Andy Bershak
American football and basketball player (1915–1943)
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North Carolina Tar Heels | |
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Position | End |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1915-11-08)November 8, 1915 Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died: | November 19, 1943(1943-11-19) (aged 28) Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Career history | |
College | North Carolina (1936–1937) |
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Andrew A. Bershak (November 8, 1915 – November 19, 1943) was an American football player. He played college football at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a consensus selection at the end position on the 1937 College Football All-America Team.[1] He was selected in the fifth round of the 1938 NFL draft.[2] Bershak also played basketball at North Carolina and led both the basketball and football teams to Southern Conference championships.[3]
Bershak later served as an assistant football coach and scout for North Carolina. He died in 1943 in Clairton, Pennsylvania.[4][5]
References
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Adam Powell (2006). University of North Carolina Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 0738542881.
- ^ "Former Tar Heel Dies at Clairton". The News and Observer. November 20, 1943. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Andy Bershak Rites Tomorrow". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 21, 1943. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
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1937 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
- QB Clint Frank
- HB Marshall Goldberg
- HB Byron White
- FB Sam Chapman
- E Andy Bershak
- E Chuck Sweeney
- T Ed Franco
- T Tony Matisi
- G Leroy Monsky
- G Joe Routt
- C Alex Wojciechowicz