go on to become a star quarterback at Notre Dame, and become the
1947 Heisman Trophy winner.
In 1913, George M. Green was appointed principal of Inglewood
Union High School. In 1914 voters approved bonds for high school
improvement. Four more buildings and a power plant were erected,
"joined by walks and arcades." The improvement included a "five-
room model flat in the Home Economics Building." Nine acres of
land were bought at Kelso Avenue and Damask (now Inglewood
Avenue) for an experimental agricultural statement, thenceforth
known as "The Farm." There were gardens, an orchard and an
alfalfa field. In 1915 Inglewood High won a first-place Los
Angeles County prize for its beautiful ivy-covered brick
buildings. Just up the road, near Western Avenue, the City would
open a new high school; George Washington High School, in 1927;
the same school that Tom Wilson would attend, and become a
football star at.
The Everett Wilson home, 1920, at 1260 West 88th Street in Inglewood; where Tom Wilson was born. He is seen on the
pedal car at left. Everett Wilson was a carpenter and blacksmith, as listed on his death certificate. He died of a heart attack
at age 56, which left Tom (on pedal-car) and his brother John, (on scooter, right) to take care of the family. (Photo,
Courtesy, John Wilson).
Inglewood bordered a vast expanse of land, which was
interspersed with ancient farms and ranches, and ran west all
the way to the Pacific Ocean. Together, this area was once part
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