Hall of Fame
Athletes, Coaches and Community Heroes
Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Track, Soccer. Lettered in 5 sports. 4-year volleyball starter. All-League 2 years. League MVP senior year. Played on BYU NCAA semi-finalist team. Starting guard 3 years on basketball team. Named to 1st Team All-League. Ran track in junior year. League and NCS 880 meter champion. Played soccer senior year and was named team MVP.
Irving Moore was an outstanding Track & Field pole vaulter who broke the league record three consecutive straight years, and was the top pole vaulter in the state in 1940 and 1941. As a senior he set the California pole vault record at 13’-7” and narrowly missed breaking the national record.
Football, Baseball, Basketball. Lettered in 3 sports. Football wide receiver with Drew Olson as quarterback. Named East Bay Offensive Player of Year by Oakland Tribune; S.F. Chronicle AU-Metro Receiver. Had 84 receptions, 1485 yards, 18 touchdowns. League championship.
First high school player to win Biletnikoff Award as best receiver in Northern California; 3 year varsity starter in baseball as center fielder. Led team in hitting and stolen bases in junior and senior years. Varsity basketball as freshman and junior.
Created golf as sanctioned sport in North Coast Section; founded first NCS championship events. Developed numerous golfers who competed in college. Team won ACAL championship in 1955-1956. Successfully led drive for school board to rescind its decision to cancel golf as a sport at PHS in 1978.
Football, Track, Basketball. Earned 11 Block P letters. Halfback on Coach Brick Johnson's All-Time PHS Team. Winner of Optimo Award as senior in both football and track. Named to All-County football team. First freshman to start as running back at Cal. Excelled in track in hurdles, sprints and relay. Considered best all-around athlete in school history by coach Johnson.
Don Weeks
PHS Class of January 1948
Football, Basketball. Halfback and quarterback under coach Jimmy Hole (1946) and Brick Johnson (1947). Played on 1946 ACAL championship team. Led league in scoring junior and senior year. Optimo Award winner as senior, All-ACAL in football 3 years. Also ran track and shared basketball Optimo Award with Tom Adams.
Jean graduated from PHS in June 1938. He was a stand-out quarterback for Piedmont's single and double wing system on coach Brick Johnson's All-Time team. Football Optimo winner for the 1937 season. He was also on the basketball team and member of Student Body government. He starred on Cal’s undefeated rugby team just before enlisting on the Navy during WWII. In 1942 Jean was killed in action on the Bridge of the USS San Francisco by a Japanese shell in the Battle of Guadalcanal. On October 17, 1943, the USS Witter (DE-636) Buckley-class destroyer escort was launched and named after Ensign Jean C. Witter.
https://www.ussslater.org/history/slaterhistory/history_sanfrancisco.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Witter_(DE-636)
Graduated February 1950. Won the track Optimo in 1949 for the shot-put and discus and set the ACAL record for the shot-put. Outstanding football player, named to the All-County Football Team. Was also on the basketball team. Ted had a ten-year NFL career, mostly with the 49ers from 1954-1962.
Read about Ted’s life here: Ted Connolly Obituary
Connolly ties up an opponent in basketball.
Another all-around athlete. Basketball Optimo winner in 1928 and 1929. Student Body President. Won Block P's in not only basketball, but also football, track and tennis.
Clint Eastwood was an all-around athlete at Piedmont High earning a Block P in football for three years, while also participating on the track, swimming and basketball teams. As Captain of the 1924 football team, he also won the Optimo award.
1940 Team Photo
Considered to be the greatest Piedmont football team ever, they were the 1940 ACAL Champions, outscoring their opponents 274 to 6; Jefferson from Daly City scored the 6, but they were beaten 50-6 that day. They beat Berkeley that year 46-0. Ten members of the starting 11 were named to the All-County Team. Many of the team members are deceased, but some are still with us.
