When “Dutch” arrived at Stivers he was an established “star” from Lincoln grade school. His performance as a freshman basketball player lead to his being named to the All-City team in 1937. He earned 9 letters, 3 in each sport at Stivers; football, basketball & track. In 1940, Dutch received […]
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Harry earned 11 letters at Stivers starring in football, basketball and baseball. He was the captain of the State Championship basketball teams in 1919 and 1920. Harry scored 12 points in the deciding game against Akron in 1920. Rollie Bevan, who was the trainer at Army during the glory years […]
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Jake was a small man in stature at 5’5″ and 128 lbs.. However, he loomed large on the basketball court and the baseball field. He was a member of the basketball team that won 22 straight games and 72 out of 75 in a three year span for Stivers. In […]
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Joe coached baseball, basketball, football and gymnastics at Stivers. In 1960, Joe managed the Stivers Summer League Baseball team that placed 3rd in the nation in the N A.B.F. Tourney in Altoona, PA. Twelve of his former basketball players were playing college ball at the same time.”Sully” was widely regarded […]
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“Pop” Worst came to Stivers as a teacher in 1918 and became the Faculty Manager of Athletics/Athletic Director in 1920. He continued in that position until his death in 1954. “Pops” vision was to develop top quality sport teams at Stivers. In order to do this, he focused on obtaining […]
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Horace “Hawk” received 10 letters in 3 sports during his high school career. In basketball he was the leading scorer in 1923 and captain of the City & State Championship teams in 1924 and 1925. They won the title in 1924. Hawk was an end on the football team that […]
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Bill played football for Stivers from 1907 to 1909. He was a member of the original “Tigers Team” and was a part of the Great Stivers/Steele tradition. Bill weighed 163 lbs and played fullback. He returned to his Alma Mater to coach football & basketball from 1915- 1919 His football […]
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Harry Wilhelm was a member of the Stivers Football team that won the State Championship in 1919. He was coach at Stivers High from 1924 until 1926. In an article by Marc Katz, he was described as a hell and high water coach. Harry Wilhelm was coaching both football and […]
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Ken earned 7 letters during his high school years. He earned 4 letters in football and made All-City Halfback in 1951, 1952 and 1953. Ken was All-State in 1953. His team was Public School Champs in 1953 and Ken was 2nd in the State in scoring in 1953. In Track […]
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Floyd “Shorty” Stahl was head coach of basketball and football at Stivers from the fall of 1926 until the final 1928-1929 season. The first team he coached at Stivers was the 1926 – 1927 team. They won 21 games out of 23. Bob Lively was Captain of the 1928 team. […]
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“Billy” O’Neill is one of the greatest tennis players to come out of the Dayton area. He played No.1 singles for Stivers for 4 years from 1944 to 1947. To quote – The Stivers News, May 31, 1946, “The brightest spot on this year’s tennis team was the No.1 singles […]
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Jim played basketball as a starter for 3 years, the only Sophomore starter on the ’50-’51 team that won the City and the District. He was the leading scorer in the championship game against Chaminade. Stivers was ranked #1 in the State in 1953 final Associated Press poll. Jim was […]
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Bob earned 10 Varsity “S” letters. He played End Position in Football during his Sophomore and Junior years and received 2 letters. Bob played Outfield position in Baseball during his Sophomore, Junior and Senior years and earned 3 letters. Bob also received three letters in Basketball in his Sophomore, Junior […]
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Gene received 3 letters in Football. In 1953 he received the Public School Champions letter, In 1952 – ’53 he was the All City Quarterback 2nd Team and he was the Team Captain in 1952 – ’53. In Basketball he also received 3 letters. The Stivers team won City Champions […]
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Coach “Skip” LaRue came to Stivers from Mason High School in 1942. He coached basketball, football, and track until 1957. Skipper led his basketball teams to the City Championships in 1943, 1947, 1951, and 1953. Stivers shared that title with Chaminade in 1944 and was runner-up to them in 1945 […]
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