West High School (1908–1982) was a public high school in

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. Edward Stebbins designed the school building. Built in 1908 on what had recently been farmland, the school had a student capacity of 1,600 by 1917.

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closed Central, West and Marshall-University high schools in 1982.

Notable alumni

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, actor * Curt Carlson, businessman * Peter Edelman, lawyer, educator, government official *

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, Jazz musician and band leader * George A. French, lawyer and Minnesota state legislator *

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, actress * Alexander Kreiser, aviator and brigadier general * Emery "Swede" Larson, football coach and

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officer * Butch Levy (1921–1999), professional football player and pro wrestler * C. Walton Lillehei, surgeon *

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, stand-up comedian * Henrietta Mears, Christian educator and evangelist * Mary Ellen Pinkham, humor columnist and author *

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, Soul Asylum *

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, journalist and broadcaster *

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, musician (did not graduate) * Arnulf Ueland, Minnesota state senator and businessman * Fred Vant Hull (1920–1975), professional football lineman with the

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Bill Carlson
"Teeter Experiments with West Lineup Shifts: Backs Move to Line, Forwards into Backfield,"
''Minneapolis Star,'' Sept. 15, 1936, p. 21.

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