Bay Area Sports Stars

Bay Area Sports Stars

Welcome to Bay Area Sports Stars, also known as BASS. BASS is a comprehensive Who's Who of more than 35,000 outstanding Prep Athletes, Coaches and Other Important Sports Figures in the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries from more than 315 High Schools in the Nine Counties that make up the San Francisco Bay Area. These Counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco. Also listed are other notable Celebrities & Alumni. BASS is the work of many contributors but was created by Chris Rogers with most research done by John E. Spalding. BASS came about as an outgrowth of an original idea to list all the Major Leagues baseball players who prepped in the Bay Area. One thing led to another and we slowly started adding more and more info. John and I have been interested in Bay Area prep history for many years, so this was a natural evolution. John, who has authored several books and articles on Bay Area sports and topics such as the old California League, Kezar Stadium and the PCL has also provided histories for the CCS, NCS and AAA. BASS is a living work and is updated as new athletes are discovered, current athletes are added and new schools come onboard. Many schools are now creating Hall of Fames and as such we hope this site will be of help to them. It has always amazed us that many schools have no idea as to the great athletes they have produced and how much wrong info there is about where athletes come from. We strive for accuracy, everything must be verifiable, so this becomes difficult as we start in the 1890s with little info available for us. Sorting through old newspapers, microfilm, books, oral histories, the Internet, yearbooks and personal collections is tedious research. But, it is extremely rewarding when you find something new! How many know that Bay Area schools have spawned athletes that have won titles in figure skating, dog sledding, auto racing, boxing , fencing, water skiing and more? We have also felt that the more eyes that see BASS info, the more complete it will become. We know of no other effort to do this in the Bay Area. We welcome new researchers to join us. Feel free to contact us with any verifiable information at clrogers2@gmail.com.


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Keith Conning: I recommend this site to anyone who is interested in prep sports in the San Francisco Bay Area.