Flint Northern High School was a public secondary school located in

Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Flint River (Michigan), Flint River northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the Central Michigan, Mid Michigan region. Flin ...

, United States. The original building "#1" was built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, after being the home of the Flint Academy. It was one of the high schools in the

Flint Community Schools Flint Community Schools is a school district headquartered in Flint, Michigan, United States. Its boundary includes almost all of the city limits. In the last fifty years, the Flint Community Schools district has endured the same hardships tha ...

district along with

Flint Northwestern High School Flint Northwestern High School was a high school in Flint, Michigan, United States that served grades nine through twelve. It was part of Flint Community Schools and opened in 1964. In July 2018, the campus was repurposed as Flint Junior High Sc ...

(now Flint Junior High School) and

Flint Southwestern Academy Flint Southwestern Academy (FSA, Southwestern Academy, or Flint Southwestern) is located in Flint, Michigan, United States. This school is a part of the Flint Community Schools. In 1989 Flint Academy closed and the school merged with Southwes ...

. It was closed in 2013 and reopened as Northern Academy. The Flint school board finally closed the school completely in 2014.

Athletics

Its teams were the Vikings. The school competed in the Saginaw Valley High School Association and the

Michigan High School Athletic Association The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) is a service organization for high school sports in Michigan and is headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan, East Lansing. It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Assoc ...

(MHSAA). The following teams have won their respective MHSAA state championships. *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

(boys): 1932–33, 35–36, 38–39, 39–40, 46–47, 70–71, 71–72, 77–78, 94-95 * Basketball (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 81–82, 94–95, 95-96 * Cross Country (boys): 1974-75 * Cross Country (girls): 1981-82 *

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(boys): 1930-31 *

Track & Field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and ...

(boys): 1949–50, 52–53, 60–61, 62–63, 75–76, 78-79 * Track & Field (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 82-83 *

Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

: 1962–63, 94-95

Notable alumni

* Leroy Bolden is a former professional football

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Steve Boros Stephen Boros Jr. (September 3, 1936 – December 29, 2010) was an American professional baseball infielder, coach, manager, scout, and administrator. Best known for his scientific approach to the sport and his use of computers, Boros' baseball ...

- professional baseball player and manager *

Wayman Britt Wayman P. Britt (born August 31, 1954) is a retired American basketball player. Born in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina, he played collegiately for the University of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in communication. The universit ...

is a former professional basketball player. * Bunyan Bryant, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan *

J'Nathan Bullock J'Nathan Bullock (born June 25, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Cleveland State University. He was signed by the New York Jets of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 200 ...

is a former professional basketball player. *

Gregory Burks Gregory "Toine" Burks (born 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who spent his eight-year career playing for various teams in Germany between 2003 and 2011. He is , weighs approximately 160 pounds and played the point guard ...

is a former professional basketball player *

Tony Burton Anthony Mabron Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 26, 2016) was an American actor and boxer. He was best known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the ''Rocky'' films. Early life Burton was born in Flint, Michigan. He had a younger sister ...

is a former boxer and actor, best known for his work in the ''

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'' series of films. *

Mateen Cleaves Mateen Ahmad Cleaves (born September 7, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He played parts of six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for Michigan State, where he le ...

was a professional basketball player. * Robert Garth, AFL2 former professional football player *

Dan Kildee Daniel Timothy Kildee (; born August 11, 1958) is an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Michigan from 2013 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Par ...

, member of the U.S.Congress * Tamika Louis, former head coach of the

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women's basketball team. * Eugene Marve is a former professional football

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. *

Eric Mays Eric Bradford Mays (September 16, 1958 – February 24, 2024) was an American auto worker, union organizer, and politician. Mays served as a member of the Flint City Council from November 2013 until his death in 2024, representing northwest Flint ...

was a politician who served in the Flint City Council * Mike Miller is a former professional football

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Jack Minore Jack Minore (October 25, 1938 – September 21, 2021) was an American politician. He was a Democratic Party member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004. He represented the 49th District, which is located in Genesee ...

was a politician who served in the Flint City Council and the

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. *

Sheldon Neeley Sheldon Andre Neeley (born September 20, 1968) is an American politician, currently serving as the Mayor of Flint, Michigan. He was elected as Flint's mayor in 2019 and served an abbreviated three-year term before being re-elected in 2022. Neeley ...

is a politician who is currently serving as the mayor of

Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start ...

Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (; born August 25, 1979) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position ...

is a professional basketball player, best known for her years with the

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. *

Thomas Rawls Thomas Tyrell Rawls (born August 3, 1993) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He played col ...

is a professional football

for the

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. * Robaire Smith is a former professional football

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

. *

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is a former professional football

. * Dominic Tomasi was a football player for the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. *

Fred Trosko Fred Trosko (September 5, 1917 – February 6, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan football team from 1937 to 1939. He later served as the head football coach at East ...

was a college football coach at Michigan State Normal College (

Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University (EMU, EMich, Eastern Michigan or simply Eastern) is a public university, public research university in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School, it was the fourth normal ...

). He also returned to Flint Northern and served as an assistant coach. * Chris Wilson is a former professional football

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Michigan High schools in Flint, Michigan Educational institutions established in 1928 Public middle schools in Michigan 1928 establishments in Michigan 2013 disestablishments in Michigan Educational institutions disestablished in 2013

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Notable alumni

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