About Fred Beretta
Lived 1917 – 1962 (aged 45). Fred Beretta was an American basketball player.
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.
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Who was Fred Beretta?
American basketball player (1917-1962)
When was Fred Beretta born?
Fred Beretta was born on 24 January 1917 in Proctor.
When did Fred Beretta die?
Fred Beretta died on 17 November 1962 in Indianapolis.
What was Fred Beretta's occupation?
Fred Beretta was a basketball player.
What nationality was Fred Beretta?
Fred Beretta was American.
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