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St. Louis University High School (SLUH) is an all-male Jesuit high school in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1818, it is the oldest secondary educational institution in the United States west of the Mississippi River , and one of the largest private high schools in Missouri .
Until the stadium's remodeling into a baseball-only park, the schools would play their annual football contest at Busch Memorial Stadium, joined in latter years by another rivalry: Chaminade–Vianney, the two Marianist schools in the league. Similarly, SLUH maintained a rivalry with its fellow Jesuit institution, De Smet. [citation needed]
An early SLU football coach, John R. Bender, [2] is said to have been the inspiration for the nickname "Billikens," which is still used by the school's athletic teams. . During the 1911 season, according to one version of the story, local sportswriters commented that Bender bore an uncanny resemblance to a charm doll called a Billiken, which was a national fad at th
Wingo attended St. Louis University High School in St. Louis, Missouri. [2] During his high school career he had 129 receptions for 2,160 yards and 31 receiving touchdowns. ...
Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949. Despite the long soccer tradition in the city of St. Louis, the University did not field a varsity team until 1959, when the Billikens won the first NCAA soccer championship held. With Bob Guelker as coach, the team achieved a 11–1 record that season.
FILE - UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka runs the ball against Kansas in the first half of an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan. (AP ...
In 1987, SMU became the first and only football program in collegiate athletic history to receive the "death penalty" for repeated serious violations of NCAA rules. The NCAA forced SMU to cancel its football program for the 1987 season because the university had been paying some of the players—approximately $61,000 was paid from 1985 until 1986.
Bradbury Robinson – Threw the first legal forward pass in American football history for SLU in 1906. Captained SLU's baseball and track teams. Practiced surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1908–1910) and served on the staff of Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming (1920–1926). Twice elected mayor of St. Louis, Michigan (1931 and 1937).