Wyandotte High School
Encyclopedia
Wyandotte High School is a fully accredited, public high school located in Kansas City
, Kansas
, United States
, serving students in grades 9-12. The building itself is a historic and notable public building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1986. The school principal is Mary Stewart. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are red, and white. The athletic programs have won many state championships including an undefeated mythic national championship in boy's basketball in 1923. Notable alumni of the school include actor Edward Asner, actress Dee Wallace, and UCLA
basketball star Lucius Allen
.
Historic Landmark. It was registered in Historic Kansas Places on November 23, 1985, and placed in the National Register of Historic Places
on April 30, 1986.
. Throughout its history, Wyandotte has won thirty-one state championships in various sports. Many graduates have gone on to participate in Division I, Division II, and Division III athletics.
in Springfield, Massachusetts
, where they fall under the heading of high school dynasty. For ten straight seasons, from 1956 to 1965, Shublom's Bulldogs played in the state championship game. Seven of those years they were successful, including five straight years, 1957-1961. Following his tenure at Wyandotte, he became the University of Missouri
freshman coach in 1969 and in two years there, guided the Tiger frosh to 21 wins and 2 losses. Shublom went on to coach Kansas City Kansas Community College
for 11 seasons before retiring in 1982. In addition to coaching, he played minor league baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates
farm system. In 1982, he was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. The basketball team also won a state championship in basketball in 1998.
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Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, serving students in grades 9-12. The building itself is a historic and notable public building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986. The school principal is Mary Stewart. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are red, and white. The athletic programs have won many state championships including an undefeated mythic national championship in boy's basketball in 1923. Notable alumni of the school include actor Edward Asner, actress Dee Wallace, and UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
basketball star Lucius Allen
Lucius Allen
Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. is a former professional basketball player. Prior to his NBA career, he became an All-American as part of two of legendary coach John Wooden's UCLA NCAA Championship teams, 1967 and 1968...
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History
On March 28, 1985, the school building was designated as a Kansas City, KansasKansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
Historic Landmark. It was registered in Historic Kansas Places on November 23, 1985, and placed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on April 30, 1986.
Extracurricular activities
The Bulldogs are classified as a 5A school, the second-largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities AssociationKansas State High School Activities Association
The Kansas State High School Activities Association is the organization which oversees interscholastic competition in the state of Kansas at the high school level. It oversees both athletic and non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities.The KSHSAA was...
. Throughout its history, Wyandotte has won thirty-one state championships in various sports. Many graduates have gone on to participate in Division I, Division II, and Division III athletics.
Basketball
The Bulldogs are known statewide for winning 20 state titles in basketball including a 1923 undefeated national championship season (and the girl's team in 1924, under Coach Helen Barnett, won the State title in Stanley, Kansas). One of the nation's most successful high school basketball coaches, Walter Shublom led Wyandotte High School of Kansas City, Kansas to 10 state championships and three second-place finishes in his 14 seasons there from 1955-1969. Shublom posted an incredible 296-26 record (.919 winning percentage) at Wyandotte, with his 1957 and 1965 teams finishing unbeaten and another five teams finishing with just one loss. He and Wyandotte High School share a spot in the Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...
in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
, where they fall under the heading of high school dynasty. For ten straight seasons, from 1956 to 1965, Shublom's Bulldogs played in the state championship game. Seven of those years they were successful, including five straight years, 1957-1961. Following his tenure at Wyandotte, he became the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
freshman coach in 1969 and in two years there, guided the Tiger frosh to 21 wins and 2 losses. Shublom went on to coach Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public two year community college located in Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas City Kansas Community College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association and the Kansas Board of Regents...
for 11 seasons before retiring in 1982. In addition to coaching, he played minor league baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
farm system. In 1982, he was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. The basketball team also won a state championship in basketball in 1998.
Football
In November 2006, the football team made a playoff appearance for the first time since 1987, but suffered a loss to St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Wyandotte's football teams have won the state championship four times, occurring in 1932 (8-0-1 season), 1933 (9-0 co champions), 1941 (10-0 season), and 1951 (9-0 season).State Championships
| State Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... |
4* | 1932, 1933, 1941, 1951 |
| Cross Country, Boys Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... |
1 | 1965 | |
| Winter | Swimming and Diving, Boys Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
7 | 1934, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1968 |
| Basketball, Boys Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
20 | 1923, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1998 | |
| Indoor Track & Field, Boys | 8 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1977 | |
| Indoor Track & Field, Girls | 1 | 1975 | |
| Spring | Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... |
4 | 1953, 1954, 1962, 1964 |
| Track & Field, Boys | 7 | 1931, 1960, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1992 | |
| Track & Field, Girls | 1 | 1988 | |
| Total | 49 | ||
- -State Football Championships are not recognized by the KSHSAA prior to 1969. 1969 was the first year that the KSHSAA sponsored the football state championships. Adding the four state football titles would bring Wyandotte's total to 53.
Wyandotte Pup
In the early 1930s, students built a two-seat monoplane aircraft designed by Noel Hockaday. It was called the Wyandotte Pup. The design rights were bought by the Porterfield Aircraft Corporation and the aircraft entered production as the Porterfield FlyaboutPorterfield 35
-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2760...
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Notable alumni
- Lucius AllenLucius AllenLucius Oliver Allen, Jr. is a former professional basketball player. Prior to his NBA career, he became an All-American as part of two of legendary coach John Wooden's UCLA NCAA Championship teams, 1967 and 1968...
, former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player. - Edward Asner, actor.
- Lyron CobbinsLyron CobbinsLyron Duryea Cobbins is a former professional American football linebacker. After going to Wyandotte High School, Cobbins attended the University of Notre Dame, and in his senior year was named Third-Team All American. Cobbins made his professional debut in the National Football League in 1997...
, former Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I...
All-American linebacker. - Sunny Kobe Cook, Award-winning entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.
- Larry DrewLarry DrewLarry Donnell Drew is the current head basketball coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. He is also a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round of the 1980 NBA Draft...
, head coach of the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
; former NBA player. - Ray EvansRay Evans (American football)Raymond Richard Evans was an American football halfback. He was an All-American in football and a two time All-American in basketball at the University of Kansas and is considered possibly the greatest overall athlete to ever attend KU...
, former NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
player. - Pierre RussellPierre RussellPierre Russell was a professional basketball player.-Biography:Russell was born Pierre Angelo Russell on December 13, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Wyandotte High School.-Career:...
, former professional basketball player. - Dee Wallace, actress.
- Cheryl WomackCheryl WomackVerna Cheryl Womack is an entrepreneur who founded Kansas City, Missouri-based VCW and National Association of Independent Truckers, Inc...
, entrepreneur.