Dennie W. Hoggard Sr. (June 15, 1897 - January 13, 1968) was a pastor and state legislator in Pennsylvania.[1][2] He was the pastor of Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Philadelphia.[2]
Hoggard's son Dennie W. Hoggard Jr. played football for Penn State University (1946 Penn State Nittany Lions football team)[3] and was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[4] He played with Wallace Triplett They integrated the team and were the first African Americans to play in the Cotton Bowl.[5][6][7]
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edit- ^ "Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website". archives.house.state.pa.us.
- ^ a b https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/1943/0/19430316.pdf
- ^ "MG-368. GENERAL ASSEMBLY COLLECTIONS, 1798-1996". www.phmc.state.pa.us.
- ^ "Penn State Black History / African American Chronicles". www.blackhistory.psu.edu.
- ^ "Dennie Hoggard and Wallace Triplett". National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. March 23, 2012.
- ^ Bodani, Frank. "Penn State in the Cotton Bowl: How the most important game still resonates". York Daily Record.
- ^ Hayes, Elton (December 27, 2019). "Revisiting history: Penn State returns to bowl it desegregated in 1948". Beckley Register-Herald.
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