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Fergie Ferguson Award
The Forest K. Ferguson Award, commonly known as the "Fergie Ferguson Award," is presented annually to a senior member of the Florida Gators football team in memory of one of the University of Florida's greatest athletes.
== Namesake ==
The award takes its name from Forest K. Ferguson, known as "Fergie" to his teammates, who was one of the University of Florida's greatest all-around athletes.〔''( 2014 Florida Gators Football Media Guide )'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 71 & 94 (2014). Retrieved September 26, 2014.〕 Ferguson received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) and honorable mention All-American honors as a football player in 1941.〔Grantland Rice, "( The All-America Football Team )," ''Collier's'', p. 78 (December 13, 1941). Retrieved September 26, 2014.〕 He was also the State of Florida collegiate boxing champion, and won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championship in the javelin throw in 1942.〔 As a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Ferguson led an infantry platoon during the D-Day landings in Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944.〔MilitaryTimes.com, Hall of Valor, ( Forest K. Ferguson ). Retrieved May 14, 2010.〕 He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest medal, for "extraordinary heroism" in combat on D-Day, but received a severe head wound during the action.〔 Ferguson never fully recovered from his wounds, and died from complications related to his war-time injuries in 1954.〔Associated Press, "( Funeral Rites Held For Forrest Ferguson, Gator Grid All-America )," ''St. Petersburg Times'', p. 14 (May 20, 1954). Retrieved September 25, 2014.〕
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