Bakersfield High School (BHS) is a public four-year high school located in Bakersfield, California, United States. Opened in 1893, Bakersfield High School serves grades ninth through twelfth within the Kern High School District.
Notable alumni
- Larry Barnes – former MLB player (Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers).[2]
- Theo Bell – former NFL football player[3]
- Jeff Buckey – former NFL football player[4]
- Pete Cross – former NBA player.
- Marion Osborn Cunningham – artist.
- Ric Drasin – actor, author, designer of the Gold's Gym and World Gym logos, and retired professional wrestler[5]
- Robert Duncan – poet, was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance[6]
- Frank Gifford – Pro Football Hall of Fame and Monday Night Football commentator[7]
- Merle Haggard – singer-songwriter.
- Jerry Marion – former NFL player[8]
- Kevin McCarthy – Congressman, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives[9]
- Matthew Todd Miller, American citizen held by North Korea[10]
- Spain Musgrove – former NFL defensive lineman[11]
- Doug Loman – former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers)[12]
- Ruth B. Love (Class of 1950) – Educator, former education administrator, school superintendent and author. Love is noted as the first African–American and woman to serve as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third largest school district.[13]
- Steve Ontiveros – former MLB player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs)[14]
- Dennis Ralston – Davis Cup winner[15]
- Don Robesky – former Stanford football player[16]
- Rick Sawyer – former MLB player (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres)[17]
- Jeff Siemon – former NFL football player[18]
- Jeremy Staat – former NFL player[19]
- Michael Stewart – former NFL football player[20]
- Robert Swift – former NBA player[citation needed]
- Jerry Tarr – former professional football player[21]
- Phillip Thomas – former NFL football player
- Jake Varner – four time All-American and two time national champion wrestler at Iowa State University and winner of a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London at 26[22]
- Tyrone Wallace (Class of 2012) – Paris basketball player, NBA player, former California Golden Bears basketball player
- Earl Warren – California Attorney General, three-term Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States, and chairman of the Warren Commission
- Larry Welz – noteworthy early contributor to underground comics movement
References
- ^ "Bakersfield High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Larry Barnes Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ "Theo Bell, ex-Driller and NFL player, dead at 52". Bakersfield Californian. June 22, 2006. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Gustkey, Earl (October 14, 1994). "Buckey Is Doing the Impressing Now". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Stevens, Tyler (December 28, 2012). "Finding Fame: Ric Drasin". Bakersfield Life. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Duncan, Robert (2012). Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays. University of California Press. p. xxii. ISBN 9780520953628.
- ^ Ewing, Zach (November 10, 2012). "Gifford celebrated with hall of Fame ceremony at BHS". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ "JERRY MARION". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ Garofoli, Joe (January 1, 2011). "Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield is 3rd in House GOP". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Karimi, Faith (September 20, 2014). "North Korea: Imprisoned American wanted to become 'second Snowden'". CNN.com. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Evans, Jeff (December 13, 2012). "Four to be inducted to Elias Hall of Fame". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Cave, Leanne (May 1, 2013). "Former Renegade athletes will be honored at BHS hall of fame dinner". The Renegade Rip. Bakersfield College. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ 1950 Bakersfield High School Yearbook (Bakersfield, California), Classmates.com.Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Press, Larry (February 12, 1977). "Dealt with Murcer for Cubs' Madlock Steve Ontiveros happy with trade". Bakersfield Californian. Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Ferguson, George (June 15, 1970). "Osuna-Ralston friendship". The Deseret News. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Cave, Leanne Brock (May 10, 2010). "Driller Football Hall of Fame to honor 7 more greats". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ "Rick Sawyer Stats". The Baseball Cube.
- ^ Evans, Jeff (May 11, 2007). "Siemon reached top at every level". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Cousineau, Ann (August 29, 2012). "View the Valley Snapshots page Valley Snapshots Retired NFL player, Iraq veteran to speak at parade". The News Review. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Cave, Leanne (December 7, 2001). "BC football alumnus gives back to community". The Renegade Rip. Bakersfield College. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ "Jerry Tarr". GoDucks.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ Pucin, Diane (October 12, 2012). "U.S. wrestler Jake Varner earns gold medal at London Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
Further reading
- Van Horne, Rick; Bumerts, John; Frank, Gary (2006). Friday Night Heroes: 100 Years of Driller Football. Bakersfield, CA: Rick Van Horne. ISBN 0-9786071-0-4.
External links
- Wallace, J. S. Recollections of a high school district, 1893–1968 : an informal history of the Kern County Union High School and junior college district. Published circa 1980. ISBN 0-9619924-0-9
- Bakersfield High School
- Driller Marching Band
- Bakersfield Haunted History
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