King High School

School:

King High School

Phone:

313-494-7373

Location:

USA, MI, Detroit, 48207
3200 E. Lafayette Street Detroit, Michigan 48207

Mailing:

3200 E. Lafayette Street Detroit, MI 48207

ZIP:

48207

City:

Detroit

County:

Wayne

Status:

Operational, Magnet

Level:

High School

Grades offered:

09-12

Total students:

2055

Students/Teachers:

39.50

Notable alumni:

Bernard Lucas (1935) was one of the nations best interscholastic high jumpers during the 1930s; Lucas won three events for Eastern at the 1934 Detroit (DPSSAL) Championships: the high jump (6-4.75); long jump (21-8), and 120-yard high hurdles (:16.0). Bernard Lucas was also the 1934 Michigan High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

Joe Altobelli (1950) versatile, All-City basketball, football and baseball player for the Eastern Indians; Altobelli enjoyed several successful seasons of Major League Baseball, as a player and as manager of the 1983 World Series champion Baltimore Orioles.

Reggie Harding (1961) First-team Parade Magazine All-American in 1961; Harding led Eastern to three-consecutive Detroit Public School League basketball championships. A three-time all-state selection, Harding was drafted out of high school by the Detroit Pistons; he played a total of four seasons in the NBA.

James MacMillan (1962) was one of the fastest high school swimmers in the United States during the early 1960s. At the 1962 MHSAA Championships, MacMillan took first place for Eastern High in both the 50 and 100 yard freestyle; his winning times still stand as DPSSAL records. On the collegiate scene, James MacMillan was a nine-time NCAA All-American for Michigan State University (196466); during the summer of 1968, MacMillan competed in the 100 and 200 meter freestyle at the US Olympic Trials.

Bill Yearby (1962) won the shot put event at the 1962 MHSAA Track and Field Finals. Upon graduation from EHS, Yearby became an All-American football player at the University of Michigan; he also performed professionally with the New York Jets.

Lou Scott (1963) was one of America's top distance runners during the 1960s; Scott won Michigan Track and Field Athlete of the Year honors in 1962 and 1963. Scott competed collegiately for Arizona State University; in 1967 he won a silver medal in the 5000 meter run at the Pan American Games. The following year, by virtue of his third place finish at the Olympic Trials, Lou Scott competed in the 5000 at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Stanley Allen (1965) was another of Eastern's state track and field champions; Allen took first place in the high jump, at the 1965 MHSAA finals.

John "Frenchy" Fuqua (1965) matriculated from Eastern High School to collegiate football stardom, as a running back for Morgan State University. Fuqua later played eight rewarding seasons with the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, of the National Football League. While with the Steelers, Fuqua become part of NFL lore as the intended receiver for quarterback Terry Bradshaw's pass that sports historians refer to as the Immaculate Reception.

Walter Davis (1967) was twice city champion in the pole vault event; his winning height of 13-7, at the 1967 DPSSAL Track & Field Championships, still stands as the public school league record.

George Gervin (1970) a.k.a. "The Iceman" is a former professional basketball player and esteemed member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1997, Gervin was voted one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players

Rod Hill (1977) was another in a long line of gridiron greats at King High; Hill played collegiate football for Kentucky State University. In 1983, Rod Hill was selected in the first-round of the NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Rod Hill played a total of eleven professional seasons; six in the NFL and five with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

Kelton Graham (1993) ended a seventeen year drought for DPSSAL male athletes, when he swam in the finals at the 1993 MHSAA championships; Graham placed sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke. More recently, Kelton Graham coached the Ann Arbor-Huron High School Boys' Swimming and Diving program to a MHSAA team title in 2008; under Graham's tutelage, Huron High was also 2009 MHSAA team runner-up. Kelton Graham was the 2008 Michigan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

Kevin Jackson (2008), MHSAA silver medalist (men's high jump); DPSSAL Championship record holder (2.03 meters); 2008 MHSAA top-ranked performer (2.08 meters)