Rudy Boesch Biography (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

| location = Virginia Beach, Virginia | season = Borneo
All Stars | finish = 3rd place (Borneo)
2nd voted out (All Stars) | tribe = Tagi, Rattana (Borneo)
Saboga (All Stars) }} Rudy Boesch (born January 20, 1928) was a former Navy SEAL. After his retirement, he was the oldest competitor on Survivor: Borneo at 72 years of age, where he finished in third place. He currently lives in Virginia Beach.

Military Experience

Boesch served in the U.S. military as a Navy SEAL team leader, completing over 45 years continuous active duty. From 1968–1970, Boesch completed two combat deployments to Vietnam. Boesch earned the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action during more than 45 combat operations. In 1967, Boesch was promoted to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. During and after his stint in Vietnam, Boesch was designated the "Chief SEAL" (a.k.a "Bullfrog"), and set physical and operational standards at SEAL Team TWO. Rudy Boesch was honorably discharged from the Navy on August 1, 1990.

Survivor

Boesch was one of the final three players in Survivor: Borneo, but was eliminated from the final immunity challenge of the season when he inadvertently dropped his hand from the idol the competitors had to keep their hands on; he was subsequently voted out of the game by Kelly Wiglesworth. In 2004, he appeared in Survivor: All-Stars, where he was the second contestant voted off the show.

After Survivor

Boesch hosted Combat Missions, a Mark Burnett-produced reality series that aired on the USA Network in 2002. Boesch wrote a book, The Book of Rudy (ISBN 1-58062-613-0), which contains his opinions on an array of topics.

Quotes

• "What do I look like, Magellan?"
• "Me and Richard got to be pretty good friends; not in a homosexual way, that's for sure."
• "I don't even know what MTV means."
• "He's fat, but he's good." - In reference to Richard Hatch

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