Chuck Boerio | |
Position: | Linebacker |
Birth Date: | May 9, 1930 |
Birth Place: | Kincaid, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 205 |
College: | University of Illinois |
Draftyear: | 1952 |
Draftround: | 20 |
Draftpick: | 231 |
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Charles M. Boerio (March 9, 1930 – September 30, 2011)[1] was an American football player who played the linebacker position. He played at the college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign[2] where he was named All-American and All-Big Ten Conference in 1951. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the twentieth round of the 1952 NFL draft and was a member of the team that season.[3]
Boerio later served two years in the United States Air Force where he played football for the Bowling Air Force Base at Washington D.C. In the late 1950s, he became a football coach, including as an assistant for the Colorado Buffaloes and the Cincinnati Bearcats.[4]