LATHROP – Arnita Montiel doesn’t think it’s right that Lathrop High School’s football stadium is without a name. And the longtime Lathrop resident and community servant thinks she knows just the name worthy enough to grace the field that has become a community center of sorts since its construction.While the City of Lathrop will close its open nominations for suggestions that they’ll turn over to the Manteca Unified School District on Monday, Oct. 31, Montiel has been out gathering signatures to support naming the stadium after Paul Wiggin. He’s the Lathrop product and Manteca High graduate that went on to dominate college football at Stanford University and move on to an 11-year career in the National Football League.Wiggin – a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Manteca Sports Heroes Hall of Distinction – spent more than a decade as part of the Cleveland Browns and was a member of the 1964 team that upset Johnny Unitas and the heavily favored Baltimore Colts to win the NFL Championship.
How about Paul Wiggin Stadium?
Support grows to name Lathrop High field after football great

