University City High School (Missouri)

University City High School
Address
7401 Balson Avenue University City, MO 63130
Coordinates	38°39′54″N 90°19′45″W / 38.6651°N 90.3293°WCoordinates: 38°39′54″N 90°19′45″W / 38.6651°N 90.3293°W
Information
Type	Comprehensive public high school
Principal	Susan Hill
Grades	9–12
Number of students	848[1]
Color(s)	Black and gold
Mascot	Lions (Formerly Indians)
Website	ucityschools.org

University City High School (UCHS) is a public high school in University City, Missouri, that is part of the University City School District.

Notable people

Faculty

• Stub Muhl, the school's former football coach, played with Red Grange on the University of Illinois football team of 1924.

Alumni

• Bud Black, major-league pitcher^[2]
• Harold Brodkey, writer
• Jeremy Davenport, jazz musician
• Bing Devine, General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals
• Marty Ehrlich, jazz musician^[3]
• Malcolm Frager, pianist
• Bob Gale, screenwriter, author, movie producer
• Dave Garroway, broadcaster
• Bernard Gilkey, major-league outfielder^[2]
• Marty Hendin, St. Louis Cardinals former director of public relations
• Ken Holtzman, major-league pitcher^[2]
• Peter Martin, jazz pianist^[4]
• Ed Mickelson, major-league first baseman^[2]
• Samuel Moyn, historian
• Nelly, rapper
• Billy Lawrence, singer
• Robert Person, major-league pitcher^[2]
• Leonard Roberts, actor
• Art Shamsky, major-league outfielder^[2]
• William Sleator, author
• Tennessee Williams, playwright
• Lew Wolff, co-owner of the Oakland Athletics

Notes

1. "University City Senior High School". GreatSchools. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
2. "University City HS (University City, MO)". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
3. Lion Tamers, page 1 – Calendar – Riverfront Times – Riverfront Times
4. Brown Jr., Sylvester, "It'll be great St. Louis jazz- and it'll be in St. Louis", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 25, 2007, Section C, page 1.

External links

• University City School District website