Buzz Borries
| Navy Midshipmen – No. 10 | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 13, 1911 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died: | January 3, 1969 (aged 57) Orange Park, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Lapeer |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1960) | |
Fred "Buzz" Borries (December 13, 1911 – January 3, 1969) was an American college football player who played halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1932 to 1934.
Borries was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Lapeer High School in Louisville.
As a junior halfback for the Navy Midshipmen in 1933, he scored the Midshipmen's sole touchdown to give Navy a 7–0 victory over the
The sword is presented to the midshipman of the graduating class declared by the Association's Athletic Committee to have personally excelled in athletics during his years of varsity competition.
After graduating the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935, Borries was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Nine years later, Borries was a commander serving aboard the U.S. Navy Casablanca class escort aircraft carrier the
Borries was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.[1]
References
- ^ National Football Foundation, Hall of Fame, Buzz Borries Member Biography. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
Further reading
- Hoyt, Edwin P. (1979). The Men of the Gambier Bay. Avon Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-380-55806-8.
External links
- USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) & Composite Squadron VC-10 official website
- USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) & Composite Squadron VC-10 association website