High School All-Time Ohio High School Football Team

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Television program to choose state's best-ever
By JON SPENCER ? News Journal ? November 10, 2009

MANSFIELD ? Art Schlichter or Len Dawson?

Robert Smith or Archie Griffin?

Orlando Pace or John Hicks?

Joey Galloway or Cris Carter?

Mike Greene has watched enough football in 30 years as a local on-air sports personality to form an opinion on the best players at each position to ever come out of Ohio. But he?s more interested in what everybody else thinks.

The former WMFD-TV sports director is hosting an hour-long TV show called ?Ohio?s All-Time High School Football Greats? for Fox Sports Ohio. Although air dates have not been determined, the plan is to show it several times on FSO (Channel 31 on the local Time Warner Cable).

Joining Greene on the panel are Steve Blackledge, who has covered high school sports for 25 years at the Columbus Dispatch, and Ron Blackledge (no relation), a former Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts offensive line coach from North Canton. Ron?s son Todd quarterbacked Penn State to a national championship.

FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE
QB Art Schlichter, 6-3, 210, Miami Trace, Ohio State
RB Robert Smith, 6-3, 210, Euclid, Ohio State
RB Keith Byars, 6-3, 235, Dayton Roth, Ohio Sate
FB Marion Motley, 6-1, 232, Canton McKinley, South Carolina State
OL Pete Henry, 6-3, 245, Mansfield Senior, Washington & Jefferson
OL Jim Parker, 6-3, 273, Toledo Scott, Ohio State
OL Orlando Pace, 6-6, 330, Sandusky, Ohio State
OL Bob Brown, 6-4, 280, Cleveland East Tech, Nebraska
OL Dan Dierdorf, 6-3, 275, Canton Glenwood, Michigan
TE Kyle Rudolph, 6-7, 245, Cincinnati Elder, Notre Dame
WR Cris Carter, 6-3, 210, Middletown, Ohio State
WR Desmond Howard, 5-10, 185, Cleveland St. Joseph?s, Michigan

DEFENSE
DL Bill Willis, 6-2, 213, Columbus East, Ohio State
DL Alan Page, 6-4, 245, Cleveland Central Catholic, Notre Dame
DL Ross Browner, 6-3, 247, Warren Western Reserve, Notre Dame
DL Jim Houston, 6-2, 216, Massillon, Ohio State
LB Jack Lambert, 6-4, 220, Mantua Crestwood, Kent State
LB Andy Katzenmoyer, 6-4, 245, Westerville South, Ohio State
LB Tom Cousineau, 6-2, 230, Lakewood St. Edward, Ohio State
LB Chris Spielman, 6-1, 225, Massillon, Ohio State
DB Vic Janowicz, 5-9, 185, Elyria, Ohio State
DB Chic Harley, 5-8, 160 Columbus East, Ohio State
DB Charles Woodson, 6-1, 200, Fremont, Michigan
DB George McAfee, 6-0, 178, Ironton, Duke

SPECIAL TEAMS
P Tom Tupa, 6-4, 220, Brecksville, Ohio State
PR Ted Ginn, 5-11, 180, Cleveland Glenville, Ohio State
PR Bam Childress, 5-7, 170, Bedford Chanel, Ohio State
K Lou Groza, Martins Ferry, 6-3, 240, Ohio State
KR Paul Warfield, 6-0, 188, Warren Harding, Ohio State
KR Cliff Battles, 6-1, 194, Akron Kenmore, West Virginia Wesleyan

COACH: Paul Brown, Massillon, 1932-1940, 80-8-2 record, 6 state titles, 4 national titles.
TEAM: Fostoria, 1912 national champions, 8-0 and outscored foes 596-0.

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB Roger Staubach, 6-2, 190, Cincinnati Purcell, Navy
RB Archie Griffin, 5-8, 180, Columbus Eastmoor, Ohio State
RB Maurice Clarett, 6-0, 230, Warren Harding, Ohio State
FB Larry Csonka, 6-3, 235, Stow, Syracuse
OL Mike Michalske, 6-0, 210, Cleveland W. Tech, Penn State
OL Chris Ward, 6-4, 275, Dayton Patterson, Ohio State
OL John Hicks, 6-3, 258, Cleveland John Hay, Ohio State
OL Jack Cannon, 5-11, 193, Columbus Aquinas, Notre Dame
OL Jim Lachey, 6-6, 294, St. Henry, Ohio State
TE Jim Mandich, 6-2, 224, Solon, Michigan
WR Joey Galloway, 6-0, 170, Bellaire, Ohio State
WR Wes Fesler 5-11, 180, Youngstown South, Ohio State

DEFENSE
DL Gary Jeter, 6-4, 259, Cleveland Cathedral Latin, USC
DL Irv Eatman, 6-7, 293, Dayton Meadowdale, UCLA
DL Jim Marshall, 5-11, 208, Columbus East, Ohio State
DL Mel Long, 6-1, 230, Toledo Macomber, Toledo
LB Jim Lynch, 6-1, 225, Lima Central Catholic, Notre Dame
LB Randy Gradishar, 6-3, 236, Champion, Ohio State
LB Clarke Hinkle, 5-11, 202, Toronto, Bucknell
LB Bob Babich, 6-2, 225, Campbell Memorial, Miami (Ohio)
DB Howard ?Hopalong? Cassady, 5-10, 172, Columbus Central, Ohio State
DB Michael Doss, 6-0, 200, Canton McKinley, Ohio State
DB Antoine Winfield, 5-9, 170, Akron Garfield, Ohio State
DB Dave Brown, 6-1, 185, Akron Garfield, Michigan

HONORABLE MENTION
Redgie Arden, Ironton; Gordon Bell, Troy; Ted Bell, Youngstown Mooney; Todd Bell, Middletown; LeCharles Bentley, Cleveland St. Ignatius; Alex Boone, Lakewood St. Edward; Aaron Brown, Warren Harding; Harold Brown, Kent Roosevelt; Fred Bruney, Martins Ferry; Bob Brudzinski, Fremont Ross; Hubert Bobo, Chauncey-Dover; Rob Carpenter, Lancaster; Ki-Jana Carter, Westerville South; Chris Chambers, Bedford; Matt Christopher, Lake; Nate Clements, Shaker Heights; Ollie Cline, Fredericktown; Bob Crable, Cincinnati Moeller; Tom Curtis, Aurora; Pete Cusik, Lakewood St. Edward; Thom Darden, Sandusky; Tim Davis, Warren Western Reserve; Len Dawson, Alliance; Van Ness DeCree, Warren Western Reserve; Tom DeLeone, Kent; Doug Donley, Cambridge; Bob Dove, Youngstown South; Marc Edwards, Norwood; Ray Eichenlaub, Columbus East; Curtis Enis, Mississinawa Valley; Bob Ferguson, Troy; Dave Foley, Cincinnati Roger Bacon; Tim Fox, Canton Glenwood; Hiawatha Francisco, Cincinnati Moeller; Simon Fraser, Upper Arlington; Dennis Franklin, Massillon; Benny Friedman, Cleveland E. Tech; Ken Fritz, Ironton; Dave Gallagher, Piqua; Elvis Grbac, Cleveland St. Joseph?s; Ray Griffin, Columbus Eastmoor; Ralph Gugliemi, Grandview Heights; Anthony Gonzalez, Cleveland St. Ignatius; Bill Hackett, London; Antonio Hall, Canton McKinley; Tom Hamilton, Granville Doane Academy; Jeff Hartings, St. Henry; John Havlicek, Bridgeport; Chuck Heater, Tiffin; Erick Howard, North Canton Hoover; Buster Howe, Zanesville; Les Horvath, Parma; Bob Hoying, St. Henry; Tony Hunter, Cincinnati Moeller; Mike Ingram, Bellaire; Joe Johnson, Fostoria; Chuck Jones, Chillicothe; Gomer Jones, Cleveland South; Dick Kazmaier, Maumee; Dwight Kelley, Bremen; Rex Kern, Lancaster; Bernie Kosar, Boardman; Ken Kuhn, Louisville; Dante Lavelli, Hudson; Dave Leggett, New Philadelphia; Jeff Logan, North Canton Hoover; Rob Lytle, Fremont Ross; Dick Mack, Bucyrus; Tom Mack, Cleveland Heights; Willie Mack, Mansfield Senior; Nick Mangold, Kettering Alter; Mario Manningham, Warren Harding; Marcus Marek, Masury; Jim Martin, Cleveland East Tech, Johnny Mattress, Cincinnati Princeton; Ben Mauk, Kenton; Rufus Mayes, Toledo Macomber; Napoleon McCallum, Millford; O.J. McDuffie, Gates Mills Hawken; Dee Miller, Springfield South; Rip Miller, Canton McKinley; Damon Moore, Fostoria; Michael Munoz, Cincinnati Moeller; Steve Myers, Kenton; Mike Nugent, Centerville; Ray Nolting, Cincinnati Hughes; Jim Otis, Celina; Joe Pickens, Cleveland St. Ignatius; Ahmed Plummer, Cincinnati Wyoming; Larry Poole, Akron Garfield; Ricky Powers, Akron Buchtel; Omar Provitt, Warren Harding; Ray Pryor, Hamilton; Brady Quinn, Dublin Coffman; Javon Ringer, Dayton Chaminade-Julienne; Robbie Robertson, Barberton; Ben Roethlisberger, Findlay; Esco Sarkkinen, Fairport Harbor; Don Scott, Canton McKinley; Mike Sensibaugh, Lockland; Kurt Shumacher, Lorain; Frank Sinkwich, Youngstown Chaney; Inwood Smith, Mansfield Senior; Carlos Snow, Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education; Percy Snow, Canton McKinley; Tim Spencer, St. Clairsvillle; Frank Stams, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary?s; Pete Stinchcomb, Fostoria; Steve Strinko, Middletown; Korey Stringer, Warren Harding; Dana Stubblefield, North Bend Taylor; Harry Stuhldreher, Massillon; Tyrrel Sutton, Akron Hoban; Billy Taylor, Barberton; Bob Timberlake, Franklin; Steve Tovar, Elyria; Aurelius Thomas, Columbus West; Jim Tyrer, Newark; Jeff Uhlenhake, Newark Catholic; Garin Veris, Chillicothe; Richard Volk, Wauseon; Mike Vrabel, Walsh Jesuit; Chris Wells, Akron Garfield; Chuck Webb, Toledo Macomber; Merle Wendt, Middletown; Gary Williams, Wilmington; Larry Zelina, Cleveland Benedictine; Trent Zenkewicz, Cleveland St. Ignatius; Mike Zordich, Youngstown Chaney; Justin Zwick, Massillon.

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ESPN 970 WFUN - Sports Report Memos

Now, for our listless friends...We wax rhapsodically about the great players we have seen in our lifetimes. For those of us that are older, it could be the only advantage we hold: we have seen more of them!

Anyway, it got me to thinking, which got me to assigning. I asked our guys at JJ Huddle a few weeks back to compile an All-Time Ohio High School Football Team. That's right - I am a sadist and couldn't wait to see the arguing and generational gapping and the general backbiting that follows such a project. I am looking forward to your comments below after you read the list below. So look out below:

ALL-TIME ALL-OHIO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM

FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE

QB Art Schlichter, 6-3, 210, Miami Trace, Ohio State
RB Robert Smith, 6-3, 210, Euclid, Ohio State
RB Keith Byars, 6-3, 235, Dayton Roth, Ohio State
FB Marion Motley, 6-1, 232, Canton McKinley, South Carolina State
OL Pete Henry, 6-3, 245, Mansfield Senior, Washington & Jefferson
OL Jim Parker, 6-3, 273, Toledo Scott, Ohio State
OL Orlando Pace, 6-6, 330, Sandusky, Ohio State
OL Bob Brown, 6-4, 280, Cleveland East Tech, Nebraska
OL Dan Dierdorf, 6-3, 275, Canton Glenwood, Michigan
TE Kyle Rudolph, 6-7, 245, Cincinnati Elder, Notre Dame
WR Cris Carter, 6-3, 210, Middletown, Ohio State
WR Desmond Howard, 5-10, 185, Cleveland St. Joseph's, Michigan

DEFENSE

DL Bill Willis, 6-2, 213, Columbus East, Ohio State
DL Alan Page, 6-4, 245, Canton Central Catholic, Notre Dame
DL Ross Browner, 6-3, 247, Warren Western Reserve, Notre Dame
DL Jim Houston, 6-2, 216, Massillon, Ohio State
LB Jack Lambert, 6-4, 220, Mantua Crestwood, Kent State
LB Andy Katzenmoyer, 6-4, 245, Westerville South, Ohio State
LB Tom Cousineau, 6-2, 230, Lakewood St. Edward, Ohio State
LB Chris Spielman, 6-1, 225, Massillon, Ohio State
DB Vic Janowicz, 5-9, 185, Elyria, Ohio State
DB Chic Harley, 5-8, 160 Columbus East, Ohio State
DB Charles Woodson, 6-1, 200, Fremont, Michigan
DB George McAfee, 6-0, 178, Ironton, Duke

SPECIAL TEAMS

P Tom Tupa, 6-4, 220, Brecksville, Ohio State
PR Ted Ginn, 5-11, 180, Cleveland Glenville, Ohio State
PR Bam Childress, 5-7, 170, Bedford Chanel, Ohio State
K Lou Groza, Martins Ferry, 6-3, 240, Ohio State
KR Paul Warfield, 6-0, 188, Warren Harding, Ohio State
KR Cliff Battles, 6-1, 194, Akron Kenmore, West Virginia Wesleyan

COACH: Paul Brown, Massillon, 1932-1940, 80-8-2 record, 6 state titles, 4 national titles.

TEAM: Fostoria, 1912 national champions, 8-0 and outscored foes 596-0.

SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE

QB Roger Staubach, 6-2, 190, Cincinnati Purcell, Navy
RB Archie Griffin, 5-8, 180, Columbus Eastmoor, Ohio State
RB Maurice Clarett, 6-0, 230, Warren Harding, Ohio State
FB Larry Csonka, 6-3, 235, Stow, Syracuse
OL Mike Michalske, 6-0, 210, Cleveland W. Tech, Penn State
OL Chris Ward, 6-4, 275, Dayton Patterson, Ohio State
OL John Hicks, 6-3, 258, Cleveland John Hay, Ohio State
OL Jack Cannon, 5-11, 193, Columbus Aquinas, Notre Dame
OL Jim Lachey, 6-6, 294, St. Henry, Ohio State
TE Jim Mandich, 6-2, 224, Solon, Michigan
WR Joey Galloway, 6-0, 170, Bellaire, Ohio State
WR Wes Fesler 5-11, 180, Youngstown South, Ohio State

DEFENSE

DL Gary Jeter, 6-4, 259, Cleveland Cathedral Latin, USC
DL Irv Eatman, 6-7, 293, Dayton Meadowdale, UCLA
DL Jim Marshall, 5-11, 208, Columbus East, Ohio State
DL Mel Long, 6-1, 230, Toledo Macomber, Toledo
LB Jim Lynch, 6-1, 225, Lima Central Catholic, Notre Dame
LB Randy Gradishar, 6-3, 236, Champion, Ohio State
LB Clarke Hinkle, 5-11, 202, Toronto, Bucknell
LB Bob Babich, 6-2, 225, Campbell Memorial, Miami (Ohio)
DB Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, 5-10, 172, Columbus Central, Ohio State
DB Michael Doss, 6-0, 200, Canton McKinley, Ohio State
DB Antoine Winfield, 5-9, 170, Akron Garfield, Ohio State
DB Dave Brown, 6-1, 185, Akron Garfield, Michigan

That's a great list and a lot of great players. Let's just hope that some of our can't-miss five-star recruits get added to that list in the next few years!

 

[ShakerBuck]

Is this list intended to be based on high school exploits or subsequent success at the college/nfl level?

if based on High school, at DLine their was a guy that Duane Long had a serious man crush on named Chuck Jones? I believe. who dominated at in HS, signed with OSU but never could get his grades together. Duane used to use this dude as the measuring stick for the DLineman that were to follow. Admittedly, I never saw him play

Big Daddy Wilkinson, might be a DL too of note

duane's bio of chuck

Chuck Jones, DT, Chillicothe - This is the first of a couple of names on this list that you may not recognize. Jones was simply the best defensive line prospect I have ever seen. That includes players I have had the opportunity to see in the last few years from other states. He was perfect. He was 6-4 and 290 and ran 4.9 anytime he was put to a stopwatch. Jones was a freak before we ever started calling these really unique athletes freaks. He dominated the line of scrimmage like no lineman I have seen before or since. He committed to Ohio State early on but due to academic problems, Jones never made it out of Chillicothe High School.

 

[BigWoof31]

That's a long list - but no Shane Falco?

 

[Wingate1217]

And my high school had the best team all-time in Ohio!! Go Redmen!!!:)

TEAM: Fostoria, 1912 national champions, 8-0 and outscored foes 596-0.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Re: DL Ross Browner, 6-3, 247, Warren Western Reserve, Notre Dame

This comes under the category of "Where are they now".....

Tough break here, diabetes is nothing to mess around with, glad to hear he's doing fairly well now.

Ross Browner had foot amputated

Ross Browner, a star defensive end on Notre Dame's 1973 and 1977 national championship teams, had his left foot amputated in March.

The 59-year-old Warren, Ohio, native and 1999 College Football Hall of Fame inductee developed an ulcer in the foot after he says he was bitten by a brown recluse spider in 2000 while on vacation in the Virgin Islands. This led to multiple infections and 22 operations.

Browner was diagnosed with diabetes in 1994. About 10 to 15 percent of people with that disease can develop a foot ulcer at some point in their lives, according to studies.

"After my last infection in March, my doctor gave me two choices," said Browner, who now resides in Nashville, Tenn. "You can keep your foot, be sick all the time and possibly die, or we can do an amputation and you can have a better quality of life.

"I wanted a better quality life and the chance to be around my wife and my sons. I feel better than I have in a very long time. I was tired of being in and out of the hospital."

Since the operation in March, Browner has been in rehabilitation in Tucson, Ariz., where his son Rylan is a student at Arizona. In late August, the 6-foot-3 Browner was fitted with a size 17 prosthetic foot that he wears without the use of a cane.

On Saturday, Browner, who played 10 years in the NFL, mostly with the Cincinnati Bengals, will be in South Bend for the Notre Dame-Michigan State game to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1973 national championship and undefeated season.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/college-football...ng-irish-star-ross-browner-had-foot-amputated