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Andy Bershak

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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.[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

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  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.