List of Evanston Township High School Alumni - Sports

Sports

  • Alex Agase (1941) was a football guard and coach. In 1963, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
  • Lou Agase (1943) was a standout college football player and later coach, who later briefly served as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
  • Paddy Driscoll (1914) was a quarterback who was elected to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. He both played for and coached the Chicago Cardinals and Chicago Bears.
  • Kevin Foster (1987) was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1993–98, 2001), playing most of his career with the Chicago Cubs.
  • Clint Frank was a halfback at Yale University. He won the 1937 Heisman Trophy and was the first winner of the Maxwell Award.
  • Robert Gary (1991) is a 2-time Olympian (3,000 m steeplechase; 1996, 2004) and current head coach of The Ohio State University's men's track & field and cross country teams.
  • Lucius Perry Gregg III (1978), graduated from Harvard University (1983) with a degree in Applied Mathematics, was the number one singles tennis player on Evanston's high school team, the first African American alumnus to be admitted early admission to Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Dov Grumet-Morris, professional ice hockey player
  • William Heusner (1944) was a swimmer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won two medals at the 1951 Pan American Games.
  • Donald T. Johnson (1977), graduated from Northwestern University, Bachelor of Science, Communications (1981), Master of Science, Journalism (1987), was the first African American Captain of the high school ice hockey team which had three state championships, played halfback on the Northwestern Wildcats football team
  • Damon Jones (1992) was an NFL tight end (1997–2001), playing his entire career for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  • Mike Kenn (1974) was a 5-time NFL Pro Bowl offensive tackle (1978–94), playing his entire career for the Atlanta Falcons. His uniform number 78 was retired by the Falcons.
  • Bob Lackey was a two-time All-American basketball player at Marquette University, who played two years for the New York Nets.
  • Cecil Martin (1993) was an NFL Full back (1999–2003) who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
  • Emery Moorehead (1972) was an NFL tight end who played most of his career for the Chicago Bears. He was the starting tight end for the Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears.
  • Dan Peterson (1954) is a professional basketball coach. He retired after leading Olimpia Milano to the 1987 Grand Slam Champions Cup, Italian Championship and Italian Cup. He's now been rehired as the Head Coach of Olimpia Milano after 24 years.
  • Robert Pickens (1962) was a wrestler at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is a member of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.
  • Jim Purnell (1960) was an NFL linebacker (1964–72), playing most of his career with the Chicago Bears.
  • Richard Mason Rocca (1996) is a basketball player who played on the Italian national team, and currently plays for Olimpia Milano.
  • Mike Rogodzinski (1966) was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies (1973–75).
  • Everette Stephens (1984) was an NBA guard (1988–91).
  • Ralf Woods (1913), brother of Ray, helped guide the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team to an undefeated 16–0 season in 1914–15 in which they were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.
  • Ray Woods (1913), brother of Ralf, was a three-time men's basketball All-American (1915–17) and one-time Helms National Player of the Year (1917) at Illinois.

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