Benjamin Hord Boensch (March 13, 1893 – December 19, 1924) was a

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player. He was the

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for the

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team in

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

. Some writers selected him All-Southern that season. Boensch kicked the extra point to beat

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7 to 6. He named for his grandfather Ben M. Hord, a major for the Confederacy in North Carolina.

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* American football quarterbacks Vanderbilt Commodores football players 1924 deaths 1893 births Players of American football from Nashville, Tennessee All-Southern college football players {{collegefootball-player-stub

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