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Glendale High's most famous alumnus is Marion Morrison from the Class of 1925. He would become the legendary actor John Wayne. While at GHS, Morrison (who was nicknamed "Duke") was the senior class president, a star football player (he would go on to play for USC), and the sports editor of the school newspaper.
Glendale High School was founded in 1911 and is one of the longest-standing high schools in the state of Arizona. Glendale is the original school in the Glendale Union High School District and to this day it enrolls nearly 1,700 students. Glendale has been continuously listed on U.S. News & World Report's Best High School Ranking list.
It was founded in 1911 and is the oldest Arizona high school which still remains on its original site, having been established at Glendale and Grand Avenues in the fall of 1912. [2] The high school's auditorium is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona.
May 18, 2001 · 1985 -- GLENDALE HIGH GRAD NAMED NFL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. A star basketball player while at Glendale High, alumnus Duane Bickett. later played football with the Indianapolis Colts and was...
History. Early history (1879-1935) In 1879, the now-defunct Sepulveda School District was formed to educate all children residing within the area of the former Rancho San Rafael. [5] The Glendale Union High School District was formed in 1901. [6] Glendale Junior College was founded in 1927 to serve the Glendale Union High School District. [7]
SOME TOP PERFORMERS. Floyd "Babe" Herman - 1921 - Competed in four sports at Glendale Union High (Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Track and Field) - Named Southern California's most outstanding high school baseball player and California State baseball player of the year in 1920.
1912 — Glendale News founded by Fred C. Woodward: Glendale High School built at a cost of $20,000. 1926 — a second newspaper, The Glendale Herald, was established. 1927 — Chamber of Commerce founded. 1930 — Glendale becomes one of the nation’s top produce shippers; Town of Glendale becomes City of Glendale. 1938 — Library built in ...
