Inglewood High School is a four-year

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Inglewood, California Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 107,762. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. The city is in the South Bay ...

History

The school opened its doors in 1905.
On October 29, 2021, Inglewood High School beat Morningside High School 106-0. The win caused outrage for which the principal later apologized for "poor sportsmanship".

Notable faculty

Gladys Waddingham Gladys Waddingham (1900–1997), a Spanish teacher at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California, for 45 years, was the author of many books about her adopted city. Biography Gladys Alice Wolf (sometimes spelled "Wolfe") was born on August ...

, author, taught Spanish for 45 years at the high school * Daniel Anthony Farris (also known as D Smoke), rap artist, Spanish and music-theory teacher

Notable alumni

* Glenn M. Anderson, 37th Lieutenant Governor of California, Congressman *

Sonny Bono Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republica ...

, singer, songwriter, actor and politician * Robert Finch, 38th Lieutenant Governor of California * Donald Merrifield, Jesuit priest and president of Loyola University of Los Angeles * Edla Muir, architect * Mack 10, American rapper * Ms. Toi, American rapper

Basketball

* DeAngelo Collins, professional basketball player * Jason Crowe, professional basketball player * Ade Dagunduro, professional basketball player * Lauren Ervin, professional basketball player * Noel Felix professional basketball player * Jason Hart, NBA basketball player * Jay Humphries, professional basketball player * Ralph Jackson, NBA basketball player *

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, professional basketball player * Vince Kelley, NBL Australia basketball player * Harold Miner, USC and NBA basketball player *

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, NBA basketball player, 10-time All-Star * Reggie Theus, professional basketball player and college head coach *

Doug Thomas Douglas Kim Thomas II (born September 20, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Mississauga Power of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He has played professionally in Venezuela, Mexico, Romania ...

, professional basketball player

Baseball

* Coco Crisp, Major League Baseball player * Dottie Wiltse Collins, AAGPBL player and 'Strikeout Queen' *

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, professional baseball player *

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former coach in the

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player

Football

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, NFL football player * Lawrence Jackson, NFL football player *

Gary Kerkorian Gary Ray Kerkorian (January 14, 1930 – May 22, 2000) was an Armenian-American football quarterback who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). College career Born into an Armenian family, Kerkorian attended Inglewood Hi ...

, NFL football player *

Verl Lillywhite Verl Thomas Lillywhite (December 5, 1926 – July 14, 2007) was an American football halfback who played four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He first enrolled at Modesto Junior College before transferring to the University of Southern ...

, professional football player *

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, NFL player * Jarvis Redwine, professional football player * Jim Sears, AFL and NFL football player * Jim Sutherland, college football head coach, class of 1933 *

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, football coach * Benson Mayowa, NFL football player for Seattle Seahawks

References

External links

* {{authority control Schools in Inglewood, California 1905 establishments in California Educational institutions established in 1905 Public high schools in California