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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Charles Grigsby 1947
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″ […]
Read moreKermit Davis 1944
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 […]
Read moreRobert Colburn 1929
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 […]
Read moreGene “Whiff” Brown
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 […]
Read moreDale Andrews 1949
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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