HOWARD HACKLEY

He was a standout three-sport athlete at Canon-McMillan High School in football, wrestling and track, earning nine letter, winning a section wrestling championship in 1973 and being named All-Conference in football in 1972-73
Mr. Hackley was an All-American football player at Edinboro University as a receiver and was inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame for football and track and field in 1988
He made 135 catches for 2,476 yards for the Fighting Scots and scored 18 career TDs. He held several other school receiving records upon graduation including
47 receptions in a single season, 190 receiving yards in a game, nine receptions in a game, among others
Mr. Hackley was named prior to this 150th season of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference as one of the 150 most influential players/coach in the conference’s history
He was the NAIA District 18 MVP in 1976 and was first-team All-West Division in 1973-76 and a second-team NAIA All-American
He was named as recipient of the Sox Harrison Award as Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 1977
Mr. Hackley held track records at Edinboro, including 100 mete4rs (10.3), 4×100 relay team (40.08), 4×400 relay team (3:15)
He played for a handful of teams in the Canadian Football League, including for the Montreal Allouettes in the 1977 Grey Cup, the CFL championship game
Mr. Hackley also played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts of the CFL
He went to camp with the Cleveland Browns in 1977

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