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Marvin Cichowski, Of Saginaw High School, Leads A Race At The River Rouge Relay Championship, April 1947 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Marvin Cichowski, Of Saginaw High School, Leads A Race At The River Rouge Relay Championship, April 1947 image
Year:
1947
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 21, 1947
Caption:
TIMBER TOPPERS IN FULL BLAST: This trio of hurdlers includes the class of the River Rouge Relays field. Shown at right is Saginaw's Marvin Cichowski, winner of the Class-A hurdle race, while at the left is Flint Northern's Fran Allen who was third. Saginaw Arthur Hill's Bill Hervey is in the center. He placed fourth. The meet, in Yost Fieldhouse Saturday night, was the world's largest indoor track program.

One Mile Run - Class A Michigan High School Track Championship At Ferry Field, May 1952 Photographer: Eck Stanger

One Mile Run - Class A Michigan High School Track Championship At Ferry Field, May 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 26, 1952
Caption:
GOING IS TOUGH BUT REFLECTIONS PROVE INTERESTING: This is the field for the Class A one-mile run in Saturday's Michigan high school track championships at Ferry Field. The picture shows why no records were bettered or tied. In the lead is Bay City Central's Don Witbrodt, who finished first. Battle Creek's Larry Favorite is second here.
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Legacies Project Oral History: Webster Kirksey

Web Kirksey was born in 1933 in Saginaw, Michigan. His father worked at a Chevrolet factory and his mother ran a beauty shop in their home. He was a star basketball player in high school and was recruited to play for Eastern Michigan University. Kirksey got a master’s degree in special education and taught for the majority of his career at W.J. Maxey Boys’ Training School in Whitmore Lake. In 1978 he was inducted into Eastern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame. 

Web Kirksey was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2018 as part of the Legacies Project.