Oak Cliff's South Oak Cliff (SOC) High School
South Oak Cliff High School (Oak Cliff, Dallas) is located at 3106 Marsalis Avenue. First opened in 1952, they are the Golden Bears with colors Old Gold and White.
SOC Student serves as "Miss Flame" 1959 in a parade down Jefferson Blvd.
From Images of Amerian: Oak Cliff: "Forget conceal and carry. Not all high school activites are candy-coated entertainment. These pistol packing ladies, from left to right, Sandra Hayes, Rena Malone, and Barbara Lee of the 1960 SOC Girl's Rifle Club, were ready for serious business. Before these ladies had every heard of the initial NOW or ERA, they all knew about NRA."
Golden Debs, 1958 on parade on Jefferson Bouldevard.
Golden Debs, 1958
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Golden Debs
The Mystics
The Mystics -
A South Oak Cliff High School band called the "Mystics" won a recording contract in 1966 and for six weeks had the #1 record in the Dallas area that record was called "Didn't we have a Good Time." However, they never made it to the "big time." Here is a picture of them at Kiest Park. - Thanks to Alan Struble
"Dennis Rodman - Dennis attended South Oak Cliff High School in the late 1970's. As a freshmen he showed little athletic inclination. At only 5-foot-6, he failed to make the the football team and quit the basketball team midway through his freshman season b ecause he got little playing time. However, after graduation he spurted to 6 foot 7 inches and caught the eye of the coaching staff at Cooke County Junior College. He lasted only one semester there, but then went on to Southeastern Oklahoma State where he was named first-team NAIA All-American for three straight seasons. In 1986 he was chosen by the Pistons in the draft. In 14 seasons in the NBA, Rodman averaged 7.3 points and 13.1 rebounds and he led the league in rebounding for seven consecutive years, an NBA record. In his final season (1999-2000), he returned to his old home town and appeared in 12 games as a Dallas Maverick. In many way, Dennis is remembered more for his on and off-court hi-jinx than for his stellar athletic records."