Bob Lively was one of the best all around athletes for the Tigers baseball and basketball teams in the ‘20’s and he went on to play both sports for the Ohio State Buckeyes. At Stivers, Bob was captain of the 1928 basketball team that won the State of Ohio championship, […]
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Della was one of the many fine gymnasts coached by Joe Sullivan. He came to Emerson Elementary and recruited her in the 7th grade. She was a four year varsity letter recipient that represented the gymnastic team in the “All Around” events of Vaulting, Floor-X, Balance Beam, Trampoline, and Uneven […]
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John Monhollen was the best Stivers gymnast of the 70’s decade. He competed and lettered for the varsity all 4 years at Stivers under Coach Willie Lalks’ guidance. By his junior year, John was among the top six competitors in the City of Dayton Gymnastics Championships. He placed in trampoline, […]
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Kenneth Terrell excelled in multiple sports even before his Stivers career started. He represented the Dayton Boys Club in the National Pocket Billiards Tourney at the age of 13, placed 3rd in his class, and was named “Young Man of the Year”. He was a starting forward on the Emerson/Stivers […]
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Henry was another outstanding Stivers athlete of the ‘60’s, coached by Joe Sullivan and Dick Landis. For track and field coach Landis, Henry competed in the 100 Yard Dash, 880 Relay,and Pole Vault events. Gymnastics coach Sullivan selected Henry to compete in the “All-Around” Oylmpic events: Floor Exercise, Vaulting, Horizontal […]
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Judy Gore was an outstanding gymnast that was recruited and coached by Joe Sullivan. She was an integral performer for the “Flying Tigers” gymnastic team, earning 4 varsity letters. Judy teamed with Pat Gregor, Sandy Darby, Joyce Lee, and Della Olbers to form one of Coach Sullivan’s strongest womens team […]
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Larry Dennis, as he is more commonly known, was one of the best golfers ever to play for Stivers. He was a 3 year letterman and the number one player for the Tigers during his junior and senior years. In 1957, Larry was the runner-up in the Dayton Amateur Golf […]
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At Stivers, Ivan didn’t have much time to devote to sports as he was working most evenings on his education or at a part time job to pay for college. Ivan placed first in the State of Ohio on the Scholastic Achievement exam for Biology. Ohio State University was his choice […]
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Bob was a four year starter on the Stivers football team. He earned 2nd Team All-City honors his junior year and 1st Team honors his second year.He received a football scholarship to play for the University of Dayton. In retrospect, the highlight of his college football was playing alongside teammate […]
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“Demon of the hardwood floor,” “Lefty,” and “Sure-shot Al” are a few of the nicknames given to Al Clayman. He was an all-around athlete that showed a lot of promise in several different sports, but basketball was easily his favorite and most successful. He played 4 years for coach Skip […]
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