Personal information | |
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Born | Proctor, Vermont | January 24, 1917
Died | November 17, 1962 Indianapolis, Indiana | (aged 45)
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.