Ben Reiges | |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1920 |
Birth Place: | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1940–1941 |
Player Team1: | Georgetown |
Player Years2: | 1946–1947 |
Player Team2: | UCLA |
Player Years3: | 1947–1948 |
Player Team3: | Los Angeles Bulldogs |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1950 |
Coach Team1: | Arizona State–Flagstaff |
Overall Record: | 2–7 |
Bennie John Reiges (March 4, 1920 – October 22, 2020) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff—now known as Northern Arizona University—in 1950, compiling a record of 2–7. Reiges played college football as a quarterback at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1946 and 1947 seasons.[2] He was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1947 NFL draft.[3] He died in October 2020 at the age of 100.[4]