List of Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) People - Notable Alumni - Athletes

Athletes

  • Chidi Ahanotu, 1988 - American football defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.
  • Shooty Babitt, 1977 - Major League Baseball Player Oakland A's
  • Don Barksdale, 1941 - All-American basketball player at UCLA; first African American on U.S. Olympic basketball team (1948); first African American to play in NBA All-Star Game (1953)
  • Glenn Burke, 1970 - baseball player.
  • Phil Chenier - basketball player for the Washington Bullets in the 1970s
  • Je'Rod Cherry - American football player who won 3 Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots.
  • Ruppert Jones - 1973 - Major League Baseball player, 2-time All Star
  • Jack LaLanne, 1935 - fitness educator
  • John Lambert - basketball player at USC and in NBA for multiple teams
  • Billy Martin, 1946 - second baseman for five New York Yankees World Series teams in the 1950s, and manager of four playoff teams, (Twins, Yankees, Detroit, A's) including one championship
  • Claudell Washington - baseball outfielder
  • Hannibal Navies, 1995 - American football player
  • Steve Odom, American Football Player - Wide Receiver Green Bay Packers 1974 - 1977
  • Lawrence McGrew, 1975 American Football Player - Linebacker New England Patriots, New York Giants 1980 - 1991

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