Flint Northern High School was a public secondary school located in

Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 8 ...

. The original building "#1" was built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, after being the home of the Flint Academy. It was one of the high schools in the

Flint Community Schools Flint Community Schools is a school district headquartered in Flint, Michigan, Flint, Michigan, United States. For the 2011-2012 school year, the Flint Community Schools had both middle schools, four elementary schools and one high school placed i ...

district along with

Flint Northwestern High School Flint Northwestern High School was a high school in Flint, Michigan, United States that served grades nine through twelve. It was part of Flint Community Schools and opened in 1964. In July 2018, the campus was repurposed as Flint Junior High Sc ...

(now Flint Junior High School) and

Flint Southwestern Academy Flint Southwestern Academy (FSA, Southwestern Academy, or Flint Southwestern) is located in Flint, Michigan, United States. This school is a part of the Flint Community Schools. In 1989 Flint Academy closed and the school merged with Southwest ...

. It was closed in 2013 and reopened as Northern Academy. The Flint school board finally closed the school completely in 2014.

Athletics

Its terms were the Vikings. The school competed in the Saginaw Valley High School Association and the

Michigan High School Athletic Association The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) is a service organization for high school sports in Michigan and is headquartered in East Lansing. It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Unlike ma ...

(MHSAA). The following teams have won their respective MHSAA state championships. *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(boys): 1932-33, 35-36, 38-39, 39-40, 46-47, 70-71, 71-72, 77-78, 94-95 * Basketball (girls): 1978-79, 79-80, 80-81, 81-82, 94-95, 95-96 * Cross Country (boys): 1974-75 * Cross Country (girls): 1981-82 *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

(boys): 1930-31 *

Track & Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

(boys): 1949-50, 52-53, 60-61, 62-63, 75-76, 78-79 * Track & Field (girls): 1978-79, 79-80, 80-81, 82-83 *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

: 1962-63, 94-95

Notable alumni

Bunyan Bryant Bunyan I. Bryant Jr. (born March 6, 1935) is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. In 1972, he became the first African American member of the School for Environment and Sustainability (then known as the School of Natural Resources) f ...

, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan *

Wayman Britt Wayman P. Britt (born August 31, 1954) is a retired American basketball player. Born in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina, he played collegiately for the University of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in communication. The university' ...

is a former professional basketball player. * Leroy Bolden is a former professional football

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Steve Boros Stephen Boros Jr. (September 3, 1936 – December 29, 2010) was an American baseball infielder, coach, manager, scout, and administrator. Best known for his scientific approach to the sport and his use of computers, Boros' baseball career spanned ...

- professional baseball player and manager *

J'Nathan Bullock J'Nathan Bullock (born June 25, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Cleveland State University. He was signed by the New York Jets of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 200 ...

is a former professional basketball player. *

Gregory Burks Gregory "Toine" Burks (born 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who spent his eight-year career playing for various teams in Germany between 2003 and 2011. He is , weighs approximately 160 pounds and played the point guard p ...

is a former professional basketball player *

Tony Burton Anthony Mabron Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016) was an American actor and boxer. He was known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the ''Rocky'' films. Early life Burton was born in Flint, Michigan. He had a younger sister named ...

is a former boxer and actor, best known for his work in the ''

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'' series of films. *

Mateen Cleaves Mateen Ahmad Cleaves (born September 7, 1977) is a retired American basketball player. He played parts of six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for Michigan State, where he led the Sparta ...

was a professional basketball player. *

Eugene Marve Eugene Raymond Marve (August 14, 1960 – May 24, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the San Diego Chargers. He played co ...

is a former professional football

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...

. * Mike Miller is a former professional football wide receiver *

Jack Minore Jack Minore (October 25, 1938 – September 21, 2021) was an American politician. He was a Democratic Party member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004. He represented the 49th District, which is located in Genesee C ...

was a politician who served in the Flint City Council and the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...

. *

Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (russian: Деанна Нолан; born August 25, 1979) is an American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team ...

is a professional basketball player, best known for her years with the

Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. ...

. *

Robaire Smith Robaire Fredrick Smith (born November 15, 1977) is a former American football defensive lineman that plays Defensive end and Defensive tackle. High school and college career Smith was a Parade All-America selection as a senior at Flint Northern ...

is a professional football

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

. *

Leo Sugar Leo Tateusz Sugar (April 6, 1929 – September 23, 2020) was an American professional American football, football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59), Chicago/St. Louis C ...

is a former professional football

Dominic Tomasi Dominic Tomasi (February 11, 1928 - December 1, 1986) was an American football player who played guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was a four-year starter and was selected as both the captain and Most Valuable Player of the Nati ...

was a football player for the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. *

Fred Trosko Fred Trosko (September 5, 1917 – February 6, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan football team from 1937 to 1939. He later served as the head football coach at Easte ...

was a college football coach at Michigan State Normal College (

Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University (EMU, Eastern Michigan or simply Eastern), is a public research university in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School, the school was the fourth normal school established in the United Sta ...

). He also returned to Flint Northern and served as an assistant coach. * Tamika Louis, former head coach of the

Delaware State University Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four col ...

women's basketball team. *

Dan Kildee Daniel Timothy Kildee (; born August 11, 1958) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 5th congressional district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. From 1977 to 2009, Kildee was a municipal e ...

, member of the U.S.Congress *

Thomas Rawls Thomas Tyrell Rawls (born August 3, 1993) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He played college football at Michigan and Central Michigan. Rawls currently holds th ...

is a professional football

for the

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...

. * Chris Wilson is a former professional football

* Robert Garth, AFL2 former professional football player

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Michigan High schools in Flint, Michigan Educational institutions established in 1928 Public middle schools in Michigan 1928 establishments in Michigan

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