| Name |
Grad Year |
Biography |
| Lennie Sacks |
1915 |
Schurz Football, Baseball, Basketball - Captain of All, 11 Letters Total; Professional Football - Chicago Cardinals; Coached All Sports At Loyola Academy; Loyola University Prominent Coach (1923 - 1942) |
| Einer Hermansen |
1918 |
Schurz Track and Baseball; Northwestern University Track - School Records: 100 Yard Dash (9.8 Seconds) and Half Mile (1:28); Kansas and Drake Relays Champion (1928) |
| Sybil Bauer |
1922 |
Schurz Swimming; National Championship Titles (11); U.S. Olympic Swim Team (1924) - Gold Medal (Backstroke); World Records (23); First Woman to break a Men's World Record |
| George Topping |
1922 |
Schurz Player, Coach and Athletic Director; Schurz Basketball and Football - 4 Letters Total; Knox College Basketball - 2 Letters; Knox College Swimming; Schurz Track Coach; Schurz Athletic Director - 18 City Championships |
| Luke Johnsos |
1924 |
Schurz Football and Baseball; Northwestern University Football - 4 Letters, All-Conference (End); Northwestern Basketball and Baseball - 6 Letters Total; Professional - Chicago Bears: 8 Years, All-Pro (End), Assistant Coach 6 Years |
| Jimmy Evans |
1928 |
Schurz Baseball and Football; Football All-City Guard, City Championship Team (1927); Northwestern University Baseball - 2 Letters, All-American; Northwestern University Football - 3 Letters |
| Vinson Sahlin |
1928 |
Schurz Football and Ice Skating - 6 Letters Total; Football All-City (Halfback); Ice Skating - Silver Skates; University of Chicago Football - 3 Letters, All-Conference |
| Frank Haas |
1929 |
Schurz Football and Baseball - 4 Letters Total; Football All-City (End); Purdue University Football - 3 Letters, All-Conference (End); Purdue University Baseball - 1 Letter |
| Francis Wistert |
1929 |
Schurz Baseball and Football; University of Michigan Baseball (Pitcher); University of Michigan Football - All-American (Tackle); Professional Baseball - Cincinnati Reds |
| Art Highland |
1930 |
Schurz Swimming - 3 Letters, City Champion, National Record (40 Yard Freestyle); Northwestern University Swimming - 3 Letters, All-American; U.S. Olympic Swimming Team (1932) |
| Ivan Schustek |
1930 |
Schurz Football and Basketball - 2 Letters Total; University of Illinois Football - 3 Letters, Captain, All-Conference (End), All-American (End); University of Illinois Basketball - 2 Letters |
| Murray Franklin |
1933 |
Schurz Baseball and Soccer - 3 Letters Total; University of Illinois Baseball - 3 Letters; Professional Baseball - Detroit Tigers 2 Years |
| Alvin Wistert |
1933 |
Schurz Football and Baseball; Boston College Football; University of Michigan Football - 2 Letters, Captain, All-American Tackle |
| Leo Freisinger |
1933 |
Schurz Football, Baseball and Skating; Skating National Championships (4 Events); Olympic Speed Skating Team (1936) - Bronze Medal; Olympic Speed Skating Team (1940) - Won 6 Events; National and North American Champion. Last attended Schurz in 1933. |
| Ken Silvestri |
1935 |
Schurz Baseball and Football; Football All-City (End); Professional Baseball (Catcher) - White Sox, Yankees & Phillies, Minor League Manager - Yankees Farm Club; Major League Coach (Pitching) - Several Teams (Chicago White Sox) |
| Theodore J. Leonas |
1936 |
Schurz Track - 2 Letters, Captain, City Champion (High Jump); University of Notre Dame Track - 3 Letters, Captain, Central Collegiate Conference Champion (High Jump: 6' - 6 '') |
| Irwin Prasse |
1936 |
Schurz Baseball and Football; Football All-City (End); University of Iowa Baseball, Football and Basketball - 9 Letters Total; All-American in Basketball and Football |
| Stan Szukala |
1936 |
Schurz Basketball - 3 Letters, Captain; DePaul University Basketball - 2 Letters, Captain, All-American; Professional Basketball - Chicago Bruins 3 Years |
| Loyal H. Tingley |
1936 |
Schurz Track - City Champion (Pole Vault); University of Chicago; National Fencing Champion; U.S. Olympic Fencing Team: Did Not Participate Because of World War II |
| John Kautz |
1938 |
Schurz Track and Cross Country - 3 Letters Total; Cross Country Captain; University of Michigan Track - 3 Letters; Freshmen Record: 880 Yard Run (1:58); 3rd in Big Ten; 8th in NCAA |
| Bill Lundgren |
1941 |
Schurz Track - 4 Letters, City Champion (Pole Vault) 2 Years; Northwestern University Track - 3 Letters, Placed in Big Ten 2 Years |
| Ken Briersdorf |
1943 |
Schurz Football and Track - 5 Letters Total; Football Captain; University of Minnesota Football - 4 Letters (Fullback and Halfback) |
| Tony Klimek |
1943 |
Schurz Football and Baseball; University of Illinois Football - All Conference, Most Valuable Player (1950); Professional - Chicago Cardinals |
| Walter Klink |
1943 |
Schurz Track and Cross Country - 3 Letters, Track City Champion (880), 3rd in State (880;) Cross Country City Champion; Purdue University Track - 3 Letters, Placed in Big Ten 3 Years |
| Vic Schwall |
1943 |
Schurz Football, Track, and Ice Skating - 9 Letters Total; Football All-State; Northwestern University Football - 2 Letters, All Conference, College All Stars Team; Professional Football - Chicago Cardinals 4 Years |
| Herb Barten |
1945 |
Schurz Track and Cross Country; Track City Champion (Mile); State Runner-up (Mile); Cross Country City Champion; University of Michigan Track - Big Ten Champion 3 Years, Captain, Scholar Athlete; U.S. Olympic Track Team (1952) - 4th Place (880) |
| Ed Earle |
1945 |
Schurz Basketball and Golf - 5 Letters Total; Basketball Captain 2 Years; Golf - Captain; Loyola University Basketball - 4 Letters, Loyola All-Time First Team; Professional - Syracuse Nationals |
| Don Stonesifer |
1945 |
Schurz Football and Swimming; Football All-City (1944); Swimming City Champion (100 Yd. Freestyle); Northwestern University Football - 3 Letters; All-American (End - 1949); Professional Football - Chicago Cardinals, 4-Year Regular |
| Bob Nowicki |
1946 |
Schurz Football - 3 Letters, Co-Captain, City Championship Team (1945), All-City and All-Area; Northwestern University Football - 3 Letters, All-Conference 2nd Team (1950) |
| Johnny Miller |
1947 |
Schurz Football and Track - 7 Letters Total; Football All-State (34 Touchdowns); Track City Champion (440); Northwestern University Football - 3 Letters, Rose Bowl, Conference Leader (Punt Returns); North-South Game Captain |
| Bill Conterio |
1948 |
Schurz Soccer (captain), Tennis (captain), Wrestling (captain), 9 Letters Total. Sccer City Champions 2 years - named All-City, All-State 2 years; USA Olympic Soccer team member 1952, 1956- First Chicago born American to make the team; Chicago City Sophomore Tennis Champion - 1946; won Chicago Tennis State qualifying doubles tournament 1947; won Chicago Wrestling State qualifying tournament 1948 |
| Bill Hutchison |
1949 |
Schurz Basketball, Football and Track - 8 Total Letters; Football All-City (1948); University of Wisconsin Football - 3 Letters, Rose Bowl Starter (Defensive Back) |
| Richard Woit |
1949 |
Schurz Football and Track - 3 Letters Total; Football All-Section Co-Captain; Arkansas State College Football Halfback, 'Little All-American' (57 TDs in 4 Years), 4 Bowl Games, MVP of Refrigerator Bowl |
| Earl Schulze |
1950 |
Schurz Tennis and Basketball - 6 Letters Total; Tennis City Champion and State Champion (1950); Princeton University Tennis - 3 Letters; NCAA National Ranking (7) |
| Ken Swienton |
1950 |
Schurz Football and Track - 5 Letters Total; Junior Track Captain; Football All-State (Halfback); University of Illinois Football - 3 Letters |
| Dick Yirkosky |
1950 |
Schurz Football, Baseball and Basketball - 10 Letters Total; City Championship Football Team (1949); University of Michigan Baseball - 4 Letters, National Championship Team (Pitcher), 12 ' 4 Record |
| Roy Conrad |
1951 |
Schurz Wrestling and Football - 4 Letters Total; Wrestling - 2nd in City, 2nd in State; Northern Illinois University Wrestling - NCAA Champion (177 lb), 40 - 2 Record; Barely Missed 1960 Olympic Team |
| Richard Schnell |
1951 |
Schurz Cross Country, Track and Basketball - 6 Letters Total; Cross Country Capain 2 Years; Track City Champion (Pole Vault); Drake University Track - 3 Letters, Placed in Central Collegiate 2 Years, Best Vault of 13' 9" |
| Jerry Schropp |
1951 |
Schurz Football - Honorable Mention North Section (Halfback - 1950), City Championship Team (1949); Cole College Football (1951); Lake Forest College Football (1954-56); Semi-Pro Football (1956-1963) |
| John Sloan |
1952 |
Schurz Wrestling - 2 Letters; City Champion (126 lb); Handball - YMCA Doubles and Singles Championships (1955), National AAU Doubles and Singles Championships (1957); World Series of Handball Champion (1958) |
| Terry McCann |
1953 |
Schurz Wrestling - City Champion (95 Lb.), State Champion (112 Lb.); University of Iowa - Conference Champion, National Champion; Olympic Wrestling Team (1960) - Gold Medal |
| James Uhlir |
1953 |
Schurz Football - 2 Letters, All-City (1953); University of Colorado Football - Played Fullback, Center and Guard, Voted Most Valuable Lineman in Oklahoma Game, UPI All-Big Seven Team |
| Casey Barszcz |
1955 |
Schurz Baseball - 4 Letters, All-State (1955), Captain, State Championship Team (1955); University of Illinois Baseball - 4 Letters, Big Ten Batting Champion (1957-58), Captain (1959) |
| Werner Holzer |
1955 |
Schurz Wrestling and Football - 4 Letters Total; Wrestling State Champion (138 lb.); University of Illinois Wrestling - 3 Letters, Captain, Big Ten Champion (1957-58), Big Ten Runner-up (1959) |
| Dick Fee |
1934
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Schurz Football and Ice Skating - 5 Letters Total; Football All-City Guard; Ice Skating City Champion; University of Illinois Ice Hockey - 2 Letters, Captain of Team; Ice Skating - 3rd in North America Indoor Meet |
| Norm Swanson |
1966 |
Schurz Basketball and Track - 2 Letters Total; University of Detroit Basketball - 4 Letters, Broke All Scoring Records; University of Detroit Track - 1 Letter, Discus Record (125' ' 5"); Professional Basketball - Rochester Royals - 1 Year |
| Jeff Conrad |
1970 |
Schurz Baseball - All-City (1968, 1969, 1970); Winning Pitcher in State Championship Game (1969); Truman Junior College Baseball 2 Years; Illinois State University Baseball 2 Years |
| Charlie Bliss |
1975 |
Schurz Football - All-City (1974), Special Mention All-State (1974); Wright Junior College Football - All-American; Northeastern Illinois University Football - All-Conference, Player of The Year (1979); Semi-Pro Football - Racine Raiders, National Championship Team (1992) |
| George Hawthorne |
1985 |
Schurz Football and Wrestling; Football All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-City (1985); College of Dosage Football - All-American; University of Iowa Football - 2 Years, Holiday Bowl & Peach Bowl; Professional Football - Cleveland Browns |
| Brian Smock |
1985 |
Schurz Baseball - All-City and All-Area (1984 and 1985), City Championship (1984), Illinois Vs. Michigan All-Star Game; Truman College Baseball - 1 Year; Pan American University Baseball - 2 Years; Northeastern Illinois University Baseball - 1 Year |
| David Diaz |
1995 |
Member of the 1996 US Olympic Team as a Light Welterweight, Won Chicago Golden Gloves four times and the National Golden Gloves three times, Had a record of 175-16 in the amateurs, World Boxing Council Lightweight World Champion |
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Coaches |
| Stuart Menaker |
|
Schurz Coach - Boys Basketball, Football, Baseball, and Girls Volleyball; Head Varsity Basketball Coach (25 Years) - Record of 387-211, Conference Titles (15), Chicago Public League Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame |
| Fred O'Keefe |
|
Schurz Coach - Boys Football, Golf, Tennis and Wrestling; Chicago Public League Football City Championships (1949 and 1962), Illinois High School Association Football Coaches Hall of Fame |
| Cliff Pierce |
|
Schurz Coach and Athletic Director - Boys Baseball, Basketball and Swimming; Head Varsity Baseball Coach (26 Years), Record of 445-272, Conference Titles (10), Chicago Public League Championship 1984, Illinois High School State Championship 1969, Member of Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame |
| Frank Preo |
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Schurz Coach - Boys Football (17 Years), Conference Titles (4), City Playoffs (10), 1st Chicago Public School To Qualify For State Tournament, Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame |
| Raymond Smith |
|
Schurz Coach and Athletic Director - Boys Football, Wrestling and Softball; Football Conference Titles (1988, 1990 and 1993); Wrestling Conference Titles (1977 - 1983, 1986 and 1987); Public League Individual Wrestling Championship (1982); Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame |
| Ron Zagorski |
1970 |
Schurz Player, Coach and Athletic Director; Boys Varsity Head Baseball Coach - Record 182-53 (467-178 Total), Conference Titles (9), Chicago Public League Championships (1983, 1984, and 1991); Illinois State Championship Team (1969); Only Person in Illinois to Ever Qualify for Baseball State Tournament as a Player, an Assistant, and a Head Coach |
