Ben Beck

Ben Beck
Biographical details
Born(1889-04-14)April 14, 1889
Bartley, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1968(1968-01-26) (aged 78)
Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919Nebraska Wesleyan
1921–1923Hamline
1926–1927Medford, Ma
1928–1941Middlebury
Basketball
1919–1920Nebraska Wesleyan
early 1920sHamline
1928–1942Middlebury
Head coaching record
Overall67–67–6 (football)
86–110 (basketball, excluding Hamline)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 MIAC (1921)

Benjamin Harlow Beck (April 14, 1889 – January 26, 1968) was an American college football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1919, at Hamline University from 1921 to 1923, and at Middlebury College from 1928 to 1941. Beck was hired as coach of all freshmen athletics at Brown University in 1924.

Beck was born April 14, 1889, in Bartley, Nebraska, to Charles and Sarah (Dillon) Beck. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree. Beck died on January 26, 1968, at Guthrie Nursing Home in Woodstock, Vermont.