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 These are photos of Venice High School football players practicing on the athletic field, but when they were taken is unknown. You can click on any of the photos for a larger version. Please let us know if you know anyone in the photos.   |
 This is a photo of the 1922-23 Venice High School basketball team. In the from row, from left, are Larue Baxter, Gus Rhemus, Austin Lewis and William Hormann. In the back row, from left, are Marvin Dean, Frank Foley, unknown Coach and Lambert Fechte. |
 This is a Granite City Press-Record clipping taped to a program for the Golven Gloves Championships on Feb. 25 and 26, 1959, at Kiel Auditorium. Two young men represented Venice in the tournament. Ed Foley, 126 pounds, (third from left) won his bout and Golden Gloves title in the first round. Lloyd Patterson, 118 pounds, (second from left) was not as successful. Click on the photo to make it easier to read. We are unsure why the Post-Dispatch dateline is included.  This is a closeup of the patch on a purple satin jacket Foley was given for his championship. A small gold boxing glove can be seen near the bottom center of the photo, also awared to Foley. |
 (This is an article that appeared in the Suburban Journals when the inductees were announced) Athletes named to Venice Sports Hall of Fame December 26, 2010 |
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The Venice History Committee has inducted 70 athletes into the Venice Spotlight on Sports Hall of Fame.
Inductees lived in Venice.
Below are the inductees, where they attended high school and college and any professional athletic accomplishments.
Boxing - Robert Foxworth: Venice High School, Pop Miles Golden Gloves Champion Auto racing — Bill Schaeffer: Venice High, NHRA/NASCAR driver Baseball — Ted Savage: Lincoln High School, St. Louis Cardinals — Rainey Crawford: Lincoln High, Cleveland Indians — Joe Prince Henry: Lovejoy High School, Negro major leagues — Burl Hand: Venice High, semi-professional — Clarence Hand: Venice High, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — John Corrie: Venice High — Bob Simpson: Madison and Collinsville high schools — Cecil Simpson: Madison High School — Edward "Hawk" Devany: Venice High — Fred Rumph: Venice High and Southern Illinois University Carbondale — Joshua Johnson: Negro major league baseball, University of Illinois — Don Myracle: Venice High — Tom Scaturro: Venice High — Larry Puent: Venice High Basketball — Robert Dubinick: Venice High, St. Louis University — Bill Ohlendorf: Venice High, Erskine College — Robert Chavis Sr.: Lincoln High — William "Chuck" Jenkins: Dunbar High School — Roosevelt Taylor: Dunbar High — Luther Ferrell: Dunbar High, Alabama State University — J.D. Haynes, Dunbar High — Rich Essington: Venice High, SIUE — Ira Long: Dunbar High — Frank Jenkins: Dunbar High — Howard Silas: Dunbar High — Jeff Riggs: Dunbar High — Chuck Garrett: Dunbar High, Washington University — Jeff Corrie: Venice High, St. Louis University-Parks — Jesse Swope: Lovejoy and Lincoln high schools — Jesse Hall: Venice High, Michigan State University and SIUE — Erwin Claggett: Venice High, St. Louis University — Ron Henry: Venice High, Iowa State University |
— Mike Henry: Venice High, McKendree University
— Clarence Hand: Venice High, SIUE — John Gonterman: Venice High — Jess Gonterman: Venice High — Dale Turner: Venice High, University of North Iowa — Bobby Simpson: Madison and Collinsville high schools — Bill Cockrill: Venice High — Burl Hand: Venice High — Woodrow Moad: Venice High — Eddie Lee Salmond Sr.: Lincoln High — Eddie Salmond Jr.: Venice High — John Earl Campbell: Venice High — Jake Young: Madison High, SIUE — Dave Hodges: Madison High, SIUE — Don Freeman: Madison High, SIUC, NBA — Ed Walker: Madison High, St. Louis University, American Basketball Association — Emit Pratt: Lovejoy and Lincoln high schools — Neil Ebersoldt: Venice High — Tom Kowalski: Venice High Football — Jim Jeffries Sr.: Venice High — Emil Kittel: Venice High — Steve Lopez: Venice High — Henry Randall: Venice High — John Gonterman: Venice High Coaching — George Cross: basketball at Lincoln High — Zahn Wells: baseball and basketball at Venice High — Ken Perkins: basketball at Venice High — Stan Lynch: basketball at Lincoln High — Clinton Harris: basketball at Venice High — Clarence Hand: assistant basketball at Venice High — Ernie Page Sr.: basketball at Dunbar High — Don Davinroy: assistant basketball at Venice High — Donn Hornberger: tennis coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Maryville College — Robert Foxworth: tennis — Rich Essington: basketball at Venice High — George Smith: basketball at Dunbar High — Joshua Johnson: baseball and basketball at Dunbar High — Fred Rumph: baseball at Venice High School — Bill Ohlendorf: basketball at Venice High — Roger Davis: basketball at Venice High — Ben May: basketball at Dunbar High — George Crow: basketball at Dunbar High Track and field — Clarence Hand: Venice High — Antoine Henderson: Venice High |
| You may want to visit the following website for an in-depth look at the sports at Venice High School. This website is not connected to the Venice History Committee, but much of the material was provided by the committee. http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id104.html |
