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  1. List, Membership

    A square list with orange paper cover showing SM ("New Members" and "Old Members" inside). "SM M. Campbell" on cover.

    Record Type: Archive

    San Mateo High Member List
  2. Alonzo Emery Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Alonzo Emery of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 3, 1998. Plaque includes image of Emery and a brief biography: "Alonzo Emery was a brilliant football running back at San Mateo High School in the late 1960's. He led the Bearcats to Bay Area prominence. In his senior season, he was the second leading running back in Northern California, with 1,55...

    Record Type: Object

    Alonzo Emery Sports Hall of Fame Plaque
  3. Arron Oberholser Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Arron Oberholser of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 19, 2008. Plaque includes image of Oberholser and a brief biography: "When he first began his golfing career, Arron Oberholser wanted to be a big hitter. It took time and a lot of seasoning to temper that enthusiasm for the long ball. The result has been success on the PGA Tour. In 2007 the forme...

    Record Type: Object

    Arron Oberholser Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  4. Bay Meadow Admission Ticket, 1977 - Ticket, Admission

    Admission Ticket, 1977. Orange paper ticket for admission to Bay Meadows Infield on November 26, 1977, as part of San Mateo High School's 75th anniversary reunion. The ticket price was $1.25.

    Record Type: Archive

    Admission Ticket, 1977
  5. Bay Meadows Admission Ticket, 1977 - Ticket, Admission

    Admission Ticket, 1977. Orange paper ticket for admission to Bay Meadows Infield on November 26, 1977, as part of San Mateo High School's 75th anniversary reunion. The ticket price was $1.25.

    Record Type: Archive

    Admission Ticket, 1977
  6. Bear Cats Paper Decal - Decal

    Round paper Bearcats decal. Orange paper has a mat finish on front side and a shiny surface on the back. Bordered in a black scalloped edge the center has an orange tiger face on a black circle with the words "BEARCATS SAN MATEO HI" surrounding it. 4 3/4" diameter. "-BEARCATS- / SAN MATEO HI" (black letters on front)

    Record Type: Archive

    Bear Cats Paper Decal
  7. Bill & Bucky Kahler Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Bill & Bucky Kahler being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 28, 1991. Plaque includes image of the Kahlers and a brief biography: "Bill and Bucky Kahler were lengendary all-around athletes at San Mateo High School in the late '40s and early '50s, earning All -Conference honors in baseball, football and basketball. / Remarkably, both brothers would later achieve fame in professional baseball, ...

    Record Type: Object

    Bill & Bucky Kahler
  8. Bill Neukom Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Bill Neukom of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 14, 2011. Plaque includes image of Neukom and a brief biography: "For Bill Neukom, the 2010 Major League Baseball season was a wild and gratifying ride indeed. In just his second year as the Managing General Partner and Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco Giants, he watched the ballclub get into the National L...

    Record Type: Object

    Bill Neukom Sports Hall of Fame Plaque
  9. Bob Murphy Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Bob Murphy of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 21, 1991. Plaque includes image of Murphy and a brief biography: "Bob Murphy was woven an illustrious thread through the rich athletic fabric of the Peninsula, starting with his prep days at both Serra and San Mateo high schools. / At San Mateo, Murphy helped the Bearcats in the Peninsula Athletic League baseball title ...

    Record Type: Object

    Bob Murphy
  10. Bob Rush Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2016 - Plaque, Award

    Bob Rush Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2016. Plaque commemorating Bob Rush of San Mateo High School and the College of San Mateo being inducted into the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame on June 8, 2016. The plaque is printed on silver-colored metal with a 3" x 2.5" photograph mounted to the upper right hand corner. Metal and photograph are mounted beneath acrylic with gold-colored decorative brads onto an mdf wooden base covered in a dark...

    Record Type: Object

    Bob Rush Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2016
  11. Buz Williams Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Buz Williams of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 3, 1998. Plaque includes image of Williams and a brief biography: "Buz Williams became synonymous with San Mateo High School football. For good reason. He started his San Mateo coaching career in 1963 and concluded it in 1996. In all, he coached at the varsity level for 28 seasons, averaging more th...

    Record Type: Object

    Buz Williams Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  12. Carl "Berny" Wagner Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Carl "Berny" Wagner of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 9, 1999. Plaque includes image of Wagner and a brief biography: "Carl "Berny" Wagner is one of the finest track and field coaches ever to tutor athletes in San Mateo County and the U.S. His San Mateo High School varsity teams posted a 68-7 record in dual meets from 1956-62. At the College of ...

    Record Type: Object

    Carl "Berny" Wagner Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  13. Dave Binn Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Dave Binn of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 21, 2007. Plaque includes image of Binn and a brief biography: "As a high school youngster, Bave Binn was an all-around athlete. But few would have predicted how far he would go in his chosen profession, football. Binn, after playing four years at the University of California, is now a true specialis...

    Record Type: Object

    Dave Binn Sports Hall of Fame Plaque
  14. Debi Thomas Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Debi Thomas of San Mateo High School, who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 16, 1990. Plaque includes image of Thomas and a brief biography: "Debi Thomas was America's reigning sports princess of the mid-to-late-1980s. She began as an athletic 5-year-old who wobbled onto the ice at a San Jose ice rink and emerged with the United States and world championship women's figure ...

    Record Type: Object

    Debi Thomas SMC Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 1990
  15. Diane Kalliam Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Diane Kalliam of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 31, 1994. Plaque includes image of Kalliam and a brief biography: "Diane Kalliam was a red-blooded, All American girl in the mid-1950s in San Mateo who gained national softball fame as both an amateur and professional. / Kalliam, now a teacher and longtime softball coach at San Francisco State University, played for ...

    Record Type: Object

    Diane Kalliam SMC Sports Hall of Fame Plaque
  16. Don Gile Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Don Gile of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 4, 2002. Plaque includes image of Gile and a brief biography: "Don Gile, a San Mateo High School grad who spent a year at the College of San Mateo, became one of the greatest catchers ever produced in San Mateo County. His prodigious slugging skills took him all the way to the major leagues for four seasons with the Boston...

    Record Type: Object

    Don Gile Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  17. Ed Parker Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Ed Parker of Mills High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 7, 2000. Plaque includes image of Parker and a brief biography: "Ed Parker is an international figure in the world of track and field. An alumnus of San Mateo High School and the College of San Mateo, he coached at Mills High School in Millbrae for 30 seasons winning 59 league titles in all grade-level cat...

    Record Type: Object

    Ed Parker Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  18. George Archer 1994 Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    George Archer 1994 Sports Hall of Fame Plaque. Plaque commemorating George Archer of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 31, 1994. Plaque includes image of Archer and a brief biography: "George Archer, a San Mateo High School graduate, has had a long and highly successful professional golf career since choosing that sport over basketball in the 1950s. Through May 1, 1994, Archer had won 30...

    Record Type: Object

    George Archer Sports Hall of Fame Plaque
  19. Jerry Wilkinson Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2017 - Award

    Jerry Wilkinson Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2017. Rectangular brushed metal plaque attached to laminate wood grain board with copper colored brads. Hole drilled in top center of wood portion. Peninsula Sports logo in upper left corner of metal portion - green trophy cup surrounded by blue stars - "2017 Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame." Photo of Jerry Wilkinson in upper right corner of metal inset. Outdoors background, white male, gray hair, r...

    Record Type: Object

    Jerry Wilkinson Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2017
  20. Joe Fena Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Joe Fena of Serra High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 10, 2003. Plaque includes image of Fena and a brief biography: "His nickname was the 'Toy Tank.' Joe Fena, a compact 5-8, 200-pound bull of a fullback on San Mateo High School's storied 1926 state championship football team, was a force to be reckoned with. He went on to play for Denver University as a lineman and punter. H...

    Record Type: Object

    Joe Fena 2009.030.062
  21. Julie "JuJu" Middleton Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2018 - Award

    Julie "JuJu" Middleton Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2018. Plaque is made of wood composite with a natural-looking brown wood finish. On the front is a silver metal plaque with a Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame trophy logo in the top left and black-and-white photo in the top right. Metal is protected by a layer of clear acrylic, and both layers are attached to the wood by four decorative golden metal screws, one in each corner. The back has...

    Record Type: Object

    Julie "JuJu" Middleton Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2018
  22. Ken Towns Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Ken Towns being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 23, 1996. Plaque includes image of Towns and a brief biography: "Ken Towns, a San Mateo High alum, began his golf career in the era before the sport became a lucrative, big-time endeavor. When he got his start on the courses of San Mateo County in the 1940s, regular golf on television was unthinkable. There was no such thing. / Still, Towns wo...

    Record Type: Object

    Ken Towns
  23. Kim Schnurpfeil-Griffin Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Kim Schnurpfeil-Griffin of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 23, 2005. Plaque includes image of Schnurpfeil-Griffin and a brief biography: "Determination and dedication. That describes Kim Schnurpfeil Griffin to a tee. In the 1970's at San Mateo High School, she latched onto long-distance running when a coach spotted her potential in a conditioning...

    Record Type: Object

    Kim Schnurpfeil Griffin Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  24. Matt Giusto Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Matt Giusto of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 4, 2002. Plaque includes image of Giusto and a brief biography: "Just call Matt Giusto the accidental runner. One of San Mateo County's premier long distance men, he got into the sport by chance at San Mateo High School. By the time he closed out his prep career in the 1980s, he had captured both the 1,600- and 3,200- m...

    Record Type: Object

    Matt Giusto Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  25. Name Tag, 1977 - Tag, Identification

    Name Tag, 1977. Sturdy paper name tag in clear plastic cover. Across the top is printed "SAN MATEO HIGH DIAMOND JUBILEE" in red-orange, with a dividing line underneath it. Across the bottom portion is handwritten "'24" in the top right corner and "HELEN VANWINKLE" across the center, in black marker. On the back is a golden metal safety pin.

    Record Type: Object

    Name Tag, 1977

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