born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on October 25, 1964 Graduated from Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois in 1982 Lou Boudreau Professional baseball player 1938 to 1952, manager and sports broadcaster. Played for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox.
Quinn Buckner is in his eighth season as an analyst for the Pacers' cable television games on FSN Midwest. Prior to joining the Pacers' television staff, he spent three seasons as an analyst with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Other television work Buckner has done includes two seasons with NBC and its NBA coverage, and also working on CBS' college basketball coverage. He is also an analyst for NBA games on ESPN Radio. Buckner is a former head coach of the Dallas Mavericks and he played 10 seasons in the NBA, including 1983-84, when he was a member of Boston's NBA championship team. He also played 32 games for the Pacers in 1985-86. Buckner, an Indiana University graduate, was a member of the 1976 NCAA Championship team, the last college basketball team to go undefeated and win the national championship. He was also a member of the 1976 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Basketball team. In July 2004, Buckner was named the Vice President of Communications for Pacers Sports & Entertainment, overseeing the Pacers Foundation, Community Relations, Public Information, Internet Marketing and Creative Services. source: www.nba.com/pacers/media/quinn_buckner_bio.html |
| born in Harvey, Illinois on December 5, 1982 Lived in Calumet City |
Eddy Curry led Thornwood High School to the Illinois State Championship game, averaging 22.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 blocked shots, shooting .640 from the floor, including 25.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the state tournament. ... Averaged 24.6 points and 11.2 rebounds, along with 4.8 blocks, as a junior. · In three full seasons since becoming the Bulls youngest draftee ever, has appeared in 226 games, making 142 starts · He averaged 21.6 minutes, 10.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg, shooting .526 from the floor and .651 from the free throw line through first three campaigns · He also reached double figures in scoring on 117 occasions, with 31 games of 20+ points and two 30+ point outings and posted 19 career double-doubles · Mr. Curry reached his 1,000th career rebound versus New York on 03/20/04. · In 2002-03, became the first Bull to lead the NBA in a major statistical category since Michael Jordan in 1998 (scoring) and the first Bull to lead the NBA in field goal percentage since Artis Gilmore in 1981-82Tom Dreesen Dreesen, who opened for Frank Sinatra for well over a decade in club and concert appearances throughout the U.S. and Canada has also appeared in many network television shows including over 60 on the "Tonight Show" Tom is also a frequent guest on the "Late Show" with David Letterman and recently hosted the show during David's absence. Dreesen had guest roles on T.V. shows such as "Columbo," "Gabriels Fire," "Murder She Wrote" and "Touched By An Angel. "To show his versatility, Tom recorded a comedy album, "That White Boy's Crazy" before an all black audience and starred in a home video production entitled "Tackling Football" (A Woman's Guide to the Rules of the Game). He also starred in his own television comedy special, "Dreesen Street" and hosted a late night talk show from Chicago, "Night Time Starring Tom Dreesen. "Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Tom has never forgotten his early, less affluent days. He has come a long way from his home town of Harvey, Illinois. He has never strayed too far from his old neighborhood, and to show their appreciation, the city of Harvey named a street after him, "Dreesen Street", on August 22nd, 1992.
Michele Hoskins is the founder and owner of Michele Foods, Inc., a multimillion-dollar company that produces Honey Crème Syrup, Butter Pecan Syrup, and Maple Crème Syrup. Her corporate offices are in Calumet City, Illinois. The origin of Michele Foods dates back to the early 1900's when her great-grandmother created a recipe as an alternative to the limited types of syrups that were then available. Her grandmothers passed the secret recipe down to future generations of the family. To finance the business in the early days, Michele sold everything she owned and bottled syrup in her mother's basement. First selling to the neighborhood grocer, she then moved on to local retail chains, then statewide and regional stores. Ms. Hoskins has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and Oxygen, and has been profiled in major publications such as People Magazine, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, Success, Fortune, and the Chicago Sun-Times. She has written a book called "Sweet Expectations: Michele Hoskins' Recipe for Success". Mirko Jurkovic Award-winning, Nationally published editorial cartoonist for The Examiner. Lived in Riverdale and South Holland. Graduated from Thornwood High School in 1978. He has just released his latest book, "Volume II - Editorial Cartoons - Year in Review - Collector's Edition." The book is 255 pages and an entire years worth of Joe's Political Lampoons.
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Cornelius Clifford Floyd was born on December, 5, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois. 
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| born October 23, 1962 in Chicago , IL Resident of Calumet City, Illinois Graduated from Thornton Fractional North High School where he played football under his father, Ron Tomczak, who was a coach and physical education teacher. | |||
Mr. Tomczak graduated from Ohio State University, where he was the second leading passer in Ohio State football history. Signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Chicago Bears on May 9 ... Saw fourth quarter action in Super Bowl XX win vs. England on Jan. 26th, 1985. He played professional football with the Chicago Bears for six years. Former Bears QB Mike Tomczak has seen a lot of action in the NFL since leaving Chicago. The journeyman player has been both a backup and a starter for the Packers, the Browns, the Lions, seven years with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now retired from football, Tomczak is in the sports management business and serves as a commentator for ESPN radio in Pittsburgh. http://www.pittsburghsteelers.co.uk/steelers/players/mike%201.htm Paul Howard Trout Born in Sandcutt in 1915, lived in South Holland Illinois with his 10 childen and passed away in 1972 in Harvey, Ill., he was the father of major league pitcher Steve Trout. He spent more than 30 years in baseball as a pitcher, broadcaster and director of the White Sox speakers bureau. His 15 year major league pitching career was spent, mainly, with Detroit, 1939-52, part of the '52 season also spent with Boston. After pitching in an Old Timers game Baltimore signed him during the '57 season and he pitched in two games before being released. In 1943 he led the league with 20 wins, in 1944 he led the league with a sparkling 2.12 ERA. That same year he led the league in starts, 40, complete games, 33, innings pitched, 352.1, and shutouts, 7. That year earned him a spot on the All Star team. Arguably, the '45 season may have been more satisfying when he hurled the Tigers into the World Series by pitching six games in nine days and winning four. In addition to the '45 Series he played in the 1940 World Series. After baseball he was the broadcaster for the Tigers and also was the director of the Chicago White Sox speaker's bureau until 1972. As a note his son Steve had a 12 year major league career with the White Sox, Cubs and the Mariners. Steve Trout Attended Eisenhower School in South Holland, Kennedy School and Coolidge Middle School in Phoenix and graduated from Thornwood High School in 1976. He was drafted out of high school by the Chicago White Sox. Mr. Trout pitched in the major leagues for 12 years, from 1978 to 1989 and played with the Cubs, Yankees and Mariners. He pitched on the Cubs team that won the NL East in 1984. His career mark is 88-92 with a 4.18 ERA. He is a pitching coach with the Windy City Thunderbolts in Crestwood, IL and works with the Triple Crown the Premiere Baseball and Softball Academy in Schererville. He wrote a book called "Home Plate: The Journel of the Most Flamboyant Father and Son Pitching Combination in Major League History" in 2002. He can also be found in the braodcast booth calling Cubs games at Wrigley Field. Jason Weaver In 1990 he appeared in the Whoopi Goldberg film "The Long Walk Home." Later that year, he was cast in the television series "Brewster Place," executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. In 1992 he won the role of young Michael Jackson in the successful made for TV movie, "The Jacksons: An American Dream." He also appeared on two songs from the movie's soundtrack, produced by Motown. Weaver was signed to the legendary Motown record label and released his first of two albums - "Love Ambition" - that featured the talents of Rahsaan Patterson and Shanice Wilson. In 1994, he landed a major role as the singing voice of Simba in the box office hit, The Lion King. He was also featured on the soundtrack to the feature film, Kazaam starring Shaq O'Neal. Jason's musical career, however, reached new heights when he was tapped to sing the hook on the chart topping single, "One Call Away" by multi-platinum recording artist Chingy. His mother, legendary studio singer, Kitty Haywood, encouraged his singing and acting abilities. |
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