Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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Position | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | March 13, 1893
Died: | December 19, 1924 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 31)
Career history | |
College |
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High school | Bowen School |
Benjamin Hord Boensch (March 13, 1893 – December 19, 1924)[1] was a college football player.[2] He was the quarterback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team in 1913.[3] Some writers selected him All-Southern that season.[4] Boensch kicked the extra point to beat Tennessee 7 to 6.[5] He named for his grandfather Ben M. Hord, a major for the Confederacy in North Carolina.[6]