Jack Brown was born October 24th, 1902 and nearly 20 years later he began his football career at UD. He played football at UD from 1922-1926. He was a lineman for the Flyers, playing center, guard and tackle, depending on the game. After he graduated he played for the Dayton Triangles Professional Football Team for […]
Tom Frericks is a legend at UD. He was born on March 17, 1932 in Minster, Ohio. Upon graduating from Minster High in 1949 he came to UD to play basketball. He majored in Education and received minors in History, English, and Science. After he graduated in 1953 he became Chaminade High Schools boys basketball […]
Sunday, October 30th 2011 will be devoted to All Saints and All Souls at Calvary Cemetery. The annual All Souls Day service will take place at 2:30 p.m. in historic St.Henry’s Chapel, led by Father Lawrence Mierenfeld, followed by an All Saints celebration and dedication of the new Spirit of the Living Water garden. The […]
Blessed with two beautiful weekends in a row, Ed Breen led Calvary’s Fall Tour Groups with entertaining and enlightening stories about the lives and times of early 20th century Daytonians. He told the story of how John Ohmer and John Breen, inventors and manufacturers of the Taxi Meter, had originally planned to be passengers on […]
Born in Sandusky, OH in 1913, Pete Zierolf and made quite an impact on the football field while he attended UD. He was the team’s starting right tackle, leading him to becoming the team captain, All-Ohio tackle, and the teams Most Valuable Player in the 1935 season. He lettered for two seasons in baseball, where […]
One of our current projects involves spotlighting the UD Hall of Fame Athletes buried here at Calvary. The goal is to find out some basic information on each athlete and then to write a short biography on each of them. Snippets of these biographies are being featured in WHIO radio spots during football and basketball […]
A Dayton native, Gene Westendorf earned eight varsity letters in basketball, baseball and football during his time at UD from 1938 to 1941. He received three letters a piece from basketball and baseball and didn’t receive any letters in football until his junior and senior years. He was a very small athlete so was […]
Tony Furst graduated from Chaminade High School and played four years of Flyer football from 1936 to 1940 under Head Coach Harry Baujan. He played defensive back for the Flyers and earned three letters. Furst graduated in 1940 and went to play for the Detroit Lions. He starred at tackle in 1940 and 1941, blocking for […]
Head Coach Harry Baujan took the University of Dayton Flyer football team from a small program to a midwestern powerhouse. Piloting the Flyers from 1923 to 1946, Baujan’s teams logged a better than 65% winning record with 124 wins and 64 losses, with 18 winning seasons out of 21. Affectionately nick named “The Blond Beast”, […]
Our new website is now online! Please browse our website and see all the new features we have to offer you. Stay tuned in the coming months as we continue to add additional features, including an interactive map of Calvary Cemetery! Please feel free to contact us at any time for assistance.
