Bernard is also remembered as the All-American center for whom U.S. President Gerald Ford served as a backup in the 1932 and 1933 seasons.
Wistert and Chuck Bernard were the leaders of the 1933 offensive line when the team went 7–0–1 with a tie to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
George Bernard Shaw | Chuck Berry | Chuck Norris | Chuck Jones | Chuck | Chuck (TV series) | Bernard of Clairvaux | Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | Chuck D | Chuck Schumer | Chuck Close | Chuck Grassley | Bernard Madoff | Chuck Liddell | Chuck Connors | Bernard-Henri Lévy | Bernard Haitink | Bernard Berenson | Chuck Hagel | Bernard Hopkins | Bernard Cornwell | Chuck Yeager | St. Bernard | Chuck Palahniuk | Bernard Montgomery | Chuck Prophet | Bernard Herrmann | Bernard | Bernard Malamud | Bernard Baruch |
As a coach, he helped develop some of the school's all-time great linemen, including Chuck Bernard, Gerald R. Ford, Otto Pommerening, Alvin Wistert, and Robert "Brick" Wahl.