Hershel Burgess

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Hershel Burgess
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College Texas A&M (19261928)
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.
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  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".