Herbert Hoover High School (San Diego)

Herbert Hoover High School is a comprehensive public secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

located in the Talmadge

Talmadge, San Diego, California

Talmadge is a neighborhood of the mid-city region of San Diego, California. Its borders are defined by Fairmount Avenue to the West, Montezuma Road/Collwood Boulevard to the Northeast, and El Cajon Boulevard to the South....

neighborhood of San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District

San Diego Unified School District

San Diego Unified School District is the school district of San Diego, California. It was founded in 1854...

.

The school was established in 1930 and named in honor of then U.S. President Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...

Notable alumni

Tony Banks
Tony Banks (quarterback)
Anthony "Tony" Lamar Banks is a former professional American football quarterback.-High school years:...

, Former NFL Quarterback
Bennie Edens
Bennie Edens
Bennie Edens was the head football coach at Point Loma High School from 1950 to 1998. He received many individual coaching awards , coached the team to 5 CIF championships, and finished his career with the most wins at a single school of any coach in section history...

, 2002 NFL
National Football League
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High School
High school
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Coach of the Year
William Gay, American football defensive end
Ted Giannoulas, San Diego Chicken (The Famous Chicken)
Dave Morehead
Dave Morehead
David Michael Morehead is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-hander, Morehead pitched for the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals ....

, Former MLB pitcher
Volney Peters
Volney Peters
Volney Monroe Peters is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and the American Football League.-Early life:Peters graduated from San Diego's Hoover High in 1947....

, American football player
Robert O. Peterson
Robert O. Peterson
Robert Oscar Peterson was an American businessman and philanthropist. As the founder of the Jack in the Box restaurant chain, he popularized the drive-through fast food restaurant concept...

, founder of the Jack in the Box restaurant chain
Joe Shell
Joe Shell
Joseph Claude Shell, Sr. was an American oil producer and lobbyist who represented District 58 in the California State Assembly from 1953-1963. During 1961-62 he was the Assembly Republican Minority Leader...

, California politician
Politician
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and oil
Oil
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man
Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...

, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
Eddie Williams, Former MLB 1st and 3rd Baseman

Notable alumni

See also