New Britain, CT Sports Hall of Fame
Bill Burns
In 1920, Bill Burns, a tremendous all-around athlete at New Britain High School, died unexpectedly of a ruptured appendix.....at NBHS, he had been a four sport letterman in football, 1917, 1918 and 1919; basketball, 1918, 1919 and captain in 1920; baseball, 1918, and track, 1919.....his great play led the unbeaten (7-0) 1919 football team to the State Championship.....shortly after Bill's death, the William F. Burns Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Citizenship and Athletics was established, and each year a deserving student-athlete receives it.
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