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2013 INDUCTEES
ATHLETES BALME BATES BROWN CLAUSSEN COTTON DE BERNARDIS DOYLE MESTLER MOTT MUCHA MYERS WEAVER |
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Dr. Ben Balme 1957
Football, track, basketball…won seven varsity letters…All-City football junior and senior years…he was the PIL Champion in the javelin throw in 1957 and co-captain, 1957 Shrine team…First All-Ivy, All-East and Associated Press All-American guard and linebacker in football at Yale…Yale Medical School…a member of the first team silver anniversary All-Ivy League. Member of Yale’s Sports Hall of Fame. Ben was the winner of the George H. W. Bush lifetime achievement award in 2011, and is an orthopedic surgeon who lives in the Portland area.
Anthony Bates 1975
Track…won 4 varsity letters at Grant…City and State champ 1974-75 in 110 high hurdles. City and State champ in 1974-75 in the 330 yard intermediate hurdles. City and State champ 1974-75 in 440 yard sprint. He’s worked at the Oregon Steel Mills, PSU student housing and at Providence-Milwaukie as a medical assistant. He’s semi-retired.
Dick Brown 1958
Football, wrestling, track…10-time varsity letter winner at Grant…All-City lineman junior and senior years…City and State champion in shot put and discus throw…Hayward relays discus champ and shot put champ…
Captain of the wrestling team three seasons…U of O grad
OHSU dental school grad…retired dentist in Jacksonville, OR.
George Claussen 1955
Swimming, track…won five varsity letters…member of four consecutive state championship swim teams…City and State champion in the backstroke, individual medley, and freestyle…won the 180 yard low hurdle PIL title in 1955. He is a graduate of OSU and OHSU School of Dentistry…practiced dentistry in the Navy and San Jose. He died in a skiing accident in Switzerland at age 46. Accepting for George is his sister, Marlis Carson and sons Brant and Darin.
Greg Cotton 1974
Track…won five varsity letters…played varsity football in1973, varsity basketball in 1974…won State Decathlon Championship in 1974…PIL City champ in pole vault in 1974…set Grant record for pole vault in 1974…graduated from Linfield College…track team captain at Linfield…placed in the top three in numerous decathlon events…asst. track coach at Oregon City, Marshall and Grant…head track coach at Grant from 1998-2008…son of Mark Cotton, legendary Grant track coach and member of the Grant and PIL Halls of Fame.
Dick De Bernardis 1963
Football, wrestling, track…earned seven varsity letters…All-PIL twice in football…two-time PIL wrestling champion…graduated from Lewis & Clark College… retired from the U.S. Marine Corps with the rank of Lt. Colonel. Taught school and coached football after retiring from the Marine Corps. Lives in Gallatin Gateway, Montana.
Harry Doyle 1957
Tennis…City and State singles champion in 1956 and 1957…three varsity letters at Grant….four varsity letters at U of Washington…#1 on the team. All-Pac 8 honors…head tennis coach at PSU for three seasons…retired sales executive.
Rick Mestler 1988
Track…earned six varsity letters…PIL cross-country champ junior year…1500 PIL champ senior year, 2nd in state meet…3000 meter PIL and State champ senior year…four time All-American in the 3000 meter steeple chase at the U of Oregon…three time Olympic trials qualifier in the 3000 meter steeple chase. He works in Eugene as a business analyst for PeaceHealth…He is a volunteer for the Oregon Track Club and is a court appointed special advocate for Lane County.
Andy Mott 1982
Basketball, football, track…transferred from Washington High where he was All-PIL in basketball as a sophomore and junior…he attended Grant his senior year and what a year it was. He was an All-PIL wide receiver in football…All-PIL and All-Metro in basketball…qualified for the state track meet in the 400 relay, mile relay, and triple jump…played football and basketball at Oregon State…and he currently works for the TV show Grimm in the Portland area.
Judy Mucha Jimenez 1959
Swimming…four varsity letters in swimming…City and State champion in freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly…Stanford grad…Peace Corps in Ecuador…she taught English and swimming in Barcelona, Spain…Judy is married to a cancer specialist and lives in Orchard Park, NY.
Tim Myers 1970
Golf, basketball…earned four varsity letters in golf and two varsity letters in basketball…member of 1968-69 boys state championship basketball team…state golf champion in 1969 and 1970…attended PSU…left college to play on the PGA mini-tour…asst. golf pro at Columbia Edgewater and Charbonneau, where Tim worked for 28 years…won the Oregon PGA Championship in 1979…passed away in 2001 at the age of 49…accepting for Tim is his brother Tom Myers.
Bob Weaver 1961
Football, wrestling…won six varsity letters…
All-PIL twice and All-State once in football…All PIL and All-State in wrestling…Shrine game captain in 1961…OSU grad…industrial relations manager for Hyster and co-owner of an executive recruiting company…youth sports coach…active in disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
COACH
Gary Noble
Tenure as Coach at Grant 1965-1997
OSU graduate…assistant track coach under Mark Cotton…coached both boys and girls track…coached cross-country, sprints, hurdles…head track coach 1990-1997…taught history for 32 years at Grant…1988-89 PIL Asst. Coach of the Year…1989-90 PIL Oregon High School Assistant Coach of the Year.
Football, track, basketball…won seven varsity letters…All-City football junior and senior years…he was the PIL Champion in the javelin throw in 1957 and co-captain, 1957 Shrine team…First All-Ivy, All-East and Associated Press All-American guard and linebacker in football at Yale…Yale Medical School…a member of the first team silver anniversary All-Ivy League. Member of Yale’s Sports Hall of Fame. Ben was the winner of the George H. W. Bush lifetime achievement award in 2011, and is an orthopedic surgeon who lives in the Portland area.
Anthony Bates 1975
Track…won 4 varsity letters at Grant…City and State champ 1974-75 in 110 high hurdles. City and State champ in 1974-75 in the 330 yard intermediate hurdles. City and State champ 1974-75 in 440 yard sprint. He’s worked at the Oregon Steel Mills, PSU student housing and at Providence-Milwaukie as a medical assistant. He’s semi-retired.
Dick Brown 1958
Football, wrestling, track…10-time varsity letter winner at Grant…All-City lineman junior and senior years…City and State champion in shot put and discus throw…Hayward relays discus champ and shot put champ…
Captain of the wrestling team three seasons…U of O grad
OHSU dental school grad…retired dentist in Jacksonville, OR.
George Claussen 1955
Swimming, track…won five varsity letters…member of four consecutive state championship swim teams…City and State champion in the backstroke, individual medley, and freestyle…won the 180 yard low hurdle PIL title in 1955. He is a graduate of OSU and OHSU School of Dentistry…practiced dentistry in the Navy and San Jose. He died in a skiing accident in Switzerland at age 46. Accepting for George is his sister, Marlis Carson and sons Brant and Darin.
Greg Cotton 1974
Track…won five varsity letters…played varsity football in1973, varsity basketball in 1974…won State Decathlon Championship in 1974…PIL City champ in pole vault in 1974…set Grant record for pole vault in 1974…graduated from Linfield College…track team captain at Linfield…placed in the top three in numerous decathlon events…asst. track coach at Oregon City, Marshall and Grant…head track coach at Grant from 1998-2008…son of Mark Cotton, legendary Grant track coach and member of the Grant and PIL Halls of Fame.
Dick De Bernardis 1963
Football, wrestling, track…earned seven varsity letters…All-PIL twice in football…two-time PIL wrestling champion…graduated from Lewis & Clark College… retired from the U.S. Marine Corps with the rank of Lt. Colonel. Taught school and coached football after retiring from the Marine Corps. Lives in Gallatin Gateway, Montana.
Harry Doyle 1957
Tennis…City and State singles champion in 1956 and 1957…three varsity letters at Grant….four varsity letters at U of Washington…#1 on the team. All-Pac 8 honors…head tennis coach at PSU for three seasons…retired sales executive.
Rick Mestler 1988
Track…earned six varsity letters…PIL cross-country champ junior year…1500 PIL champ senior year, 2nd in state meet…3000 meter PIL and State champ senior year…four time All-American in the 3000 meter steeple chase at the U of Oregon…three time Olympic trials qualifier in the 3000 meter steeple chase. He works in Eugene as a business analyst for PeaceHealth…He is a volunteer for the Oregon Track Club and is a court appointed special advocate for Lane County.
Andy Mott 1982
Basketball, football, track…transferred from Washington High where he was All-PIL in basketball as a sophomore and junior…he attended Grant his senior year and what a year it was. He was an All-PIL wide receiver in football…All-PIL and All-Metro in basketball…qualified for the state track meet in the 400 relay, mile relay, and triple jump…played football and basketball at Oregon State…and he currently works for the TV show Grimm in the Portland area.
Judy Mucha Jimenez 1959
Swimming…four varsity letters in swimming…City and State champion in freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly…Stanford grad…Peace Corps in Ecuador…she taught English and swimming in Barcelona, Spain…Judy is married to a cancer specialist and lives in Orchard Park, NY.
Tim Myers 1970
Golf, basketball…earned four varsity letters in golf and two varsity letters in basketball…member of 1968-69 boys state championship basketball team…state golf champion in 1969 and 1970…attended PSU…left college to play on the PGA mini-tour…asst. golf pro at Columbia Edgewater and Charbonneau, where Tim worked for 28 years…won the Oregon PGA Championship in 1979…passed away in 2001 at the age of 49…accepting for Tim is his brother Tom Myers.
Bob Weaver 1961
Football, wrestling…won six varsity letters…
All-PIL twice and All-State once in football…All PIL and All-State in wrestling…Shrine game captain in 1961…OSU grad…industrial relations manager for Hyster and co-owner of an executive recruiting company…youth sports coach…active in disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
COACH
Gary Noble
Tenure as Coach at Grant 1965-1997
OSU graduate…assistant track coach under Mark Cotton…coached both boys and girls track…coached cross-country, sprints, hurdles…head track coach 1990-1997…taught history for 32 years at Grant…1988-89 PIL Asst. Coach of the Year…1989-90 PIL Oregon High School Assistant Coach of the Year.