Lester Belding
Belding in 1923 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 5, 1900 Mason City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 1965 (aged 64) Naperville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Iowa |
| 1925 | Rock Island Independents |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1927 | North Carolina (freshmen) |
| 1934–1942 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 1945 | North Central (IL) |
| Basketball | |
| 1934–1943 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 1944–1945 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 1946–1948 | North Central (IL) |
| Track and field | |
| 1945–1965 | North Central (IL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1934–1945 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 1945–1965 | North Central (IL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–39–2 (college football) 162–63 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SDIC (1936) Basketball 3 SDIC regular season (1939–1940, 1943) | |
| Awards | |
| Consensus All-American (1919) 3× All-Big Ten (1919, 1920, 1921) University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Lester Cort Belding (December 5, 1900 – May 27, 1965) was an American athlete and coach in football, basketball, and track and field. He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named a consensus All-American. He was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.