- DeVilbiss High School (Toledo, Ohio)
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DeVilbiss High School 
Address 3301 Upton Avenue
Toledo, Ohio Lucas Co., 43613Information Type Public School Opened 1931 Closed 1991 School district Toledo City School District Grades 9-12 Color(s) Orange & Black
, the rainbowAthletics conference Toledo City League Nickname Tigers Yearbook Pot O' Gold Thomas A. DeVilbiss High School was a public high school in Toledo, Ohio, United States from 1931 to June 1991. It was part of the Toledo Public School District and served students from the following elementary schools: DeVeaux, Elmhurst, Grove Patterson, Longfellow, Mayfair, McKinley, Nathan Hale, Old Orchard, and Whittier. The building still sits at 3301 Upton Avenue near the Central Avenue intersection.
The DeVilbiss Tigers were members of the Toledo City League and donned the colors of orange and black. The school colors however, were the colors of the rainbow. Hence the yearbook was the pot of gold. The school newspaper/newsletter was the Prism. Their main rivals were the Start Spartans, although rivalries existed with the St. Francis Knights and the Libbey Cowboys, whom they used to annually play football against on Thanksgiving day[1] from 1933-1963.
Due to a declining enrollment and low finances, DeVilbiss was closed along with Macomber and Whitney high schools by TPS at the end of the 1990-1991 school year. The DeVilbiss district was split up so students could attend Bowsher, Rogers, Scott, or Start high schools.[2] Chris Denman was the last student/athlete to represent the school when he was selected to compete in the TMBCA All-Star Game for baseball on June 6, 1991
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Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships
Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association- Boys Cross Country: 1970 Class AAA
- Boys Golf: 1940, 1950
- Boys Track & Field: 1946 (Class A), 1987 (Class AAA)
Toledo City League Championships
- Baseball: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940*, 1950, 1954*, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1980
- Boys Basketball: 1934-35, 1935-36, 1943-44*, 1949-50, 1951-52*
- Boys Cross Country: 1982
- Girls Basketball: 1983-84
- Girls Cross Country: 1984
- Football: 1938*, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961*, 1973, 1974, 1989
- Boys Track & Field: 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989
- Girls Track & Field: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
- Volleyball: 1977, 1984, 1986
- Chess: 1973, 1974, 1975
(years marked with an asterisk (*) denote a shared title)
Notable alumni
- Farley Bell (1975): multisport athlete that played college football for Ohio State and then Cincinnati.
- Bob Chappuis (1941): football player that later starred at the University of Michigan.
- Terry Crosby (1975): basketball standout that played for the University of Tennessee and Kansas City Kings.
- Jim Detwiler (1963): football standout that competed for the University of Michigan Wolverines.
- Terry Harmon (1962/3): played baseball at Ohio University and for the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Jeremy Lincoln (1987): played football for the University of Tennessee and in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants, and the Detroit Lions.
- Ron McDole (1957): played football for the University of Nebraska and in the NFL for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills, and the Washington Redskins.
- Geoff Zahn (1964): baseball star for the University of Michigan and later played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, and California Angels.
External links
- ^ Hackenberg, Dave (November 27, 2003). "Scott-Waite game kicked off great tradition of high school feasts". Toledo Blade. http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20031127/COLUMNIST08/111270131. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Krauth, Laurie (February 28, 1991). "Schools open to lure transfer students". Toledo Blade. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WVpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CgMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=devilbiss%20macomber&pg=6551%2C7937852. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- District Website
- All-Time DeVilbiss City League Titles
- [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_10939125091 Thomas A. DeVilbiss Facebook page
- http://tigerroar.org/
- http://www.dhs1960.com/
Categories:- Defunct schools in Ohio
- High schools in Toledo, Ohio
- Northwest Ohio school stubs
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