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Lane Tech Alumni Who Have Competed Beyond the High School Level

Wayne Gutowsky (city indoor and outdoor shot put champ 1957); Fritz Pollard (NFL Hall of Fame); Johnny Weissmuller (World Record Holder, starred as Tarzan, has a star in the Hollywood Hall of Fame); Godfrey Danchima (Comedian and Actor), Bato Govedarica (NBA and DePaul star, Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame);

   Lane has had many great teams over the years. What made these teams great is the overall system, tradition, and expectations that one has when someone wears the Myrtle and the Gold. Also, every single individual associated with the team helps in the teams success. What makes a team great is not the individual stars on the team, the overall record of the team, or whether they won any city championships. To measure success by those metrics would diminish the efforts of every contributor to the team. A team is successful if the members on the team have worked to their best ability and utilized the potential that they had. So to me the person that puts the greatest effort or tries the hardest will always be great indicator of achievement. Those individuals are putting forth the necessary effort and work to become the best possible athlete they can be regardless of talent level. That is why it is very difficult for me to make the following list. The following lists are individuals who happened to be outstanding athletes at Lane and have gone on to play beyond the high school level. It is by no means my intention to state that they were the most important members of their team that year. Rather, they are individuals who happened to have the ability to play at another level beyond high school.

            The list obviously is incomplete. If you know of anyone who needs to be added to this list or recognize any corrections to be made, please contact me the information and we will get him/her posted.

Table of Lane Tech Alumni Who Have Competed Beyond the High School Level