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4 unusual facts about Frank Borman


Borman Expressway

The Frank Borman Expressway is an east–west freeway in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, named after astronaut and former Eastern Airlines CEO Frank Borman.

Frank Borman

He completed the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 1970.

Super Bowl III

Astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders), the first manned flight around the Moon, which had returned to Earth just 18 days prior to the game, then led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Tommy Nobis

This presented a dilemma and also sparked a debate that reached as far as outer space when Frank Borman, an astronaut aboard Gemini 7, talked back to earth with the message, "tell Nobis to sign with Houston." Tommy Nobis instead signed with Atlanta on December 14, 1965 and became the first ever member of the Atlanta Falcons.


Floyd D. Hall

Floyd D. Hall (April 4, 1916 – April 26, 2012) was an American businessman and pilot who served as chairman and chief executive of Eastern Airlines from 1964 to 1976 between the tenures of Eddie Rickenbacker and Frank Borman.


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Borman Expressway

The Borman Expressway is named after Frank Borman, commander of the Apollo 8 space mission, who was born in Gary.