2000 Hall of Fame Inductee

HUGH M. BOGOVICH (GODSON)

(1921-1998)
Football (1939-42)
Baseball (1941-43)
Inducted 2000

A two-sport standout for the Blue Hens in the pre-World War II era, Bogovich (he later changed his last name to Godson) was a standout lineman in football and a dominating pitcher in baseball for the Blue Hens. A 1943 engineering graduate of Delaware, he was the UD Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 1942-43. A four-year letterwinner in football, he became the Blue Hens' first first team All-American when he was honored by the Associated Press in 1942. He was a tri-captain of that 1942 team that posted a perfect 8-0 record under head coach Bill Murray and was a member of teams that posted a four-year record of 21-10-1. In baseball, Bogovich was a three-year letterwinner in 1941-43 and pitched the second no-hitter in school history when he blanked Ft. duPont in 1943. A native of Turtle Creek, Pa., he died in 1998 at the age of 77 in Tennessee following a career as a project engineer.