Norb, from a family of 14 children, started his football career at Chaminade but he transferred to Stivers his last three years. He played signal caller and center, playing both offense and defense his three years at Stivers. His senior year, he was captain of the team and was selected […]
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Dale Van Tine 1954 – Special Recognition
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 […]
Read moreEd Tate 1948 – Special Recognition
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 […]
Read moreTraver Sutton – Coach 1947-1961
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 […]
Read moreGlenn Midlam 1960
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 […]
Read moreDean Howell 1959
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. […]
Read moreHarry Bell 1953
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 […]
Read moreJerry Wirth 1951
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, […]
Read moreLarry McAfee 1929
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 […]
Read moreArthur Trautwein 1926
Arthur “Bus” Trautwein dominated the center position in basketball in Dayton and Southwestern Ohio during the 1925 and ‘26 seasons. He was selected to All Scholastic honors in Dayton, as well as All Southwest Ohio first team. In 1926 he garnered the most points ever made in a season of […]
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