Melrose High School is a public
high school located in
Memphis, Tennessee, in the
Orange Mound area, serving 1557 students in grades 9–12. It is served by
Shelby County Schools.
Athletics
The 2009–10 boys basketball team won the school's fourth state championship Melrose's football teams were 1996 & 1998 state champions. In 2004 & 2005 the football program made back to back State Championships runs.
Championships by sport
*Girls' Track - 2 (1983, 1984)
*Girls' Basketball - 1 (1985)
*Boys' Track - 2 (1965, 2003)
*Boys' Basketball - 4 (1974, 1978, 1983, 2010)
*Football - 5 (1985, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Notable alumni
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William Bedford, basketball player
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Graig Cooper, NFL running back
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Richard Cooper, NFL defensive tackle
1985 University of Tennessee Football Guide
', University of Tennessee, 1985, p. 62.
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Larry Finch, basketball player
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Jacob Ford, NFL defensive end
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Chris Jones, NBA player
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Jemerrio Jones
Jemerrio Jones (born April 9, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Osceola Magic of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball, New Mexico State Aggies.
College career
Jo ...
, NBA G Player,
Wisconsin Herd
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Andre Lott, NFL safety
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Tony Madlock
Tony Madlock (born February 17, 1970) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Alabama State Hornets men's basketball team.
Playing career
A Memphis native who starred at Melrose High School, Madlock played collegiat ...
, college basketball coach
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Kindal Moorehead
Kindal Jerome Moorehead (born October 14, 1978) is an American football coach and former defensive tackle. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He was a first-team All SEC college football at Alab ...
, NFL player, strength coach at University of Alabama
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Pat Neely, CEO of famous Neely's Bar-B-Que and Neely's Interstate Bar-B-Que
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Tony Pollard, NFL running back
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Larry Riley, Broadway, movie, and television actor
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Dewayne Robertson, NFL player
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Ronnie Robinson, basketball player
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Bingo Smith
Robert "Bingo" Smith (born February 26, 1946) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played for the San Diego Rockets, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the San Diego Clippers.
College career
Smith played for the Tulsa Golden Hurri ...
, NBA player
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Rochelle Stevens, athlete, Olympic and world champion
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Adonis Thomas, professional basketball player
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Sam Walton, NFL tackle
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Barry Wilburn, NFL defensive back
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Ralph Wiley
Ralph Heygood Wiley Jr. (April 12, 1952 – June 13, 2004) was an American sports journalist who wrote for ''Sports Illustrated'' and ESPN's Page 2. He was well known for his distinctive literary tone and his writings on race in America.
Earl ...
, journalist
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Cedrick Wilson, NFL player and Super Bowl champion
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Jerome Woods
Jerome Harlan Woods (born March 17, 1973) is a former American football safety who played his entire ten-year career with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). , NFL Pro Bowl safety
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Glorilla
Gloria Hallelujah Woods (born July 28, 1999), known professionally as GloRilla, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. She rose to prominence after releasing her 2022 song " F.N.F. (Let's Go)" (with Hitkidd), which was nominated for Bes ...
, rapper
References
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Public high schools in Tennessee
High schools in Memphis, Tennessee