McPherson Young, Dayton educator, historian and journalist, was fondly known to her students in her 20 years at Stivers as “Ms. Mac.” She had a second career as a columnist at the Dayton Daily News and Journal Herald. In addition, Roz was an author, writing textbooks and biographies of […]
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