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American basketball player
Fred Beretta
Personal information
Born(1917-01-24)January 24, 1917
Proctor, Vermont
DiedNovember 17, 1962(1962-11-17) (aged 45)
Indianapolis, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolBedford (Bedford, Indiana)
CollegePurdue (1937–1940)
PositionGuard
Career history
1940–1941Akron Firestone Non-Skids
Career highlights and awards

Fernando Frederick Beretta (January 24, 1917 – November 17, 1962) 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 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 and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

References

  1. "Fred Beretta profile". Peach Basket Society. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. "All-Big Ten cage teams named". The Muscatine News-Tribune. March 5, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved December 17, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. "Intercollegiate Athletics Hall Of Fame To Welcome 8 New Members In April". purduesports.com. February 9, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

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