Al Brosky
Encyclopedia
Alfred E. Brosky was a former American football
player, and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
, Brosky played football at the University of Illinois
from 1950 to 1952. A defensive back
, Brosky set the NCAA record for career interceptions with 29, a record which still stands http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Columnists/RC/Records_3.htm. He was a member of the Theta Xi
fraternity.
After college, Brosky played professionally for one season, with the Chicago Cardinals in 1954.
Brosky was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in 1998.
Brosky died at the age of 82 on November 28, 2010.
Brosky set Big Ten Conference single-season football records in interceptions with 11 in 1950 and again in 1951.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player, and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, Brosky played football at the University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
from 1950 to 1952. A defensive back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
, Brosky set the NCAA record for career interceptions with 29, a record which still stands http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Columnists/RC/Records_3.htm. He was a member of the Theta Xi
Theta Xi
Theta Xi was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York on 29 April 1864. Theta Xi Fraternity was originally founded as an engineering fraternity, the first professional fraternity...
fraternity.
After college, Brosky played professionally for one season, with the Chicago Cardinals in 1954.
Brosky was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
in 1998.
Brosky died at the age of 82 on November 28, 2010.
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Brosky set Big Ten Conference single-season football records in interceptions with 11 in 1950 and again in 1951.