Ed Dohanos
Born: 1926 in Lorain, Ohio
Died: March 12, 2021 in Lorain, Ohio
Residence: Wellington
Family: Wife: Faith. Children: Linda; Lee; Judy; Patty and Dale. 13 grandchildren. 5 great-grandchildren
Track and field highlights
Athlete
Clearview High School (1940-44)
1944: Class B state qualifier. 880-yard relay and 220-yard low hurdles
1943: Class B All-Ohio 880-yard relay (fourth place). 120-yard high hurdles (state qualifier)
Team member of district championship teams (1943, ’44).
Also lettered in football and basketball
Baldwin-Wallace College (1946-49)
Lettered in track as well as football. Teammate of 4-time Olympic champ Harrison Dillard
Officiating experience
1972-present: Registered track official for high school and track
Founded Lorain County Track Officials Association in 1972. Past president
Starter for Mansfield Relays for 30 years.
Track official for 17 OHSAA state track and field championships. Worked numerous district and regional meets.
Other officiating experience: 55 years as a football official, 50 years as a basketball official, 10 years as a baseball official, 3 years as a volleyball official. State playoffs: football finals (5), basketball (3), baseball (2).
Coaching experience
Lodi Cloverleaf: One year as head coach for football, basketball and baseball
Ravenna: 4 years as head basketball and track coach, football assistant
Paulding: 2 years as head basketball coach, football assistant
Lorain Senior: 4 years as football assistant
Admiral King: 6 years as basketball assistant, 3 years football assistant, 2 years as both track and baseball assistant
Assigning secretary, commissioner
26 years, Southwestern Conference. 21 years, Lake Erie League. 17 years, Firelands Conference. 4 years, Erie Coast League. 2 years, Northern Ohio League
Halls of fame
OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame. Lorain Sports Hall of Fame. Lorain County Football Hall of Fame. Lorain County Coaches Hall of Fame. Lorain County Basketball Officials Hall of Fame. Clearview Wall of Fame. Past president and vice-president for Lorain Sport Hall of Fame.
Military experience
1944-46, U.S Army. European Theater of Operations. Rank of Second Lieutenant-Battlefield Commission. Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Education
1944: Clearview High School
1949: Baldwin-Wallace College
Class of 2014