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Bishop Kenrick HOGGERS

The HOGGERS are a social club organized primarily of student athletes from the Bishop Kenrick High School graduating class of 1976. The group engages in many social activities in support of local community charities.

The HOGGERS were known as a formidable tackle-without-pads football team that dominated playing fields around Norristown, PA, from 1973 until 1976. Though undefeated, their most notable win was a November, 1976, fiercely contested Turkey Bowl game against area residents played at Rittenhouse Field. Though Rittenhouse Field no longer exists, the Turkey Bowl has been played continuously for 42 years in its honor.

Many of the HOGGERS played on the BKHS Knight’s football team which capped its Senior season with a Catholic League Divisional Playoff game at Veteran’s Stadium in Philadelphia in 1976. Continuing their athletic prowess, several individuals went on to play football for colleges throughout Pennsylvania.

The HOGGERS have had successful careers in the priesthood, the military and the FBI. Others have been self-employed in advertising, as salesmen, mechanics or are engaged in other reputable occupations.

The group found a social conscious when fellow classmate and collegian football star Mike Petrone tragically died in 1998. Since then, the HOGGERS have fully supported the non-profit Michael Petrone Foundation which supports family medical situations and educational opportunities through social fund raising and athletic events like annual golfing events.