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Who is the most famous graduate of your high school(excepting you)?

BigDrawMan wrote:Who is the most famous graduate of your high school(excepting you)?

I vote slam. A close second, Mr. Huey Lewis, late of the American popular-music act Huey Lewis & the News.

A guy named Dick Cheney. I hear he's a hunter.

Who was speaking of matriculating?

But the answer to your question is:

Former Governor Jim McGreevey (one year ahead of me).

BigDrawMan wrote:Who is the most famous graduate of your high school(excepting you)?

Dennis Miller
Ron Paul (although it was called Dormont High, not Keystone Oaks, at the time)

Those are two.

The Olympic and WWE wrestler Kurt Angle went to my elementary school (lived around the corner form me) but transferred out of the district in Junior High.

lol, Harry Carson, President of my Senior Class, Yellow Jacket, Bulldog and NY Giant

Probably Matt Painter, current head basketball coach at Purdue.

Next might be John Paul, Jr. He was an Indy car driver who won a few CART and IRL races and once finished 7th in the Indy 500. He is most famous, however, for going to prison on drug trafficking conspiracy charges. It is mostly believed that it was his father who who was the one really trafficking the drugs and John Paul, Jr went to prison for refusing to testify against his father.

We have had a few Olympians in archery but none of those are what you would call famous.

Those are the only "famous" people I can think of.

Nobody more "famous" than a couple of state & local politicians.

Sisters: State Senator Jane Orie & Judge Joan Orie Melvin. And former State House Whip Mike Veon, who was booted out of office 2 years ago in the Midnight Pay-Grab scandal.

I had forgotten, but after googling, remembered, Skoop Jackson.

Also, the small town I grew up in in Wisconsin was Fred MacMurray's hometown. They have stuff named after him even. Really. I wouldn't lie.

BigDrawMan wrote:Who is the most famous graduate of your high school(excepting you)?

Probably Tommy Lasorda. --Bob

Jeff Blatnick, Olympic Gold medal winner in Heavy weight Greco-Roman Wrestling at LA in 1984. He was also a Hodgkins survivor at the time.

He was on a HS team that entered a local Whopper eating contest with my older borther in 1976. I once watched him eat 9 Whoppers in half-an-hour. It was kewl when I was 15, I think I would not enjoy it now.

Toby Knight was a classmate of mine who played basketball for Notre Dame and the New York Knicks.

We stood next to each other in the back row of the choir because we were the tallest. He was taller than me.

As best as I can figure out, that would be Mrs. Ima Smith, wife of the Governor of Texas, Preston Smith.

Hey, that school runs about 200 people total in the high school. Not a big pool to draw from.

I went to high school in the small town of Weatherford, TX. The most famous alum graduated many years before I did. His name is Larry Hagman, but he's known as J.R. Ewing to Dallas fans and Major Anthony Nelson to I Dream of Jeannie fans.

Jim Edgar, Former Governor of Illinois.

We liked to call him Jedgar.

His brother was Fred Edgar - or Fredgar.

Not another soul I can think of.....

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Mr. Mia Hamm.......Nomar Garciaparra. I'll have to check and see if there may be others.

Slim pickin's at my school. The best I got is Brian Bark, a former Major Leaguer who pitched all of 2 2/3 innings for the Boston Red Sox and Mitch Allan, the lead singer of SR-71 and the writer of the song "1985", made famous by Bowling for Soup.

Rick Gossage.

Had I gone to high school from my Grandma's house (2 miles to the west), it would be Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

We've done pretty well. Rancho Alamitos High School in Garden Grove:

Gary Hall, Sr., 3-time Olympian and silver medalist (swimming), 1968, 1972, 1976. Father of ten-time Olympic medalist (5 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze) swimmer Gary Hall, Jr..

Randy Vataha, Wide Receiver, Drafted by Los Angeles Rams, Free agent for New England Patriots, retired with Green Bay Packers. Played seven seasons in the NFL. (1971-1977)

Vicki Randle, percussionist/vocalist, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Richard Anderson, Forward, Second round draft pick by the San Diego Clippers, played 6 seasons in the NBA.

Craig Paquette, Third Baseman in MLB from 1993-2003

Pretty slim pickings here--I know: shocker. John (Jack) Block, Sec of Ag for RWR.

My HS English teacher graduated from Beverly Hills HS with Jackie Cooper. 'ats gotta count for something. Right? Right?

Estonut wrote:Craig Paquette, Third Baseman in MLB from 1993-2003

Wait til lb sees this!

Rexer25 wrote:

Estonut wrote:Craig Paquette, Third Baseman in MLB from 1993-2003

Wait til lb sees this!

Exactly what I thought as I included him!

I've written before about my knowing Craig when he was a tough little 4yo kid.

Nobody famous has ever gone to my high school. But nobody infamous has, either.

No big time folks that I can think of....one guy, Shazzon Bradley, was semi-famous for a while. Star high school football player, tapped by UTennessee, but he could barely read. Really. (Great school, eh?) He moved in with my neighbor, who tutored him round the clock, during his senior year. He learned a lot and was able to pass the SAT and gain admission to UT. He went on to play for the NO Saints for less than a season. Last I heard, he was doing some pro boxing.

A friend that I graduated with, Beth Haynes, is now an anchor on the local news.

I think that may very well be it.