Norwood High School is a public high school

High school

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 in Norwood, Ohio

Norwood, Ohio

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. It is the only high school in the Norwood City School District. Norwood High School has a number of distinguished graduates including former Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Ralston

Joseph Ralston

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, professional baseball player Carl Bouldin

Carl Bouldin

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, professional football player Marc Edwards, the late pro wrestler Brian Pillman

Brian Pillman

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, photographer Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson

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, actress Vera-Ellen

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 (movie "White Christmas"), artist Diane Pfister

Diane Pfister

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 and GCC developer Andrew Pinski. The Drake Planetarium, located in the high school, is named after astronomer and astrophysicist Frank Drake

Frank Drake

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 and is linked to NASA

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. Norwood High School owns the 1936 state title for baseball.

The interior of old Norwood High School, now Norwood Junior High School, was used to film several scenes appearing in the motion picture "An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man

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" (1989), starring Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

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.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Boys Baseball
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  – 1936

Chad Kincaid-1995 Boys Cross-country

Chad Kincaid 1996 3200 meter run