Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
Strasburg, Bruce E.
Bruce E. Strasburg
- Induction:
- 1998
- Class:
- 1975
Sport: Soccer
A four-year letterman in soccer and captain of the 1974 Bucknell team, Bruce Strasburg was selected to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference team in 1973 and 1974 and was Most Valuable Player of the Western Section of the MAC in 1973. The 1974 Bison squad, which finished 12-1-2, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament following a memorable victory over Penn State and was ranked 14th in the final national poll. Strasburg, who also earned all-conference honorable mention as a freshman, led the Bison in scoring in three of his four years and had 14 game-winning goals in his career, including six each in 1973 and 1974. A Tri-State All-America Second Team choice in 1974 and co-winner of the Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in his class, he posted career totals of 38 goals, 12 assists and 88 points, all second-best ever at graduation. Also a member of the Bison golf squad as a freshman, he joined brother Scott Strasburg '77 as the only siblings in the Hall of Fame. The Strasburgs came to Bucknell from Wissahickon High School in the Philadelphia area.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1998)
A four-year letterman in soccer and captain of the 1974 Bucknell team, Bruce Strasburg was selected to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference team in 1973 and 1974 and was Most Valuable Player of the Western Section of the MAC in 1973. The 1974 Bison squad, which finished 12-1-2, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament following a memorable victory over Penn State and was ranked 14th in the final national poll. Strasburg, who also earned all-conference honorable mention as a freshman, led the Bison in scoring in three of his four years and had 14 game-winning goals in his career, including six each in 1973 and 1974. A Tri-State All-America Second Team choice in 1974 and co-winner of the Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in his class, he posted career totals of 38 goals, 12 assists and 88 points, all second-best ever at graduation. Also a member of the Bison golf squad as a freshman, he joined brother Scott Strasburg '77 as the only siblings in the Hall of Fame. The Strasburgs came to Bucknell from Wissahickon High School in the Philadelphia area.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1998)
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