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American football and basketball player (1915–1943)

Andy Bershak
North Carolina Tar Heels
PositionEnd
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
CollegeNorth Carolina (1936–1937)
Career highlights and awards

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. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1938 NFL draft. Bershak also played basketball at North Carolina and led both the basketball and football teams to Southern Conference championships.

Bershak later served as an assistant football coach and scout for North Carolina. He died in 1943 in Clairton, Pennsylvania.

References

  1. "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.
  2. "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  3. Adam Powell (2006). University of North Carolina Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 0738542881.
  4. "Former Tar Heel Dies at Clairton". The News and Observer. November 20, 1943. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Andy Bershak Rites Tomorrow". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 21, 1943. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
1937 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
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