Melrose High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
Secondary school in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Melrose High School is a public high school located in Memphis, Tennessee , in the Orange Mound area, serving 1557 students in grades 9–12. It is served by Shelby County Schools .
Athletics
The 2009–10 boys basketball team won the school's fourth state championship [ 3] Melrose's football teams were 1996 & 1998 state champions. In 2004 & 2005 the football program made back to back State Championships runs.[ 4]
Championships by sport
Girls' Track - 2 (1983, 1984)
Girls' Basketball - 1 (1985)
Boys' Track - 2 (1965, 2003)
Boys' Basketball - 4 (1974, 1978, 1983, 2010)
Football - 5 (1985, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
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Notable alumni
William Bedford , basketball player
Graig Cooper , NFL running back
Richard Cooper , NFL offensive tackle[ 6]
Larry Finch , basketball player
Jacob Ford , NFL defensive end
Glorilla , rapper
Chris Jones , NBA player
Jemerrio Jones , NBA G Player, Wisconsin Herd
Andre Lott , NFL safety
Tony Madlock , college basketball coach
Larry Mallory , NFL safety[ 7]
Kindal Moorehead , NFL player, strength coach at University of Alabama
Pat Neely , CEO of famous Neely's Bar-B-Que and Neely's Interstate Bar-B-Que
Bobby Ray Parks Jr. , basketball player
Tony Pollard , NFL running back
Larry Riley , Broadway, movie, and television actor
Dewayne Robertson , NFL player
Ronnie Robinson , basketball player
Bingo Smith , NBA player
Rochelle Stevens , athlete, Olympic and world champion
Adonis Thomas , basketball player, Israel Basketball Premier League
Sam Walton , NFL tackle
Barry Wilburn , NFL defensive back
Ralph Wiley , journalist
Cedrick Wilson , NFL player and Super Bowl champion
Jerome Woods , NFL Pro Bowl safety
References