Andy Bershak Explained

Andy Bershak
Currentposition:	End
Birth Date:	8 November 1915
Birth Place:	Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
School:	North Carolina Tar Heels
Pastschools:	North Carolina (1936–1937)
Highlights:	Consensus All-American (1937) Second-team All-American (1936) 2× First-team All-SoCon (1936, 1937)

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 4. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: 1938 NFL Draft Listing . 2023-03-25 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
3. Book: University of North Carolina Football. Adam Powell. Arcadia Publishing. 2006. 25. 0738542881.
4. News: Former Tar Heel Dies at Clairton. The News and Observer. November 20, 1943. 7. Newspapers.com.
5. News: Andy Bershak Rites Tomorrow. Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 21, 1943. 25. Newspapers.com.