Sam Boghosian (1999) - Hall of Fame

Sam Boghosian

Induction:
1999

Three-year offensive and defensive football guard letterman and starter in 1952-53-54 when the Bruins won 25 games and lost only 3 in collecting two Pacific Coast Conference championships, one National Championship in ’54 and making one Rose Bowl appearance. Sam was named to the 1954 All-Coast team and selected to play in the Shrine East-West game. That same year he also was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American. Subsequently he became assistant coach at UCLA for 10 years under Coach Red Sanders, George Dickerson and Bill Barnes. He followed up with a 13-year coaching career in the NFL, including coaching staff duties on two of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl championship teams, before going into private business in 1987. He was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978.