Hershel Burgess Explained

School:	Texas A&M Aggies
Class:	1929
Pastschools:	Texas A&M (1926 - 1928)
Currentposition:	Fullback
Highlights:	National championship (1927) All-Southern (1928) Second-team All-SWC (1927) Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: 100 Things Longhorns Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. 9781617490125. McEachern. Jenna. July 2008.
2. Web site: CONTENTdm.
3. Web site: RECAP: 1927 Texas A&M v Texas. 2015-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160113082450/http://www.fanbase.com/article/recap-1927-texas-aandamp-m-v/34830. 2016-01-13. dead.
4. Web site: 1927. My Aggie Nation.
5. Web site: Texas A&M University.
6. Web site: Gifts & Endowments – TAMU Physics & Astronomy.