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#TBT--Better Than General George Washington: Bernie Bierman

The Daily Gopher | July 2, 2015

Related Topics: Gopher, George Washington, George Costanza, American football, Independence Day (United States)

A couple days early on the Fourth Of July, but here are some dope photo edits from the only Gopher to serve in both World War I and II.

General George Washington is a cool guy, war hero, and our first president, but he didn't play football. Bernard W. Bierman was never president, but he won a lot of football games, and served in the Marine Corps in WWI & WWII.

On the left in a service portrait from WWI and on the right in his football playing days at the U of M.
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