# Cardinal Dougherty High School > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cardinal_Dougherty_High_School > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cardinal_Dougherty_High_School.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Dougherty_High_School > Source revision: 1355656236 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Cardinal Dougherty High School** (**CDHS**) was a [private](/source/Private_school), [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [high school](/source/High_school) in [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania). It was located in the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia) and established in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at 6301 North Second Street. The school was named for [Cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) [Dennis Dougherty](/source/Dennis_Joseph_Dougherty), Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 to 1951. Although CDHS was founded as a [co-educational school](/source/Mixed-sex_education), a wall separated the boys and girls side of the building. It was not until 1983 that boys and girls were educated together in the same classrooms. The school opened in 1956, and enrollment peaked in 1965 with 5,944 students. However, that number would steadily declined as neighborhood demographics changed and free [charter schools](/source/Charter_schools_in_the_United_States) became available.[3] When the school closed at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, it was operating at about 30% capacity.[4] ## Marching band The CDHS marching band performed for [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) at the Vatican, the [1962 NFL Championship Game](/source/1962_NFL_Championship_Game), [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson)'s presidential inauguration in 1965, and won the [World Music Championship](/source/World_Music_Championship) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) in 1966.[5] ## Notable people ### Alumni - [Brendan Boyle](/source/Brendan_Boyle), [Congressman](/source/Congressman) - [Jim Callahan](/source/Jim_Callahan_(American_football,_born_1946)), [NFL](/source/NFL) wide receiver[6] - [Jim Cooper](/source/Jim_Cooper_(American_football)), NFL offensive tackle - [Michael Crescenz](/source/Michael_Crescenz), US Army [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor) awardee - [Michael Driscoll](/source/Michael_Driscoll_(Pennsylvania_politician)), Philadelphia City Council - [Jim Foster](/source/Jim_Foster_(basketball)), women's basketball head coach - [Tom Gannon](/source/Tom_Gannon), Pennsylvania House of Representatives - [Len Hatzenbeller](/source/Len_Hatzenbeller), professional basketball player[7] - [Florian Kempf](/source/Florian_Kempf), NFL placekicker - [Kyle Lowry](/source/Kyle_Lowry), [NBA](/source/NBA) point guard - [Seamus McCaffery](/source/Seamus_McCaffery), Pennsylvania Supreme Court - [Cuttino Mobley](/source/Cuttino_Mobley), NBA shooting guard - [Harry Swayne](/source/Harry_Swayne), NFL offensive tackle - [Christopher Wogan](/source/Christopher_Wogan), Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge ### Staff - [Alex Ely](/source/Alex_Ely), [soccer](/source/Soccer) midfielder, CDHS teacher and soccer coach[8] ## Notes and references 1. MSA-CSS. ["MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110610155208/http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW%28PA060%29&org=CSS). Archived from [the original](http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(PA060)&org=CSS) on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 1. ["Cardinal Dougherty High School - School Profile I"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090327233657/http://www.cardinaldougherty.org/?pid=211). Archived from [the original](http://www.cardinaldougherty.org/?pid=211) on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-05-21. 1. ["Philadelphia's flagship Catholic high school, once claimed as world's largest, closes doors"](https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphias-flagship-catholic-high-school-once-claimed-as-worlds-largest-closes-doors). *Foxnews.com*. Fox News Network LLC. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2024. 1. Chicoine, Christie L (15 October 2009). ["Two high schools to close"](https://catholicphilly.com/2009/10/news/two-high-schools-to-close/). *CatholicPhilly.com*. Catholic Standard and Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024. 1. Matheson, Kathy (June 12, 2010). ["One-time flagship Philly Catholic school closing"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160121024029/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/jun/12/one-time-flagship-philly-catholic-school-closing/). *[The San Diego Union-Tribune](/source/The_San_Diego_Union-Tribune)*. 1. ["Temple University Athletics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181006162822/https://owlsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=234&path=&kiosk=). *owlsports.com*. Archived from [the original](http://owlsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=234&path=&kiosk=) on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018. 1. ["... Also in the spotlight"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/172337013). *[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)*. January 30, 1977. p. 54. Retrieved February 11, 2022. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) 1. ["National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090405131149/http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/alex_ely.htm). Archived from [the original](http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/alex_ely.htm) on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-02-02. ## External links - ["Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty"](https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19370215,00.html). *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*. Volume XXIX, Number 7, February 15, 1931. - CatholicPhilly.com. ["1964: Lessons from a Memorable Team."](http://catholicphilly.com/2009/10/opinion/1964-lessons-from-a-memorable-team/) October 29, 2009. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cardinal Dougherty High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Dougherty_High_School) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Dougherty_High_School?action=history)). 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