Former UNC Multi-Sport Captain Bobby Gersten Passes Away at 99

Posted Oct 18, 2019
Bobby Gersten, who was the oldest living UNC athlete, passed away Friday morning. He was 99 years old. Gersten, a 1942 UNC graduate, was captain of the Tar Heels basketball and baseball teams as a senior and won the Patterson Medal as Carolina’s top student-athlete that year. After college, Gersten served in the Air Force during World War II. (Chapelboro.com)

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