Charles F. Born

Charles Franklin Born (1903 to 1979) was an American football player and United States Air Force officer who rose to the rank of major general. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, he attended St. John's Military Academy and then the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1928. At Army he played on the football team, as an end and later at left guard, and he was also a member of the lacrosse and ice hockey teams. He was chosen as a first-team end on the 1925 College Football All-America Team and as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press. In the 1926 Army-Navy Game he played against his brother Arthur, who was on the Navy side. After graduation he was assigned to the Cavalry and moved to the Air Corps in 1934. He held staff and command posts through the Second World War, including deputy commander of the Fifteenth Air Force, and afterwards commanded the Second Air Force and the Fifteenth Air Force. His retirement took effect on January 1, 1955.