Massillon Washington High School
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Massillon Washington High School, is a secondary school located in Massillon, Ohio (2005 enrollment unconfirmed).
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[edit] Football
Washington High School is nationally famous for high school football , which is featured in the film Go Tigers!. The team, which began play in 1894, has compiled a record of 767 wins; 222 losses; and 35 ties (standings through end of 2005 season). The Tigers play their home games at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium (seating capacity: 18,000; artificial turf); a live tiger cub named "Obie" is on the sidelines for each home game. Massillon's arch rival are the Bulldogs of neighboring Canton McKinley High School. Their meeting is the final game of the regular season each year. It is the only high school contest in America to feature odds in Las Vegas.[1] In 116 meetings (1894-2007), Massillon leads the series 62-49-5.
23 professional players, 3 NFL coaches and 14 collegiate all-Americans graduated from Massillon High School.[citation needed]
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Washington High School was voted the Ohio Division I, State Champions title 22 times. Although the tigers have strong and excellent tradition in football, their first playoff-era state title still eludes them; most recently in 2005 they were runner up to Cincinnati St. Xavier in a 24-17 loss in the state championship game. They have also been recognized as the AP National Champions nine times – in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961 – the most in the nation.
[edit] Famous Massillon Tigers
- Harry Stuhldreher (Quarterback, later one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame)
- Paul Brown (Washington H.S. Head Coach 1932-40; Head Coach, The Ohio State University; Head Coach 1946-1962, Cleveland Browns; elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967; Head Coach/General Manager 1968-75, Cincinnati Bengals).
- Earle Bruce (Undefeated Washington H.S. Head Coach 1964-65; Head Coach University of Tampa, Iowa State University, The Ohio State University, University of Northern Iowa, and Colorado State University 1972-1992)
- Chris Spielman (Linebacker, Class of 1984 (All American); (College) LB, The Ohio State University 1984-87 (2 time All American, 3 time All Big Ten); (Pro) LB, 1988-95 Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills 1996-97, 1999 Cleveland Browns (4 time Pro Bowl honors).
- Mark Kozelek (Class of 1984), Lead Singer of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon; Actor (Almost Famous)
- Justin Zwick (Quarterback, Class of 2002), Nationally-acclaimed quarterback for the Tigers, setting numerous state records in passing yards, completions, touchdown passes, and rating, and later a quarterback for The Ohio State University and Columbus Destroyers. Also appeared in critically acclaimed article in The Lantern, the nationally distributed student newspaper at The Ohio State University.
- Stanfield Wells (Massillon's first All-American, named to Walter Camp's All-America team at the end position in 1910)
[edit] References
- ^ Kenneth A. Carlson. (2001). Go Tigers! [DVD]. New York City: IFC Films.
