Jerry Merkel
1955-2000
Inducted in 2004

• "Voice of Boyertown Football" from 1955 to 2000
• Also announced Boyertown basketball (40 years) and Boyertown wrestling (38 years)
• Taught Safety Education in the Boyertown School District from 1953 to 1985 (32 years)
• Personal
  • Married to his wife Ethel for 35 years with six children (Greg, Cindy, Mark, John, Tom,  and Greg) and seven grandchildren
  • Retired from Occidental Chemical as a senior operator
• Best Boyertown Football Memories
  • Beating Coatesville at home
  • The Lyn Sorber coaching era
  • Winning the Ches-Mont Championship in 1962, 1967, and 1977
  • The two teams that finished number 1 in the area in 1989 and 1991 under Bob Hillegas

All information current as of induction in 2004.