1910S Harry Kirkpatrick 1920S Reginald E. “Pop”
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1910s Harry Kirkpatrick Class of 1910 Track, Baseball National Junior AAU champion track hurdler 1910 AHS Baseball team captain 1914 Helms Foundation Southern California Athlete of the year 1911-1914 Earned sixteen letters, Occidental College Captain-Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track 1914 All Southern California Football team 1914-L.A. Times columnist Bill Henry called him the greatest forward passer in Southern California history. President Student Body-Occidental College Turned down professional contract in baseball because he would not play on Sundays Basketball, football coach-Los Angeles High School 1929-Received Doctorate at Cal Tech WWII Major and Commandant of Cadets 1941-became part of Radiation Laboratory National Defense Research Committee at MIT that developed radar used in WWII. Inducted into Occidental College Track and Baseball Hall of Fame 1920s Reginald E. “Pop” Horne Tennis Coach 1921-1940 Led Moors Tennis to 11 league championships: 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 Led Moors to 3 CIF team championships: 1930, 1938, 1940 Teacher/ Tennis Coach Mark Keppel High School Judge Frederick F. Houser Class of 1922 Tennis, Baseball Senior Class President Three year Varsity Baseball/Tennis Letterman Baseball Captain, member of two league Champions (1921,1922) 1919 Boys Tennis Champion of Southern California 1923 Southern California Junior Tennis Champion UCLA Four year Tennis letterman, member of four Conference Champions Two year Captain and first man at UCLA 1926 Graduate of UCLA, Specializing in Government & Economics 1929 Graduate of Harvard Law School, Professor in Economics 1931 Elected youngest member of California State Assembly in 53rd district, served three terms. 1933-1935 President of Alhambra Chamber of Commerce 1933-1935 President of UCLA Alumni Association President San Gabriel Valley Chambers of Commerce 1943-1947 Lieutenant Governer of California 1946-1964 Served on Superior Court of State of California 1948 Award Winner-UCLA Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the year Vic Carroll Class of 1929 Football, Basketball, Track, Swimming 1928 All Coast League Track 1929 All Southern California (Center) Named Pasadena Star News 1920’s “Team of the Decade” (O Line) Named Pasadena Star News “Team of the Century” (O Line) Pasadena City College Football, Basketball University of Nevada, Reno 1932-1934 Letterman, Basketball 1932-1933 Letterman, Football National Football League 1936-1947 Boston/Washington Redskins, New York Giants Member of 7 East Conference Championship teams Member of 2 NFL League Championship Teams (1937,1942 Washington Redskins) Orv Mohler Class of 1929 Commissioner General, Commissioner of Athletics Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track 1926, 1927 All Coast League Baseball 1928 Ote Lewis Trophy Winner (Highest Batting Average) 1928 All Coast League Football, Baseball 1928 Football Captain, MVP, All Southern California (Back) 1928 Member of Coast League, Southern California, 1928 Member of State Champion Football Team 1958 Inducted into Helms Athletic Honor Hall Named to Pasadena Star News 1920’s “Team of the Decade” (Back) Named to Pasadena Star News “All Century Team” (Back) USC 1930-1932 Three-year letterman in Football (QB), Baseball (SS) 1930 Named to All American Team in Football (Quarterback) 1931-32 Played on Two Rose Bowl, National Championship Teams, Football 1930, 1932 Played on Two CIBA Conference Championship Teams, Baseball 1932 All Conference, Football 1995 Inducted into USC Athletic Hall of Fame Lt. Colonel in U.S. Air Force, World War II John Seixas Class of 1929 Commissioner General, Commissioner of Athletics Football, Basketball, Baseball 1929 Captain of the Football team 1958 Named to Helms Athletic Honor Hall Named to Pasadena Star News 1920’s “Team of the Decade” (End) Named to Pasadena Star News “Team of the Century” (End) Pasadena City College 1929-30 Letterman, Football (End), 1939 Letterman, Basketball (Guard) 1930 Captain of the Football Team Inducted into Pasadena City College Hall of Fame USC 1932-1933 Letterman in Football 1932 Captain of the Football team 1933 All American in Ice Hockey 1934 Captain in Ice Hockey 1935-1973 Teacher and coach in Alhambra School District 1969 Inducted into So. Cal. Interscholastic Basketball Coaching Association Hall of Fame 1973 Awarded CIF Southern Section Life Pass 1930s Jack Rugh Class of 1930 Football, Baseball, Track Commissioner General 1927 Member of Coast League Champion, Baseball 1928 Selected All Southern California in Football (End), 1928 Member of Southern California Champion, Football, 1928 Member of State Champion, Football 1929 Team MVP, Baseball Selected to Pasadena Star News“1920’s All Decade Football Team” Ohio State University Track Sherwood Viel Class of 1930 Football, Baseball 1927-1929 lettermen Football, Baseball 1928 Member of Coast League Football, Baseball Team 1928 Member of Southern California Champion Football Team (Tackle) 1928 Member of State Champion Football Team (Tackle) 1929 Winner of Ote Lewis Trophy (Highest Batting Average) Baseball Citrus College 1930-1931 Baseball Professional Baseball Nashville Volunteers, San Francisco Missions 1941-1945 Served in U.S. Army Air Force, World War II Received Certificate of Appreciation from Commanding General Of Army Air Forces Hap Arnold Sam Hanks Class of 1931 Professional Race Car Driver 1957 Winner Indianapolis 500 1940 Winner UFW Motor Sports Speedway 1946 Winner URA Blue Circuit Championship 1949 AAA National Midget Title 1958-1963 Pace Car Driver at Indianapolis 500 1958-1979 Director of Competition at Indianapolis 1984 Inducted into Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame 1998 Inducted into National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 2000 Inducted into Motor Sports Hall of Fame Bill Nary Class of 1933 Golf 1933 AHS Number One Golfer Professional Golf 1938-1941 Head Pro at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Course 1938 Holder of Course record of 64 (Par 72) 1939 1st Place Northern California Open 1949 Shoots a round of 60 in 3rd round of El Paso Open, Round features 19 puts, including 7 on the back nine (Still a PGA Tour record) 1949 Teams with Lefty O’Doul to win Crosby Open at Pebble Beach 1964-1969 San Diego Player of the Year Played in Eight Masters Toby Heeb Class of 1934 Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track All Coast League in Football Fresno State University 1937 Named Little All-American (Safety) 1937 Scored touchdown in Fresno State’s 27-26 victory over Arkansas State in the Little All American Bowl held at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles Only 5’6” regarded as one of Alhambra’s best athletes for his size Max West Class of 1934 Baseball All Coast League, Baseball 1934 Professional Baseball Major Leagues 1938-1942,1946,1948 Boston Bees (Braves), Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates Played and Hit Home Run in 1940 All Star Game Pacific Coast League 1935-1937,1947, 1949-1954 Sacramento Solons, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels 2003 Inducted in Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame 1943-1945 Played Baseball for U.S. Army, World War II Vard Stockton Class of 1934 Football 1933 All Southern California (Guard) Named Pasadena Star news 1930’s “Team of the Decade” (O Line) Named Pasadena Star News “Team of the Century”(O Line) University of California, Berkeley Football 1935-1937 Three Year letterman 1935, 1937 Member of Pacific Coast Conference Champions 1937 Named First Team All Pacific Coast Conference, All American (Guard) 1937 Member of Rose Bowl, National Championship Football Team 2005 Inducted into California, Berkeley Athletic Hall of Fame Commander U.S. Navy Submarine, World War II Bill Fisk Class of 1936 Commissioner General Football, Basketball, Track 1935 Football Captain 1935 All Southern California Football (Tackle) Named Pasadena Star News 1930’s Team of the Decade” (End) USC 1937-1939 Letterman in Football 1939 All Pacific Coast Conference, All American (End) 1939 Awarded Davis Teschke Award (Most Inspirational) Played in Two Rose Bowls 1940 Played in College All Star Game, Chicago, Illinois Professional Football Player 1940-1948 1940-1943 Detroit Lions 1944-45 Hollywood Bears (Pacific Coast Football League) 1944 Member PCFL Champions 1944-1945 Named First Team All League (End) 1946-1947 San Francisco 49ers (All American Football Conference) 1948 Los Angeles Dons (All American Football Conference) 1949-1956 USC Assistant Coach Vern Allen Football Class of 1937 All CIF Football Running Guard (1937) 1938 Football Captain 1938 All Coast League (Guard) 1938 All CIF 2nd team-Guard 1938 Chosen Most Valuable Person at AHS Named to Star News football All Decade Team Lineman (1930’s) California/Berkeley Captain Freshmen football team Running Guard Suffered knee injury in sophomore year Long time teacher (Chemistry) Head of Science Department Long Beach Poly & Long Beach Wilson High School Shannon Deniston Class of 1937 Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track 1937 All Coast League Basketball (second team) 1936-37 All CIF Basketball/Football (first Team) 1937 All CIF Baseball (second team) 1937 Commissioner General Named to Star News Football 1930’s all decade team-Lineman 1938-39 Letterman St. Mary’s College (Freshmen Football, Baseball) 1939-1941, 1946-1949, 1951-Professional Baseball Player 1942,1944,1945,1948-Professional Football Player (Pacific Coast Football League) 1942-Hollywood Bears/Los Angeles Bulldogs 1944-San Diego Bombers PCFL Champions (under name Sherman Dennis) 1945-Hollywood Bears PCFL Champions 1948 Hollywood Bears 1947-1950 Professional Baseball Manager Football, Baseball Coach-Pepperdine University, 1947 Graduate (Education) 1949-53