Fred "Buzz" Borries (December 13, 1911 – January 3, 1969) was an American college football player who played halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1932 to 1934. Borries was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Lapeer High School in Louisville. The sword is presented to the midshipman of the graduating class declared by the Association's Athletic Committee to have personally excelled in athletics during his years of varsity competition. Borries was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.