RON HANGEY

Athlete, North Penn HS, 1961
Football, Basketball, Track

100 Yard Dash PA State Champion, 1961
Bux-Mont League Leading Rusher and Scorer, 1960
Unanimous First Team Football All Bux-Mont League both Coaches and Sportswriters.
Member of Villanova University’s Sprint Medley Relay Team that set an NCAA American Collegiate Record at the Penn Relays, 1963.
Ran a 9.4 Second 100 Yard dash at the Orange Bowl Invitational, 1965

Inducted 2005

North Penn High School, 1961

Ron Hangey is best known for his exploits on the football field, but he had even more success on the track. In football, Hangey was named to the Bux-Mont League Honorable Mention list his junior year despite an injury-shortened four-game season. But in those four games, he scored 36 points and rushed for 368 yards, over 90 yards a game. In his senior year, he set two records, 19 touchdowns and 118 points, rushing for 950 yards and averaging 9.0 yards per carry.  In an era when there were two All-Bux-Mont League teams--one chosen by Coaches, one by sportswriters--Hangey was the only unanimous selection on both teams. He was also selected to the Blue Cross/Blue Shield All Southeastern Pennsylvania Football Team. On the track team in 1961, he set North Penn H.S. records of 9.9 seconds in the 100 yard dash, 21.9 seconds in the 220 yard dash, and 48.7 seconds in the 440 yard dash. In each he broke records he set as a junior.  In the Bux-Mont League Championships of 1961, he became the only runner in league history to set records in all three sprint races on the same day (10.0 in the 100, 21.9 in the 220, and 48.9 in the 440).  Hangey then capped off a tremendous year by winning the state title in the 100 yard dash (10.0).  He was the first PIAA champion in North Penn High School history. He added a second place in the 440 (49.0).