Austin O'Brien is a high school

High school

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 located in east Edmonton

Edmonton

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. Its location in east Edmonton has about 800 students.

Namesake

Austin O'Brien was named after Sir Austin O'Brien. He was the superintendent

Superintendent (education)

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 of Edmonton Catholic Schools from 1924 to 1961.

History

Austin O'Brien was opened in 1963 when Edmonton had 18,000 students in the catholic system and 55 schools.

Notable alumni

• Gordon Hinse
  Gordon Hinse
  Gordon "Gord" Hinse is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Eskimos in the second round of the 2009 CFL Draft on a four year deal with an option in 2013...
  
  , CFL
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   player
• Vikki Moss
  Vikki Moss
  - Career :Moss' first appearance on the Canadian music scene was a 1983 duet with Tim Feehan entitled "Never Say Die", that hit #1 on the Canadian A/C charts. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, she dated hockey legend Wayne Gretzky in the early 1980s before moving to Los Angeles.She has had a...
  
  , Canadian singer (dropout)
• Pat McCallum
  Pat McCallum
  Pat McCallum is a Canadian curler.-Record:He was Alberta's Junior Runner-Up in 1988, losing out to Mike Sali, of Calgary. In 1989 he was NACA Bonspiel champion, with skip Randy Ferbey, third Don Walchuk, and lead, Greg Muzechka...
  
  , Professional curler (WCT)
• Pete Lavorato, Edmonton Eskimos Football team (CFL)
• Denis Belair, Boxer
• John 'Johnny' Boychuk, Boston Bruins (NHL)