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Wyandotte High School

Four Wyandotte Bulldog alumni profiled in this section didn’t personally earn a basketball state championship but were highly instrumental in Bulldog state championships that followed afterwards.

In addition, this section chronicles five other significant Wyandotte Bulldogs. One was an innovator and a tireless booster of Wyandotte and his alma mater, the University of Kansas. Two were members of the Wyandotte High School administration who contributed mightily to multiple state titles. The final two were Wyandotte graduates who parlayed their experiences as Bulldogs to careers where they became among America’s most accomplished actors.

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Trailblazer

Ray Evans (Class of 1940)
 

Early Life

  • Grew up at 5th & Barnett Avenue in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood.  Entered Wyandotte in 1937. 
     

High School Football Career

  • Earned 1939 1st team All-State, All-City, All-Northeast Kansas League honors as a fullback.

  • Earned 1938 2nd team All-State, All-City & All-Northeast Kansas League honors as an end.
     

High School Basketball Career

  • In his senior year of 1940, helped the Bulldogs to the state championship game where they fell to the Winfield Vikings 29-27 in overtime.

  • Chose to attend the University of Kansas in August 1940 over an offer from the University of Missouri.

Ray Evans, 1940 Wyandotte HS Basketball, playing for Kansas Jayhawks.

Ray Evans, playing for the Kansas Jayhawks, c. 1942.

College Football Career

  • Earned 1941 1st team All-Big 6 Conference honors as a halfback.
     

  • Earned 1942 3rd team All-American & 1st Team All-Big 6 Conference honors.

    • Led the nation in both passing with 101 completions for 1,117 yards.

      • Second passer in college football history to break the 100-completion mark in a season.
         

  • Earned 1946 3rd team All-American & 1st team All-Big 6 Conference honors.

    • Led the Jayhawks in rushing, passing, total offense, and scoring in their 7-2-1 season that finished with a Big 6 Conference co-championship.
       

  • Earned 1947 1st team All-American & All-Big 6 Conference honors.

    • Led the Jayhawks to an 8-0-2 season and the Big Six Conference championship.

    • Scored both Jayhawk touchdowns in the 1948 Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida where Kansas lost to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 20-14.
       

College Basketball Career

  • Earned 1942 Helms Foundation All-American & 2nd Team All-Big 6 Conference honors as a guard playing for Coach Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen.

    • Helped the Jayhawks to a Big 6 Conference co-championship.

    • Helped the Jayhawks advance to the NCAA Western playoff semifinals at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri where they fell to the Colorado Buffaloes 46-44 before a crowd of 8,200 fans.
       

  • Earned 1943 Helms Foundation All-American & 1st Team All-Big 6 Conference honors as a guard.

    • Helped the Jayhawks to a Big 6 Conference championship.

    • Inducted into the U.S. Army Air Force immediately after the final regular season game.
       

  • Earned 1946 1st Team All-Big 6 Conference honors after joining the Jayhawk squad in January 1946 after his military service ended.

    • Helped the Jayhawks to an unbeaten Big 6 Conference championship.
       

  • Earned 1947 2nd team All-Big 6 Conference honors.
     

  • One of few athletes to be named to the All-American team in two sports.
     

  • Elected to the National Football Foundation (College Football) Hall of Fame in 1964.
     

  • Inducted in the Orange Bowl Classic Hall of Fame in 1988.
     

  • University of Kansas retired both his football jersey (#42) and basketball jersey (#15).
     

Professional Football Career

  • Played in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1948 season.

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Professional Business Career

  • Instrumental in attracting the American Football League’s charter franchise Dallas Texans (owned by Lamar Hunt) to Kansas City in 1963 where they became the AFL’s (then the NFL’s) Kansas City Chiefs.

  • Served as part-owner of the Kansas City (now Sacramento) Kings NBA franchise from 1972-1985.

  • Served as a charter member of the MLB Kansas City Royals business booster group the “Royal Lancers”.

  • Awarded the University of Kansas’s Citation for Distinguished Service in 1969 & Fred Ellsworth Award in 1976.

Trailblazer

Owen Peck (Class of 1943)
 

Early Life

  • Grew up at 6th and Nebraska Avenue. 
     

High School Basketball

  • Peck did not participate in basketball his sophomore year (1941). During his junior year (1942), he competed on the “Reserve Team” (junior varsity) squad. 

    • The 1942 Bulldog varsity team fell to the eventual state champion Newton Railers in the state tournament semifinals (held at Topeka High School) before earning 3rd place with a 34-29 win over the Topeka Trojans. 

  • In Peck’s senior season, the 1943 Bulldog team advanced to the state tournament’s Final Four held at the Municipal Hall in Salina. 

    • Wyandotte defeated Newton 26-21 in the semifinal to avenge the prior year’s loss before falling to Shawnee Mission (now Shawnee Mission North) 34-28 in the state title game.

​College Basketball Career

  • Played for the Kansas Jayhawks from 1944-45 through 1946-47 seasons earning All-Conference honors coached by National Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Forrest C. (Phog) Allen.
     

  • The 1945-46 Jayhawk team finished 19-2, won the Big 6 championship, and was considered one of the nation’s top teams. 

    • Even though he was 5’9”, Peck played center for that Jayhawk team that also featured guards Wendell Clark and fellow Wyandotte Bulldog Ray Evans and forwards Charlie Black and Otto Schnellbacher.
       

  • The 1945-46 KU season ended with a 49-38 loss to the Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now Oklahoma State Cowboys) in what would be now considered the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. 

    • Oklahoma A&M, led by 7-foot All-American center Bob Kurland, handed the Jayhawks both losses of their 1945-46 season.  The Aggies went on to defeat the University of California Golden Bears in the National Semifinals and University of North Carolina Tar Heels in the National Championship game held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  With the win, the Aggies (coached by National Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Henry Iba) earned their second consecutive national title. 
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Professional Business Career

  • After graduating from the University of Kansas in 1947, Peck attended the University of Kansas Medical School graduating in 1951.

    • Peck then served in the U.S. Navy in the Korean War as a physician. 

    • He later trained at the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota before serving on the staffs of the Stanford University Hospital and the University of Nevada-Reno Medical School. 

      • Peck was the key figure in the transition of the Nevada-Reno Medical School from a 2-year to a full-fledged 4-year medical school program.

Owen Peck, Wyandotte HS Basketball, playing for Kansas Jayhawks.

Owen Peck, playing for the Kansas Jayhawks, c. 1945.

Trailblazer

Harry Jett (Class of 1953)
 

Early Life

  • Grew up at 26th and Wood Avenue.
     

High School Basketball

  • In Jett’s sophomore (1950-51), he played for the Reserve (JV) team that finished with a 14-5 record. 
     

  • In his junior year (1951-52), he played for the varsity that earned a 12-9 record while earning the City Championship. 
     

  • His senior year (1952-53), the Bulldogs advanced to the state championship game at the new Ahearn Fieldhouse in Manhattan where they fell to Shawnee Mission (now Shawnee Mission North) 49-40. 

    • The Bulldogs finished the 1952-53 season with a 21-3 record with all three losses to Shawnee Mission.  Jett earned 1st team All-City, All-State, All-Regional Tournament, and 2nd Team All-State Tournament. 
       

  • This 1953 team's sophomores would go on to win the 1955 state championship, which was the start of a string of 12 state championships over a 16-year period for Wyandotte.

Harry Jett, Wyandotte HS Basketball, playing for Kansas Jayhawks.

Harry Jett, playing for the Kansas Jayhawks, c. 1956.

​College Basketball Career

  • Played for the Jayhawks in the 1954-55 through 1956-57 seasons.

    • Teamed with fellow Wyandotte Bulldogs Monte Johnson and Alan Donaghue.

    • Played for the Wilt Chamberlain-led Jayhawk team that advanced to the 1957 National Championship game played at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri where they fell to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels 54-53 in triple-overtime.

 

Professional Business Career

  • After graduating from KU in 1957, Jett attended and graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Dental School before practicing dentistry in Salina, Kansas. 

    • Jett was a charter member of the Greater Salina Community Foundation.

Trailblazer

Calvin Thompson (Class of 1982)


Early Life

  • Grew up at 9th & Quindaro Boulevard near Parkwood Park. Attended Fairfax Elementary and both Northeast & Eisenhower Junior High Schools before entering Wyandotte in the fall of 1979.

High School Career

  • Played 2 years (1980-1981, 1981-1982) of varsity basketball for the Bulldogs.
     

  • Earned 1st Team All-KCK League, All-State, and All-Metro by the Kansas City Star in both 1981 and 1982.
     

  • Won the 1982 DiRenna Award as metropolitan Kansas City’s top high school basketball player.

    • 1st player ever from a Kansas high school to win as they were previously ineligible due to KSHSAA rules.
       

  • Honors earned:

    • 1982 Converse National High School Boys Basketball All-American

    • 1982 McDonald’s All-American

    • 1982 Parade All-American
       

  • Signed to a scholarship with the University of Kansas by Coach Ted Owens in the spring of 1982.

Calvin Thompson, 1982 McDonalds All-American certificate.
Calvin Thompson, Natl HS Boys Basketball All-American certificate.

1982 Team

1982 Wyandotte High School Basketball team.

Kneeling, L-R > Tim Murphy (manager), Van Spears, Terry Moore, Darren Roberson, Maurice Holiday, David Anthony, Jeff Vestal --- Standing, L-R >: Charlie Moore (asst. coach), Danny Davies (asst. coach), Raymond Young, Charles White, Calvin Thompson, David Johnson, Marzay Tatum, Kenny Taylor, Randy Springs (head coach).

College Career

  • 4-year starter at Kansas for Coach Ted Owens (1982-1983) & Coach Larry Brown (1983-1986).
     

    • Earned 2nd team All-Big 8 Conference in 1985 & 1986 & 1st team All-Big 8 Tournament in 1984.
       

    • Left Kansas as its 4th all-time leading career scorer with 1,548 career points.
       

    • Left Kansas with the school record of 33 consecutive free throws.
       

    • Played on 3 Jayhawk NCAA Tournament teams (1984-1986) including the 1986 team which earned the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional and advanced to the Final Four.

      • Led the Jayhawks with 26 points in the 96-86 overtime victory over Scott Skiles & the Michigan State Spartans in the Sweet Sixteen at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

        • Selected to the 1986 All-NCAA Midwest Regional Team
           

    • Teamed with Danny Manning, helped Kansas to the Final Four at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas where the Jayhawks lost 71-67 to the Duke Blue Devils in the National Semifinals. Contributed 13 points and 4 rebounds in the game.
       

    • The Jayhawks finished the 1985-1986 season with a 35-4 record & #2 final ranking in the polls.

Calvin Thompson, 1982 Wyandotte Basketball HS, playing for KU Jayhawks.

Calvin Thompson, playing for the

Kansas Jayhawks, c. 1986.

  • Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 4th round (71st overall pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.
     

Professional Career

  • Played professional basketball in Europe from 1987-95.
     

  • Inducted in the Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame as a player in 2019.

Trailblazer

David Johnson (Class of 1983)

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Early Life

  • Grew up at 62nd & Everett Avenue. Attended Lindbergh Elementary School & Coronado Junior High School (now Gloria Willis Middle School) before entering Wyandotte in the fall of 1980.
     

High School Career

  • Played 3 years (1980-1981, 1981-1982, and 1982-1983) of varsity basketball for the Bulldogs.

  • Earned 1st Team All-KCK League, All-State & All-Metro by the Kansas City Star in 1983.

  • Earned 1st Team All-KCK League & Honorable Mention All-Metro by the Kansas City Star in 1982.

  • Signed with the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 8 Conference in April 1983, picking the Sooners over interest from other Big 8 schools.

College Career

  • Played 4 years (1983-1984 through 1986-1987) for the Sooners for Coach Billy Tubbs.

    • Left Oklahoma as its 8th all-time career scorer with 1,344 points.

    • Left Oklahoma as its 6th all-time career rebounder with 810 rebounds.

    • Starting forward on two Big 8 title squads (1983-1984 and 1984-1985) that were led by three-time All-American, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist & future NBA player Wayman Tisdale.

    • Played in 4 NCAA tournaments including runs to the Elite Eight in 1985 and the Sweet Sixteen in 1987.

      • In 1985, #1 seed Oklahoma lost to #2 seed Memphis State Tigers 63-61 in the Midwest Regional Final at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas to deny the Sooners a trip to the Final Four.  Johnson contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds in the game.

      • In 1987, #6 seed Oklahoma lost to #2 seed Iowa Hawkeyes 93-91 in overtime in the West Regional Semifinal at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington.  Johnson contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds in the game.
         

  • Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 4th round (with the 89th overall pick) of the 1987 NBA Draft.
     

  • Served as the Wyandotte head basketball coach from 2004-2008.

David Johnson, 1983 Wyandotte HS Basketball, playing for the Oklahoma Sooners

David Johnson, playing for the
Oklahoma Sooners, c. 1987.

Trailblazer

Kelley Newton (Class of 1996)

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Early Life

  • Grew up at 12th & Wood Avenue. Attended Douglass Elementary School & Central Middle School before entering Wyandotte in the fall of 1992.
     

High School Career

  • Helped the Bulldogs the state tournament in 1994, 1995 and 1996. The 1994 state tournament team was the first for the Bulldogs since the 1985 state title team.

  • Earned 1st Team All-KCK League in 1996.

  • Was a 3-year starter at quarterback for the football Bulldogs.

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College Career

  • Played his first two years of college basketball for the Neosho County Community College Panthers.
     

  • Chose the University of Oklahoma over offers from the University of Tulsa and Arizona State after graduating from Neosho County in 1998.

Kelly Newton, 1996 Wyandotte HS Basketball, playing for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Kelley Newton, playing for the

Oklahoma Sooners, c. 2001.

  • Played two years (1999-2000 and 2000-2001) for the Sooners for Coach Kelvin Sampson.

    • In both seasons playing for Oklahoma, Newton helped the Sooners earn NCAA tournament berths and Top 20 National rankings.  Newton’s career record as a Sooner was 53-14.

    • In 2001, helped the Sooners to the Big 12 Tournament Championship where Oklahoma defeated the Texas Longhorns 54-45 in the championship game at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.  Newton also scored 17 points in a 62-57 semifinal win over the Kansas Jayhawks. 
       

  • In the South Region’s first round of the 2001 NCAA basketball tournament at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee, Newton scored a career-high 26 points for the 4th seeded Sooners in a 70-68 loss to the Indiana State Sycamores, who were led by Sumner Academy’s Kelyn Block.

    • The 2001 NCAA basketball tournament featured players from four of the five KCKPS high schools.

      • F. L. Schlagle High School (Andre’ Williams - Oklahoma State Cowboys)

      • Sumner Academy of Arts & Science (Kelyn Block - Indiana State Sycamores)

      • Washington High School (Earl Watson - UCLA Bruins)

      • Wyandotte High School (Kelley Newton - Oklahoma Sooners & Victor Williams - Oklahoma State Cowboys)

Trailblazer

Roy A. Edwards, Jr. (Class of 1938) Innovator

 

Early Life

  • Grew up on Hoel Parkway near 21st & Nebraska Avenue.  Entered Wyandotte in the fall of 1935.
     

High School Career

  • Contributed as a sprinter in the 220- & 440-yard dashes on the Bulldog track & field squad.

  • Led the Kay Cees, the Naismith Club (an intramural sports group), and was involved in school plays.

Roy Edwards, 1938 Wyandotte High School.

Roy Edwards, Jr., c. 1957.

Professional Career Service

  • Served on the Kansas City Kansas School District Board of Education from 1955-1966.

  • Served an extended period on the American Royal Board of Governors including a term as President.

  • Served on the Board of Trustees for both the University of Kansas Endowment Association & School of Business.

  • Served as National President of the University of Kansas Alumni Association.
     

  • As an alumnus of the University of Kansas, Edwards was instrumental in connecting many student-athletes with the Jayhawk basketball program including Maurice King, Wilt Chamberlain, and Wyandotte Bulldogs Harry Jett, Alan Donaghue, Monte Johnson, Nolen Ellison, Harry Gibson, Wayne Loving, Steve Renko, Ron Shanks, George Yarnevich, Pierre Russell, and Calvin Thompson.
     

  • The efforts to recruit Wilt Chamberlain were chronicled in a January 28, 1957, Life Magazine article What It Took To Get Wilt (PDF).  The article documented the endeavors of campus leaders (prominently Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy) and alumni (prominently Edwards) to utilize the Kansas Jayhawks basketball program in the 1950’s as a vehicle to assist in expediting racial integration at the University of Kansas and the city of Lawrence.
     

  • Awarded the Distinguished Service Medallion in 1978 by the University of Kansas.
     

  • The Wyandotte High School football stadium was named in his honor in 1987.
     

  • After Edwards’ passing in 1987, the 1987-1988 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team (who subsequently won the 1988 National Championship) wore black arm bands on their jerseys to honor him.
     

  • The University of Kansas named their new Overland Park satellite campus the “KU Edwards Campus” after Edwards and his wife Joan in 1990.

Jayhawks vs. University of Missouri, March 11, 1961 at Brewer Fieldhouse in Columbia, Missouri. 

  • In this pioneering nationally televised game broadcasted on ABC with Jack Buck announcing, Wyandotte Bulldog 3-time state champion Nolen Ellison is one of the Jayhawk starters. The diversity efforts of the KU basketball program can be clearly seen when watching the introduction of the game's starting lineups in the early part (at the 1:00 mark) of the video.

Trailblazer

Tom Rhone, High School Principal, 1973-1984

  • Transferred from Sumner to Wyandotte to serve as Wyandotte’s Vice-Principal & Activities Coordinator in 1966.  Promoted to Wyandotte’s Principal in 1973 and continued in that role until 1984.
     

  • During his tenure as an administrator at Wyandotte, the Bulldogs won 6 State Championships and two 2nd place finishes.
     

  • After retiring from education, Rhone went on to become Director of Project Choice, a venture of the Kauffman Foundation.

Tom Rhone Wyandotte HS Vice-principle and Principle, 1966-1984.

Principal, Tom Rhone, c. 1967.

  • Early Life and Career

  • Graduated from Cheyenne Central High School in 1950 where he earned Wyoming All-State honors in football & basketball.

  • Entered the University of Denver in 1950 where he became the basketball program's first black player.

  • On December 8, 1951, while playing for the Denver Pioneers in a game at Hoch Auditorium in Lawrence, Kansas, was the first black basketball player to ever play against the University of Kansas Jayhawks.  In the game won by Kansas 84-51, future University of North Carolina Tar Heel Coach Dean Smith scored 9 points on 4-4 shooting for the Jayhawks. 

  • Began his teaching & coaching career at Sumner High School in 1955.  Served as Sumner’s head basketball coach from 1956-1965.  Promoted to Vice-Principal at Sumner in 1965.​

Trailblazer

Charlotte Davis (Class of 1967) High School Athletic Director, 1989-2007

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  • Served as the first ever female Athletic Director in the Kansas City, Kansas School district at Wyandotte from 1989-2007 and later served as KCKPS District Athletic Director.
     

  • Inducted into the KSHSAA Hall of Fame in 2020.
     

  • Earned Kansas Interscholastic Administrators Association’s “Award of Merit” in 2006.
     

  • Served as Kansas Interscholastic Administrators Association’s first female president in 2002.
     

  • Served on the KSHSAA Executive Board in 2000-2001.

Charlotte Davis, Wyandotte HS Athletic Director, 1989-2007.

Athletic Director, Charlotte Davis, c. 2020.

  • Earned the Kansas Interscholastic Administrators Association’s “Athletic Director of the Year” award in 1998.
     

  • Taught and coached at J. C. Harmon High School where she is a member of the school’s Hall of Fame.​

Trailblazer

Ed Asner (Class of 1947)

 

Early Life

  • Grew up in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City before moving to 18th & Oakland Avenue in the Westheight Manor neighborhood. Attended Mark Twain Elementary School & Northwest Junior High School before entering Wyandotte in the Fall of 1944.

High School Career

  • Earned membership in the National Honor Society, participated in Drama, and wrote for The Pantograph.
     

  • Earned 1st team All-Kansas City, Kansas football honors as a left tackle by the Kansas City Star in his only season of varsity football at the size of 5’9” and 196 pounds (the squad’s heaviest player). Asner helped the Bulldogs to the 1946 city championship.
     

​College Career

  • Attended the University of Chicago where he first majored in journalism until switching to drama.

Ed Asner, 1940 football team, Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, Kansas.

Ed Asner, playing football for the Wyandotte High School team, c. 1946.

Professional Career

  • After serving in the military, started performing as an actor in both theater & television starting in 1955.

  • In 1970, he was hired to play the character “Lou Grant” in the television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show which ran on CBS until 1977. In the role, Asner won 3 Emmy awards (1971, 1972, & 1975) for “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy”.
     

  • After The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended, Asner’s Lou Grant character was spun off into a new series Lou Grant that ran from 1977-1982. In that role, Asner won 2 Emmy awards (1978 & 1980) for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series”.
     

  • Won an Emmy award for his portrayal of “Captain Davies” in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots.  The ABC Television Network aired the 8 episodes of Roots on 8 consecutive nights in January, 1977. The miniseries was immensely popular earning the largest TV viewership of any television series in U.S. history. Each of the 8 episodes of Roots is ranked among the top 100-rated television shows in U.S. history.  The final episode was watched by over 100 million people.  Roots was nominated for 37 Emmy Awards and won 9.

Ed Asner, in the role of Lou Grant, on the set of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Ed Asner, in the role of Lou Grant, on the set of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, c. 1971.

  • Won an Emmy award for his portrayal of “Alex Jordache” in the 1976 ABC television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man.
     

  • Asner also performed as a voice actor. His performance as “Carl Fredricksen” in the 2009 animated movie Up helped the film win two Academy Awards. Up also was the second animated film ever nominated for the Academy Award’s “Best Picture” award.
     

  • Asner’s 7 Emmy Awards are the most earned by any male actor.
     

  • Inducted into the “Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame” in 1996.
     

  • Won the “Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2001.​

Trailblazer

Dee Wallace-Stone (Deanna Bowers), (Class of 1966)


Early Life

  • Grew up at 18th & Freeman Avenue & 26th & Minnesota Avenue. Attended Northwest Junior High School before entering Wyandotte in the fall of 1963.

High School Career

  • Earned membership in the National Honor Society, wrote for the school newspaper The Pantograph, and played 2nd violin in the Symphony Orchestra.
     

  • Served as Student Director of the 1965 school play Our Girls & a member of the Drama Club.
     

  • Elected as Wyandotte’s homecoming queen in 1965.
     

  • Received a “1” (superior) rating in the “Readings” competition in the 1964 State Speech & Drama Festival at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
     

  • Served as Cheerleader for both the 1964 & 1965 Bulldog state championship basketball teams.

Dee Wallace-Stone (Deeana Bowers) Wyandotte High School, KCKS, 1965 Homecoming Queen.

Dee Wallace-Stone (Deanna Bowers), Wyandotte High School Homecoming Queen, c. 1965.

College Career

  • Graduated from the University of Kansas with an education degree.

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Professional Career

  • Taught Drama at Washington High School, Kansas City, Kansas, in the early 1970’s.
     

  • Performed as a professional television & film actress starting in the mid-1970s.
     

  • Wallace-Stone has been among the most prolific television actresses in U.S. history. Since her debut in Lucas Tanner in 1974, has appeared in over 85 television series and films over 50 years. Among those are some of the famous all-time TV series, including Starsky & Hutch, The Streets of San Francisco, Police Woman, Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, CHiPS, Hart to Hart, Taxi, L.A. Law, General Hospital, Ally McBeal, NCIS, Criminal Minds, & Grey’s Anatomy.

  • As of 2024, Wallace-Stone has also performed in over 75 feature films including The Stepford Wives, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Halloween, The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, Cujo, and Critters.

    • In the movie E.T., directed by Steven Spielberg, Wallace-Stone played the role of Mary Taylor (single mother to the 3 children Elliot, Gertie, and Michael). The movie was released in 1982 and surpassed Star Wars as the highest-grossing film in movie history. E.T. held that record for 11 years until it was eclipsed by Jurassic Park in 1993. E.T. won 4 Academy Awards and was nominated for 2 others. E.T. appears on many lists of the "Greatest Films of All-Time".

Dee Wallace Stone (R), with Drew Barrymore (L) in the movie E.T.

Dee Wallace-Stone (R), with Drew Barrymore (L), in the movie E.T., c. 1982.

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