HALL OF FAME
Athletes, Coaches and Community Heroes
Bill Lanagan
Bill Lanagan
PHS Class of 1948
Track, Football, Basketball, Baseball. Lettered in 4 sports. Set state record for the 220 yard dash in track and was All-ACAL for 3 years. Competed in Olympic trials. In football, was part of the Langan-to-Weeks offense. Won Optimo Award in track and basketball.
Leslie Anderson Manwaring
Leslie Anderson Manwaring
PHS Class of 1990
Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Track, Soccer. Lettered in 5 sports. 4-year volleyball starter. All-League 2 years. League MVP senior year. Played on BYU NCAA semi-finalist team. Starting guard 3 years on basketball team. Named to 1st Team All-League. Ran track in junior year. League and NCS 880 meter champion. Played soccer senior year and was named team MVP.
Irving Moore
Irving Moore
PHS Class of 1941
Irving Moore was an outstanding Track & Field pole vaulter who broke the league record three consecutive straight years, and was the top pole vaulter in the state in 1940 and 1941. As a senior he set the California pole vault record at 13’-7” and narrowly missed breaking the national record.
Peter Schneider
Peter Schneider
PHS Class of 2001
Football, Baseball, Basketball. Lettered in 3 sports. Football wide receiver with Drew Olson as quarterback. Named East Bay Offensive Player of Year by Oakland Tribune; S.F. Chronicle AU-Metro Receiver. Had 84 receptions, 1485 yards, 18 touchdowns. League championship.
First high school player to win Biletnikoff Award as best receiver in Northern California; 3 year varsity starter in baseball as center fielder. Led team in hitting and stolen bases in junior and senior years. Varsity basketball as freshman and junior.
Jack Stack
Jack Stack
PHS Golf Coach 1956-1985
Created golf as sanctioned sport in North Coast Section; founded first NCS championship events. Developed numerous golfers who competed in college. Team won ACAL championship in 1955-1956. Successfully led drive for school board to rescind its decision to cancel golf as a sport at PHS in 1978.
Joe Stuart
Joe Stuart
PHS Class of 1943
Football, Track, Basketball. Earned 11 Block P letters. Halfback on Coach Brick Johnson's All-Time PHS Team. Winner of Optimo Award as senior in both football and track. Named to All-County football team. First freshman to start as running back at Cal. Excelled in track in hurdles, sprints and relay. Considered best all-around athlete in school history by coach Johnson.
PHOTOS ABOVE: Joe Stuart at Cal (#69) Left and Piedmont (#37) Right.
In 2023 the family of Joe Stuart found his old Piedmont jersey at his home in Alaska and shipped it down to Piedmont High School. The beautiful original purple jersey is a prized acquisition for the Piedmont Football Archive.
Don Weeks
Don Weeks
PHS Class of January 1948
Football, Basketball. Halfback and quarterback under coach Jimmy Hole (1946) and Brick Johnson (1947). Played on 1946 ACAL championship team. Led league in scoring junior and senior year. Optimo Award winner as senior, All-ACAL in football 3 years. Also ran track and shared basketball Optimo Award with Tom Adams.
Jean C. Witter, Jr.
Jean C. Witter, Jr.
PHS Class of 1938
Jean graduated from PHS in June 1938. He was a stand-out quarterback for Piedmont's single and double wing system on coach Brick Johnson's All-Time team. Football Optimo winner for the 1937 season. He was also on the basketball team and member of Student Body government. He starred on Cal’s undefeated rugby team just before enlisting on the Navy during WWII. In 1942 Jean was killed in action on the Bridge of the USS San Francisco by a Japanese shell in the Battle of Guadalcanal. On October 17, 1943, the USS Witter (DE-636) Buckley-class destroyer escort was launched and named after Ensign Jean C. Witter.
https://www.ussslater.org/history/slaterhistory/history_sanfrancisco.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Witter_(DE-636)
Ted Connolly
Ted Connolly
PHS Class of 1950
Graduated February 1950. Won the track Optimo in 1949 for the shot-put and discus and set the ACAL record for the shot-put. Outstanding football player, named to the All-County Football Team. Was also on the basketball team. Ted had a ten-year NFL career, mostly with the 49ers from 1954-1962.
Read about Ted’s life here: Ted Connolly Obituary
Connolly ties up an opponent in basketball.
Harold D. Edelen
Harold D. Edelen
PHS Class of 1929
Another all-around athlete. Basketball Optimo winner in 1928 and 1929. Student Body President. Won Block P's in not only basketball, but also football, track and tennis.
Clinton Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood
PHS Class of 1924
Clint Eastwood was an all-around athlete at Piedmont High earning a Block P in football for three years, while also participating on the track, swimming and basketball teams. As Captain of the 1924 football team, he also won the Optimo award.