Ben Bedini | |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1921 |
Birth Place: | Ridgefield, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1939–1942 |
Player Team1: | Springfield |
Coach Years1: | 1947–1953 |
Coach Team1: | Housatonic Valley Regional HS (CT) |
Coach Years2: | 1954–1961 |
Coach Team2: | Rye HS (NY) |
Coach Years3: | 1963 |
Coach Team3: | Port Chester HS (NY) |
Coach Years4: | 1965–1969 |
Coach Team4: | Iona |
Coach Years5: | 1970–1972 |
Coach Team5: | Fordham (OC) |
Overall Record: | 26–9–1 (college club) 95–6 (high school) |
Championships: | National club football (1967) |
Americo Anthony "Ben" Bedini (December 16, 1921 – December 28, 2008) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the first head football coach at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York from 1965 to 1969.[2] His 1967 squad captured the club football national championship.[3]