Massillon Tigers

"In the beginning when The Great Creator was drawing plans for this world of ours, He decided there should be something for everyone. He gave us mountains that reach to the sky, deep blue seas, green forests, dry deserts, gorgeous flowers and gigantic trees. Then he decided there should be football and he gave us Massillon. He created only one Massillon. He knew that would be enough."  — Ron Maly, Des Moines Sunday Register

Here is more of the mural, which has the Maly quote. Eric Grohe. 1997. Massillon.

AP National Champions 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961 

Massillon was the Notre Dame, New York Yankees, and Boston Celtics of high school football.

Tiger Stadium was also a 1939 WPA project. In 1976 it was renamed Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.The current year's schedule is posted. Normally, one would expect a team's schedule would be half at home, and half on he road. Other teams, including out of state teams, want to play Massillon. This year, they have 7 home games, and three on the road.

under the Eye of the Tiger, cue Survivor

Paul Brown starting quarterback 1923-24 (15-3)

Paul Brown's Massillon Washington High coaching record: 1932–40 (80–8–2)

Brown went on to coach the land grant agricultural college team in Columbus. He was drafted to coach in the Navy. He started a professional team in Cleveland, and then in Cincinnati. The Cleveland team was named after him, it has a statue of Brown outside the stadium, it is of some other Brown.

In Berea, i drove up to see the building that is the indoor training facility. Massillon has such a building too, but it is larger. I saw a statue outside, i went to take a picture. I was surprised, it was not of Paul Brown; but a former owner of the expansion Browns. Then i started to walk over to take a foto of the Lou Groza outdoor mural. Someone came out of the building, and told me to leave the property immediately. In Massillon, before i could take a close up of the Paul Brown statue, the grounds keeper took me, my nephew, and our two greyhounds inside the stadium for a quick tour.

They have a great logo, and mascot, "Obie". Paul Brown, in 1938, had a struggling football player dress up in a tiger skin. Since then, there has been a sideline mascot. From 1970 to 2020, a caged tiger was brought to the big rivalry game with Canton McKinley.

They have fans inside the school, and outside the school.

 part of the next door neighbour's display