Matthew Bullock, a graduate of Everett High, and John Shelburne, a Boston English graduate, both became All-American football players at Dartmouth College in the early 20th century. Bullock later returned to coach at Everett High, becoming the first African-American to serve as a head coach of a major northern white high school sports team. Shelburne became Youth Director and Executive Director of its breezy Meadows Camp in Holliston. Today in Roxbury the Shelburne Recreational Center is named in his honor.