Collinwood High School is a public high school located in the

Collinwood Collinwood is a historical area in the northeast part of Cleveland, Ohio. Originally a village in Euclid Township, it was annexed by the city in 1910. Collinwood grew around the rail yards of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (n ...

neighborhood on the east side of

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, United States. It is part of the

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. The school is divided into three academies: Advanced Placement Academy, STEM Teaching Professions Academy, and Academy of Interior and Fashion Design.

State championships

* Boys track and field – 1962 * Girls track and field – 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010

Notable alumni

* Tony Adamle (1924–2000) professional football player with the

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in the

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and the

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(NFL) * Eppie Barney (1944–2004) NFL player (

) *

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(1976–), professional football player *

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(1955–present), former professional baseball player in

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(1920–1989), cartoonist *

Danny Greene Daniel John Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an American mobster in Cleveland, Ohio, whose conflicts with the Cleveland crime family of the Italian-American Mafia ended in Greene's murder in 1977. Greene would build ...

(1933–1977), Irish American mobster * John Claude Gummoe (1938–) singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Cascades, wrote and recorded "

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" * Jeff Johnson, (1958–)

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member and former Ohio state senator *

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(1978–) professional football player with the

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in the

(NFL) *

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(1915–1965), professional football player in the NFL *

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(1912–2005), author *

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(1932–) professional football player in the

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(AFL) and NFL *

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(1949–present),

member * Cecil Shorts III (1987–), professional football player in the NFL *

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(1999-2008) *

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(1936–2016), former

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, two-term Ohio

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, and two-term

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. * Ray Zeh, (1914–2003),

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scoring leader in 1935

References

External links

District website

Collinwood High School yearbooks and student newspapers
available on

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Digital Gallery, various years 1920s through 1952. Collinwood High schools in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Education in Cleveland Public high schools in Ohio Cleveland Metropolitan School District 1924 establishments in Ohio Educational institutions established in 1924 {{CuyahogaCountyOH-school-stub

State championships

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links