DAVE GRIDLEY
Dave Gridley (SHS Class of 1954). Four sport champion. Dave is one of the few
athletes in Sisters High School history to have excelled in four sports throughout
his high school career, having starred in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
On the football field, Dave played three years as quarterback and defensive end for
the SHS six-man teams, and was the first SHS senior to be selected for the state
East-West Shrine Game. On the basketball court (Dave’s primary sport), Dave
lettered all four years, was team MVP his junior and senior seasons, and twice was
named to the Oregon 6-B All-Tournament Team as a forward. Dave also excelled
on the baseball diamond, and placed third at the state track meet in the high jump
his senior year. Dave enlisted in the army after high school and served honorably
for four years. While serving 14 months in Germany, Dave continued to play
basketball on the Army basketball team. Dave returned to central Oregon and
worked as a line foreman for Central Electric Co-Op for more than 30 years. Dave
married his high school sweetheart, Leona Pepperling, in 1954 and remained
married to Leona until Dave’s passing in 2008. Dave’s outside activities were far
and wide, ranging from the Elks and VFW, city basketball, coaching and working
with youth, rodeos (including bulldogging in the Sisters Rodeo), bowling, hunting
and fishing, and even drag-racing in Madras. Bulldog tough, gladiator, confident,
and leader are just some of the many words both teammates and competitors alike
have used to describe Dave.
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