Hershel Burgess

Hershel Burgess
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PositionFullback
Career information
CollegeTexas A&M (1926–1928)
Awards and highlights

Hershel E. Burgess was a college football player. He was a prominent running back for the Texas A&M Aggies,[1][2][3] a star on the national champion 1927 team.[4] He was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.[5] There is a physics chair at Texas A&M named in his honor, the Hershel E. Burgess '29 Chair in Physics.[6]

References

  1. ↑ McEachern, Jenna (July 2008). 100 Things Longhorns Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Triumph Books. ISBN 9781617490125.
  2. ↑ "CONTENTdm" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "RECAP: 1927 Texas A&M v Texas". Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "1927". My Aggie Nation. July 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Texas A&M University".
  6. ↑ "Gifts & Endowments – TAMU Physics & Astronomy".


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