Video: Happy 99th birthday to UNC's oldest living athlete, Bobby Gersten
Posted Aug 26, 2019
99-year-old Bobby Gersten is known as the great-granddaddy of UNC athletics. Gersten played baseball and basketball for the Tar Heels in the 1940s, and on Monday, he celebrated his 99th birthday at the Old Well in Chapel Hill.
(WRAL Sports Fan)
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