`GORDON MOUSER

Gordon Mouser is a 1958 graduate of Sisters High School, where he excelled as a

multi-sport athlete, student, and actor. Gordon played football, basketball, and

track each of his four years at SHS. On the football field, Gordon was quarterback

of the 1957 state championship football team. On the basketball court, he was 2

team all-state his senior year and team captain of a team that went 23-2. On the

track, he broke the school record in the pole vault, and placed 1

in the pole vault

at the Hayward Relays. Outside of sports, Gordon was a member of the Honor

Society, council representative, student body vice president his senior year, and

“actor of the year.” Gordon attended and graduated from Pacific University, and

then became a mainstay coach and teacher in the Centennial School District,

Gresham, Oregon. Gordon taught speech, English, and theater for 30 years at

Centennial HS, and also was head soccer coach at Centennial for 24 years -

receiving state Boys Coach of the Year in 1994 and leading the team to the state

championship in 1983. He retired as the 3

All-Time winningest soccer coach with

a final record of 275-71-41. Gordon also continued to pursue his love of acting, co-

founding the New Century Players in Milwaukie, Oregon, and became a strong

advocate for the arts and theater. Among many artistic achievements, Gordon has

served as Historian and on the Board of Directors (with wife and drama teacher

Janet Mouser) for the Stumptown Stages (the resident musical theater company at

Portland’s Brunish Theater), where his son/actor Kirk Mouser has served as the

executive artistic director.

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