Pro Athletes From Your High School

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I though Forrest Whitaker played football for Ridgemont High??

That is true. He got his Trans-Am trashed by players from the rival team. However, Spicoli's dad has a killer set of tools and can fix it.

[Dewey2007]

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I though Forrest Whitaker played football for Ridgemont High??

Forrest Whitaker, the actor...was his teammate. As center and defensive end for our football team, I got to block Forrest who was a nose/defensive tackle. He was tough, a good player.

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I'm going my memory, but it seems Gerald Ford attended high school and college in Michigan. Then again, I'm not familiar with Gerold Ford.

You know what?....On second look, I can't find his name now?

Maybe there is something in the air... I must have been mistaken, my apologies!!!

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Oh dear......I spelled his name wrong?

I suck.

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Dave Navarro was one of the names I deleted.....just didn't think too many would know of him......see how wrong we can be??

Yes....President of the United States of America.....Gerold Ford. (Did you miss it a few posts back?..... )

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Oops....I must have deleted it with all the other lesser names by mistake....


It was Gerold Ford.

I'm going my memory, but it seems Gerald Ford attended high school and college in Michigan. Then again, I'm not familiar with Gerold Ford.

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Where'd you get that warm-up b-t-p-h??? YOU attend Uni also?

Thrift store find...I went to High School in Florida, I live in L.A. now and know a few Uni alumni...don't forget Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction...
Do you mean "President of the United States of America"? Don't forget Ron Reagan was never president.

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Yea, who's the President?

Tone-Loc went to High School on the Westside....frontin' like he's from the streets.

Where'd you get that warm-up b-t-p-h??? YOU attend Uni also?

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Oops....I must have deleted it with all the other lesser names by mistake....


It was Gerold Ford.

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Also, as a football and baseball player in high school, I played against Daryl Strawberry who played at one of our rival high schools (Crenshaw), and Jay Shroeder who player at our number 1 rival, Palasades High School. He was a catcher like I was, but our baseball team beat up on his. We were good....real good. I caught a kid in high school who threw 95 MPH. However, their football team would rock us (along with everybody else in their way....)

Everybody knows where Strawberry ended up......Some of you may not remember Jay at first.....He was the quarterback for the Washington Redskins for many years, eventually playing also for the Raiders, Bengals, and Cardinals.

Forrest Whitaker, the actor...was his teammate. As center and defensive end for our football team, I got to block Forrest who was a nose/defensive tackle. He was tough, a good player.

My claim to fame in high school was throwing out Daryl Strawberry, who tried to steal on me. I had a gun...I threw him out by 10 feet...he didn't even slide, took it like a man, slowed up into the tag and jogged off the field. At his next at bat, he walked up to me and said "Hey bro....you got yourself an ARM!"

He then proceeded to hit a home run about 200 feet (I kid you NOT) over our short-porch right field fence when my pitcher missed his low and outside fastball over the plate......EVERYONE knew Straw was going to make it to the pros...he was scarey good.

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I attended University High School in West Los Angeles. Had a few, shall we say, "notables" that were alumni....

A few sports stars...musicians....lots of acting celebrities.......and a President!

Yea, who's the President?

Tone-Loc went to High School on the Westside....frontin' like he's from the streets.

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Who's the President?

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I attended University High School in West Los Angeles. Had a few, shall we say, "notables" that were alumni....

A few sports stars...musicians....lots of acting celebrities.......and a President!

Here are some of the biggest names...


Jan Berry 1959, (singer and songwriter of Jan & Dean fame)
Jeff Bridges (actor)
James Brolin (actor)
David Cassidy (actor; The Partridge Family)
John Densmore (rock drummer - The Doors)
Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo, film composer)
Vince Flaherty (film producer, actor, songwriter, musician and recording artist)
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Manson Family member/attempted assassin of
Judy Garland (Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz)
Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman 1958, (the actual Gidget, whom the novel Gidget, The Little Girl With the Big Ideas and subsequent film and television adaptations was based on)
Robby Krieger (rock guitarist,songwriter - The Doors)
Betty Lynn (actress best known as Thelma Lou in The Andy Griffith Show)
Roddy McDowall born Roderick McDowall, 1946, (actor best known for Planet of the Apes)
Kevin Millar (professional baseball player - Baltimore Orioles)
Andrew Mishkin (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, author)
Marilyn Monroe (actress)
Randy Newman (singer/composer; 'I Love L.A.')
Ryan O'Neal (actor)
Mel Paton (1948 Olympic Gold Medal sprinter; former world record holder, 100 yd & 220 yd dash)
Stephen Reinhardt 1949, (judge - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
Tommy Rettig 1958, (Jeff Miller in Lassie)
Frank Sinatra, Jr. (singer, conductor)
Nancy Sinatra 1958, (singer)
Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers wide receiver)

Peter Stone (writer for theater, television and film)
Glenn Sundby (gymnastics)
Elizabeth Taylor (actress)
Tone Lōc born Anthony Terrell Smith (hip-hop artist known for Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina) [2]
Dean Torrence 1958, (singer from Jan & Dean)
Diva Zappa (actress, garment designer, daughter of late rock legend Frank Zappa)
Jordan Zevon 1988, (musician/music producer, son of late singer/songwriter Warren Zevon)

.....to name a few.....

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Kirkwood High Skrule, Kirkwood, Mo


Ken Flach - Pro Tennis Player, Olympic Gold Medalist
Jay Leewenberg - NFL - Broncos, Bears, Colts
Alvin Miller - Should have been NFL - Notre Dame Football
Jeremy Maclin - NFL - Eagles
Scott Frost - NFL - Browns
Scott Bakula - Quantum Leap Guy

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Kirkwood High Skrule, Kirkwood, Mo


Ken Flach - Pro Tennis Player, Olympic Gold Medalist
Jay Leewenberg - NFL - Broncos, Bears, Colts
Alvin Miller - Should have been NFL - Notre Dame Football
Jeremy Maclin - NFL - Eagles