MILLIE FERRO, Elkhart High School, 1951, Volleyball Coached state runnerup 1970 (GAA) Won two NLC titles and twice was regional runnerup Basketball Concord Invitational title, `78 Three invitational runnersup and one sectional runnerup. Tennis Coached NLC tourney champs, `79 Three NLC No. 1 singles title winners and five state qualifiers Track Coached state champ 440 […]

MIKE FRANGER, Elkhart High School, 1965 Considered one of the greatest all-around athletes to play for the Blue Blazers, Mike starred in football, basketball and track. Mike was named football MVP, most outstanding offensive player, and MVP of the Northern Indiana Conference in football his senior season. Mike also was named best Offensive and Defensive […]

BILL HARDY, Elkhart High School, 1943 Hardy was one of the finest all-around athletes in EHS history and was one of the very few ever to play four years in each of three major sports… football, basketball and track. He was EHS football MVP in 1940, all-Northern Indiana Conference for three years (`40-’42), and captain […]

JIM HETTLER, FW South Side, 1947 Coached at New Paris High School, 1957 to 1965, posting an overall record of 131 victories against 69 losses. At New Paris, he turned the program around immediately. He won the Elkhart County tourney that first year, beating a good Middlebury team, 51-50, then lost a heart-breaker to heavily-favored […]

FRED LANDS, Elkhart High School, 1967 Fred was second in the state cross-country meet and second in the state mile run as a junior, then won the state championship in the two-mile run as a senior with a record time of 9:23.9. A week later he became the second fastest miler in Indiana history by […]

BILL MILLINER, Coach, Elkhart High, 1948-1954 During his tenure with the Blue Blazers, Bill led them to 112 victories and just 39 losses. His teams won five straight sectional titles and four regional championships. His final team won the semi-state, then lost to Muncie Central in the state championships. That was the year tiny Milan […]

FRANK PARMATER, Elkhart High School, 1931 Frank was a member of the varsity football, basketball and track teams his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. A halfback, Frank was All-NIHSC and was featured in the Chicago Tribune as an outstanding punter and punt returner (longest return was 77 yards). Frank was all-Sectional in basketball when the […]

CHUCK BAKER, Elkhart High School, 1969 Chuck was the 1969 Indiana state champion in the mile run, helping the Blue Blazers to the team title. He also helped Elkhart foursomes win mile relay titles in 1968 and 1969. Baker was given the Tim Bringle Award, emblematic of Elkhart’s top male senior athlete. He was the […]

MATT PATANELLI, Elkhart H.S., 1933 All-Sectional basketball team member in 1932 Captain of football and basketball teams and competed in track and field Played football, baseball and basketball at University of Michigan Assistant football coach at Western Michigan University Assistant football, baseball and basketball coach at University of Michigan

CLARENCE (CLICK) PETERSON, Elkhart H.S., 1925 Led 1924 Elkhart High to 7-0 record, scoring 181 of teams’s 362 total points for the season All-State football selection and honorable mention All-State basketball selection State track champion Member of Indiana Football Hall of Fame Graduate of Wittenberg (Ohio) University Named freshman of the year and Little-America honors […]