Lincoln-West High School (L-W) is a

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located in

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, in the

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and part of the

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. The school's name is a by-product of the merger between Cleveland's Lincoln High School and West High School. The current school building was built in 1970. Lincoln-West has a large multicultural and multilingual population including over 41 nationalities and 25 languages. First generation Americans and immigrants represented at the academy include: Puerto Rican, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Mexican, Dominican, Chinese, Albanian, Nepali, Arabic, Urdu, Vietnamese, Laotian/Thai, African, Polish and Croatian. Originally, the school district was divided into the East and West Senate Conferences with L-W sports teams playing in the West. In the late 1970s, the CMSD reorganized the conferences into the North and South Senate Conferences with L-W in the North Senate. The Lincoln-West mascot and nickname is the

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and the school colors are red, white and blue.

State championships

Lincoln High School

* Baseball: 1946

West High School

* Wrestling: 1947, 1950, 1951 * Boys cross country: 1950

Notable alumni

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, bronze-medal winner in men's

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at the

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and

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United States paralympian, class of 2009 *

Dave Ford David Alan Ford (born December 29, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ford attended Lincoln-West High School, and after graduating in 1975, was selected with the 23rd pick by the Or ...

, professional baseball player in

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, class of 1975

Lincoln High School

Walt Yowarsky Walter Robert Yowarsky (May 10, 1928 – November 30, 2014) was an American football defensive end, offensive lineman, coach, and scout in the National Football League (NFL) for 50 years. Early years Yowarsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio to M ...

, professional football player, coach, and scout in the

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, class of 1946

West High School

* Linda A. Eastman, chief librarian of the

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, class of 1885 *

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, co-founder of the accounting firm of

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, class of 1899 *

Albert Bushnell Hart Albert Bushnell Hart (July 1, 1854 – July 16, 1943) was an American historian, writer, and editor based at Harvard University. One of the first generation of professionally trained historians in the United States, a prolific author and editor ...

, American historian, class of 1870 *

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in the

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, class of 1902 *

James Ford Rhodes James Ford Rhodes (May 1, 1848 – January 22, 1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio. After earning a fortune in the iron, coal, and steel industries by 1885, he retired from business. He devoted his life to his ...

, American historian, class of 1865

Notes and references

External links

*
Lincoln-West High School yearbooks
available on

Digital Gallery, various years 1975 through 2007 High schools in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Education in Cleveland Public high schools in Ohio School buildings completed in 1973 Cleveland Metropolitan School District {{CuyahogaCountyOH-school-stub