Andy Bershak information

Andy Bershak
North Carolina Tar Heels
Position	End
Personal information
Born:	November 8, 1915; Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	November 19, 1943 (aged 28); Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career history
College	North Carolina (1936–1937)
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus All-American (1937); Second-team All-American (1936);

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]

^ "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.
^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
^ Adam Powell (2006). University of North Carolina Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 0738542881.
^ "Former Tar Heel Dies at Clairton". The News and Observer. November 20, 1943. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Andy Bershak Rites Tomorrow". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 21, 1943. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.

[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 2023-03-25.

[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.

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