Shama: Condolences to family and friends of former Gophers’ fullback Dick Borstad who passed away April 25.

[BleedGopher]

Per Shama:

Condolences to family and friends of former Gophers’ fullback Dick Borstad who passed away April 25. He played in the mid-1950s and later was an assistant coach on the 1960 national championship team. The Detroit Lakes High School alum was the 1954 Mount Olivet Minnesota State Athlete of the Year.

With Borstad’s passing, assistant coach Dick Larson is the only living coach from the 1960 championship team. A Gopher quarterback from 1955-1957, Larson turns 88 in August and remains a treasured link to great teams of the past.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[highwayman]

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Minnesota's backfield coach Billy Murphy, left, watches as Dick Borstad hits the harness during spring training on the Gophers' field in Minneapolis, April 24, 1957. (AP Photo/George Hill Stock Photo - Alamy

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[JoeCool]

RIP to a legend. With NIL regulations coming down the pipe in a couple of years, I foresee another championship headed in our direction. We can be the next Clemson.