Athletes
Blair’s athletic program has produced outstanding athletes in many sports over the years. Some of those athletes reached the professional ranks and other peaks of their various sports. Considering that Blair was a public high school which did no recruiting and relied solely on those students who lived in the Blair jurisdiction, it’s amazing how many great athletes wore the Blair name on their uniforms.
Well, maybe it’s NOT that amazing. Blair has excelled in virtually every field of endeavor over the past 75 years.
Here are some of the Blair athletes who made it all the way to the top:
Johnny Klippstein, Class of 1945
Morgan Wootten, Class of 1950
Steve Barber, Class of 1956
Tom Brown, Class of 1958
Bob Windsor, Class of 1961
Sonny Jackson, Class of 1962
David Vanterpool, Class of 1991
Dominique Dawes, Class of 1994
Steve Francis, Class of 1995
Uranie Browne, Class o 1996
In addition to these Blair athletes who went on to the highest levels of fame and success, each decade has produced many outstanding athletes in a variety of sports. Here are just a few who instilled pride in their fellow Blazers.
Click on the name and you’ll learn what these athletes accomplished at Blair (and beyond).
| 1940s Charlie Finchman, Class of’46 Elmo Wurdeman, Class of ’46 Olaf Brockdorff, Class of ’47 Fedie Bohlen, Class of ’47 Parker Kirby, Class of ’47 |
1950s Elmer Robinson, Class of ’52 Charles Pryor, Class of ’59 |
| 1960s Jerry Ricucci, Class of ’62 Hobart Cooper, Class of ’64 Wayne Stern, Class of ’65 Hector Galliani, Class of ’66 Tom Windsor, class of ’66 Carlos Fuentes, Class of ’68 Dan Weaver, Class of ’68 |
1970s Walter Cardoza, Class of ’71 John Swarthout, Class of ’71 Jim Kester, Class of ’72 Mike Grinder, Class of ’72 Brian Magid, Class of ’75 Kevin Moose, Class of ’75 Gil Castilla, Class of ’76 Jose Bauza, Class of ’76 Jeff Seals, Class of ’77 Sergio Da Silva, Class of ’77 Mike O’Donnel, Class of ’78 |
| 1980s John MacDonald, Class of ’80 Voga Wallace, Class of ’80 Charlene Thomas, Class of ‘83 Arnold Jackson, Class of 85 |
1990’s
Geof Thompson, Class of ‘91 |