Fred Beretta
Personal information | |
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Born | (1917-01-24)January 24, 1917 Proctor, Vermont |
Died | November 17, 1962(1962-11-17) (aged 45) Indianapolis, Indiana |
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
High school | Bedford (Bedford, Indiana) |
College | Purdue (1937–1940) |
Position | Guard |
Career history | |
1940–1941 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Fernando Frederick Beretta (January 24, 1917 – November 17, 1962)[1] was an American basketball player. He is best known for his All-American college career with Purdue University.
Beretta played at Bedford High School in Bedford, Indiana, then went to Purdue to play college basketball. At Purdue Beretta was a three-year letterman, a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, and earned first-team All-Big Ten Conference[2] and first-team All-American honors from the Helms Athletic Foundation as a senior in 1940. A guard, Beretta was known as a strong defender and ballhandler.
Beretta played for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the 1940–41 National Basketball League season, prior to joining the U.S. Army for World War II. Beretta would later be inducted into the Purdue athletic hall of fame[3] and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
References
- ^ "Fred Beretta profile". Peach Basket Society. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "All-Big Ten cage teams named". The Muscatine News-Tribune. March 5, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved December 17, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Intercollegiate Athletics Hall Of Fame To Welcome 8 New Members In April". purduesports.com. February 9, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
External links
- NBL stats at basketball-reference.com
- Indiana Basketball HOF profile
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