1973 Nostalgia
Maple Heights Senior High School
5500 Clement Ave.
Maple Heights, Ohio 44137
Our School Teams: The Mustangs
School Colors:
Maroon & White Varsity
Wrestling
The 1973 Varsity Wrestling squad was a team of surprises. The season started out on a sour note as the fantastic 102 straight victory streak was snapped by Garfield. But the Mustangs battled back and once again proved to be one of the areas strongest teams, even though this year was supposed to be a rebuilding year. The Mustangs captured second place in the Greater Cleveland Conference took first place honors at the Garfield Sectional and finished fourth at Districts. Three Maple grapplers qualified for States Ron Deubel, Dave Kastelic and Keith Sobieski. Swimming was the newest addition at Maple with Coach Hyre. Our Varsity Basketball team was 15-3. Coaches were Raufman and Hawken. They could hold their heads up high for being one of the best Varsity squads in Maple history. The mighty mustangs shared 1st place at the end of the season with Midpark. They commenced to the sectionals where, in the first week, of play, they beat Bedford 100-64. The following week, though they played their usual eye-stopping, fast-paced game but the Mustangs came up short, losing to John Adams 71-62. Senior Class Officers
Class Song: Stairway To Heaven by: Led Zeppelin
20 Most
Popular Movies of 1973 Top 20 Television Shows of 1973 All in the Family The Walton's Sanford and Son M*A*S*H Hawaii Five-O Maude Kojak The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour The Mary Tyler Moore Show Cannon The Six Million Dollar Man The Bob Newhart Show The Wonderful World of Disney The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie Gunsmoke Happy Days Good Times Barnaby Jones NFL Monday Night Football The CBS Friday Night Movie Other Music Highlights of 1973 · Helen Reddy becomes the host of NBC-TV's new late-night Friday night concert series called Midnight Special. · Roberta Flack releases "Killing Me Softly With His Song," based on a Lori Lieberman poem inspired by Lieberman's seeing Don McLean at a singing engagement in Los Angeles. · In March, Pink Floyd releases Dark Side of the Moon. It would remain on Billboard's album charts for 741 weeks (15 1/2 years), easily surpassing the previous logevity record of 490 weeks for Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits. · "Country rock" is big, thanks to acts like the Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band, and the Marshall Tucker Band. · Clive Davis, President of Columbia Records, is fired for misappropriating funds. · The Everly Brothers decide to call it quits and go their separate ways. · In August, Stevie Wonder, touring the South, is involved in a serious automobile accident that almost claims his life. · On Thursday, October 11, Elvis and Priscilla Presley's divorce becomes final. · The government requires that all radios installed in new American cars be capable of receiving both AM and FM. · After two years of retirement, Frank Sinatra returns to performing under the billing "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back." News Highlights of 1973 · An agreement is signed in Paris to stop fighting in Vietnam. · G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord, Jr., are convicted of plotting to spy on the Democrats in the Watergate break-in. · The first planeload of POWs return home from the Vietnam War. · Four top aides to President Nixon quit over the Watergate affair. · The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to the Washington Post for its investigation of the Watergate scandal. · After more than 300 years of British rule, the Bahamas become independent. · Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns under scrutiny by the FBI on charges of taking kickbacks from government contractors. · Juan Peron, president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955, is again elected to that post. · President Nixon agrees to turn over tape recordings of conversations that might have some bearing on the Watergate break-in. · In retaliation for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War, Arab nations place an embargo on oil shipments to the United States. The federal energy director announces a standby gas rationing program. · O.J. Simpson, pro football player, sets a rushing record of more than 2,000 yards in a season. Sports Winners of 1973 · Baseball: The Oakland A's beat the New York Mets 4 games to 3. · Football: The Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston in Super Bowl VIII. · Basketball: The New York Nicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1. Economics
US
GDP (1998 dollars): $1,382.60 billion |