Winchester High School (Massachusetts)

Sports

Notable alumni

• Joe Bellino, Halfback, Heisman Trophy winner in 1960 while at Navy. He also played with the Boston Patriots from 1965–67.
• Pat Badger, Bassist of the band Extreme
• Bob Bigelow,, College and NBA Basketball Player
• Janet Doub Erickson
• Glen Doherty, Navy SEAL killed in 2012 Benghazi Attack working for a contracted CIA group.
• Tony Fryklund, current professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing for Bellator MMA, the WEC, Strikeforce, and the UFC
• Wally Gagel, Music Producer
• Art Johnson, former MLB player
• Kofi Kingston, WWE Wrestler
• Laurence Owen, while a student at Winchester High School, was the 1961 U. S. Ladies and North American Figure Skating Champion and placed 6th in the 1960 Winter Olympics in the same event. She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, under the caption "America's Most Exciting Girl Skater". On February 15, 1961, she died at age 16 along with her mother, Maribel Vinson-Owen, sister Maribel Owen and 16 other members of the U.S. Figure Skating Team near Brussels, Belgium, in a plane crash while en route to the World Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
• Alicia Sacramone won a Silver Medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Artistic Gymnastics Team All-Around Competition. 10 time World Championship medalist, 19 time National medalist, and 5 time U.S. Vault Champion. Sacramone placed 4th in the 2008 Olympic vault event finals.
• Dan Spang, Professional Hockey Player
• Richard Phillips, Captain of the Maersk Alabama when it was attacked by Somali pirates in April, 2009.
• Bjorn Poonen, World-renowned mathematician
• Levni Yilmaz, Creator of Tales of Mere Existence