Dennie Hoggard: Integrating the Cotton Bowl

Laurel Hill Stories #035: Four Black Trailblazers, part 2

Dennie Hoggard went to Penn State where he played football.  The team was good enough that they qualified for Cotton Bowl in the very segregated city of Dallas, Texas.  Dennie made the best of it ... and the Nittany Lions came thiiiis close to winning the game.