University of Toledo Athletics

Henry "Hank" Burch was a three-time letterwinner from 1964-66, earning first-team All-MAC honors as an offensive end as a senior in 1966. He led the Rockets in receptions in each of his three seasons on the varsity, compiling 121 catches and 1,217 receiving yards, both school records at the time. After recovering from knee surgery in 1963, Burch led the MAC with 47 receptions and 412 receiving yards as a sophomore in 1964. He led the MAC again in 1965 with 36 receptions to go with 325 receiving yards. In 1966, he caught 38 passes, third-best in the MAC, and set the then-school record with 480 receiving yards. During his freshman and sophomore years, he also was on the UT basketball team. When his playing career ended, he had more career receptions than any college player in the state of Ohio, shattering the previous mark of 81 set by Cincinnati's Jim Kelley (1948-50). After graduating in 1967, Burch coached football briefly at Lakota High School and Toledo Woodward High School. He left the U.S. postal service to become an ordained minister at a Lutheran church in Fremont, Ohio. Burch is now retired from the ministry and lives in Burgoon, Ohio.