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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At Stivers, Jerry Wirth earned two letters in Basketball. He was very modest about his basketball skills and preferred to give his team mates the credit for winning. By his senior year he was a key player and seemed to always step up at the right time. In his senior year, […]
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Larry McAfee, was the “best of the best” when it came to being a “student athlete”. He was a “straight – A Student”, and voted best all around boy his junior year in 1928. As a senior he was voted class president! At 5 ft, 9 inches, and 160 lbs., he […]
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