Cudahy High School is a

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which serves Cudahy,

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, a

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Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

in southeastern

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Milwaukee County is located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, and the 45th most populous coun ...

. It is the only high school in the Cudahy

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. The school athletic teams are known as the Packers, in honor of the

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industry which was once the city's ''raison d'être''.

Notable alumni

* John Dittrich, professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player *

Lamar Gordon Lamar DeShawn Gordon (born January 7, 1980) is a former American football running back. He played college football at North Dakota State University. He attended Cudahy High School in Cudahy, Wisconsin. He was a high school teammate of John Nav ...

, professional

player * Lawrence P. Kelly, state legislator from Cudahy *

John Navarre John Robert Navarre (born September 9, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who was a three-year starter for the Michigan Wolverines from 2001 to 2003, leading the Wolverines to the 2003 Big Ten Conference championship in his final year ...

, professional

player

References

External links

* Public high schools in Wisconsin Schools in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Public Works Administration in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-school-stub