Page 1 Pro Players from Weirton_Rev8_DRJ

Player Name High School (grad.) College Team Pro or Major League Team Sport Comments 1 Mike Rodak Weir High (1935) Western Reserve Cleveland Rams, Football 2 Bob Gain Weir High (1947) Kentucky Ottawa Rough Riders, Cleveland Browns Football Outland Trophy (1950), Col. Football HOF 3 Bob Jeter Weir High (1956) Iowa , Bears Football 4 Bill Tucker Weir High (1962) Tennessee A&I San Francisco 49'rs, Football 5 Tony Jeter Weir High (1962) Nebraska Pittsburgh Steelers Football 6 Gary Jeter Cathedral Latin OH (1973)Southern California NY Giants 1977-82 LA Rams 1983-88 Football Born 1955 Weirton, moved to Cleveland 7 Tom Bloom Weir High (1959) Purdue Cleveland Browns (drafted 1963 - did not play) Football Killed in automobile accident before playing 8 Bill West Weir High (1965) Tennessee A&I Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos Football 9 Leon Jenkins Weir High (1968) West Virginia Detroit Lions Football 10 Kevin Miller Weir High (1974) Louisville Minnesota Vikings Football 11 John Canei Weir High (1978) Miami (Fla) Tampa Bay Bandits, Memphis Showboats (USFL) Football 12 Carl Fodor, Jr. Weir High (1982) Marshall Calgary Stampeders (CFL) Football 13 Quincy Wilson Weir High (1999) West Virginia Atlanta Falcons, Cincinnati Bengals Football 14 Gene Trosch Madonna High (1963) Miami (Fla) Kansas City Chiefs (1967, 69) Football 15 Pete Horoszko Madonna High (1970) Virginia Polytechnic Inst. Bell (WFL) Football lived in New Cumberland 16 Tony Dorsett, Jr. Richardson,Texas Pittsburgh Houston Oilers (1996-2000), Tennessee Titans Football lived in Weirton for a period of time 17 Gene Remenar Weir High West Virginia Green Bay Packers (drafted 1949) Football 18 Pete Zinaich Weir High West Virginia San Francisco 49'rs (drafted 1950) Football 19 Charlie Turner Bellaire High Ohio Hamilton Tiger Cats, Edmonton Eskimos Football Lived on Loeb St. and moved to Bellaire,OH 20 John Stock Scott Township Pittsburgh (did not play) Pittsburgh Steelers Football Born in Weirton 21 Ron "Fritz" Williams Weir High (1964) West Virginia San Francisco Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles LakersBasketball Drafted by Dallas Cowboys (1968) 22 Bill "Tobe" Thompson Weir High (1962) Shepherd College Baltimore Bullets (drafted 1969 - did not play) injured before playing in pros 23 Mike "Slim" Naymick Weir High (1936) Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals 24 Harold "Doc" Daugherty Weir High (1945) Detroit Tigers (1951) Baseball 25 Bob Trice Dunbar High (1946) Philadelphia Athletics (1953-54) Kansas City (1955) Baseball 1st African-American to play for Athletics 26 Floyd Giebell Pennsboro High, WV Salem College Detroit Tigers (1939-41) Baseball Strip Steel Team, lived locally for a time 27 Dana Williams Davidson High (Ala.) Enterprise State CC Boston Red Sox (1989) Baseball Born in Weirton 28 Mary Lou Kolanko Weir High (1950) Springfield Sallies (1950) Peoria Redwings AAGPBL Baseball All American Girls Pro Baseball League 29 Mike Krak Weir High (1944) West Virginia PGA Tour Golf