# What school did X attend? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 7, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068 "2012-02-07T14:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/1 "2012-02-07T14:06:27Z")
I’m filling out some information on these guys on another website, but cannot find which schools (high school and college) they went to. This one is for those Google super sleuths. Any help would be appreciated. Doug Ames–Jose Canseco’s agent (looking for college) Harry Lee Coe–former Florida State Attorney (high school and college) Jim Finks–Football Hall of Famer (high school) Earl Gillespie–former Milwaukee Braves announcer (high school and college) Arthur Murphy–former Idaho State Representative (high school and college) Harry Ornest–former owner of multiple sports teams (high school and college) Peahead Walker–former college football coach (high school and college) Thanks a ton. Feel free to share random tidbits about these guys as well, to liven this otherwise boring thread up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/2 "2012-02-07T15:35:21Z")
Strike Coe off the list. He attended Lakeland (FL) High School, the University of Florida and Stetson University. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/3 "2012-02-07T20:35:16Z")
Here is [an obituary for Arthur Murphy](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19771108&id=qPRLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4069,2945026) which might help put people in the right direction. He was born in Sandpoint, ID in 1898 and played minor league baseball from 1917 - 1927, so he would have been 18-19 when he started playing ball. Possible he didn’t attend college. High school would likely be whatever was in Sandpoint at the time. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/4 "2012-02-07T20:50:13Z")
Also, it looks like Sandpoint High School [wasn’t built until 1920](http://www.sandpoint.com/Community/history_oldhighschool.asp) so Murphy wouldn’t have gone there. Here is [an article on the first school in Sandpoint](http://www.sandpoint.com/Community/firstschool.asp). If I had to guess, I’d say he went here for his entire K-12 (or the equivalent at the time) before heading off to play ball. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/5 "2012-02-07T20:56:33Z")
**Earl Gillespie** [attended Lane Tech High School in Chicago](http://www.wifca.org/halloffame.asp?sortID=0&pageID=78). It looks like he played minor league ball also. Since no mention of college, and only high school, in that bio - I’d say he probably didn’t attend college. ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/6 "2012-02-08T18:19:58Z")
Thank you, sir! I also learned that Doug Ames attended North Greenville College and USC Coastal Carolina College, so scratch him off the list as well. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/7 "2012-02-08T19:12:25Z")
[“Peahead” played baseball and football at Birmingham-Southern, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Howard where he graduated in 1922.](http://ashof.org/index.php?submenu=1977_football&src=directory&view=company&srctype=detail&refno=151&category=Football) ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068/8 "2012-02-08T19:23:51Z")
[From Peahead Walker’s obituary](http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=myIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zMcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=douglas%20peahead%20walker&pg=4980%2C2647271): > [@](#): > > The stocky native of Birmingham, Ala. played football, baseball, and basketball at **Birmingham Southern and Howard College**. After graduation from Howard in 1922, he played minor league baseball, and for five years in the '30s managed the Snow Hill, NC team in the old Costal Plan League. Sounds like he attended Birmingham Southern first, and then transferred to Howard later on. ETA: Ah, crap.