Bill Beck | |
Birth Date: | 3 January 1900 |
Birth Place: | Everett, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1941 |
Coach Team2: | Rhode Island State |
Coach Years3: | 1946–1949 |
Coach Team3: | Rhode Island State |
Coach Sport4: | Baseball |
Coach Years5: | 1954–1959 |
Coach Team5: | Rhode Island |
Overall Record: | 12–22–2 (football) 40–56–1 (baseball) |
Championships: | Football 1 New England Conference (1941) |
William M. H. Beck[1] (January 3, 1900 – March 5, 1965) was an American college football and baseball coach at the University of Rhode Island. He served as the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team in 1941 and then again from 1946 through 1949, compiling a record of 12–22–2. Beck also coached the Rhode Island baseball program from 1954 to 1959, tallying a mark of 40–56–1.[2] In 1966, the school honored Beck by naming its newly constructed baseball stadium Bill Beck Field.[3]
Beck died on March 5, 1965, at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vermont, after sustaining injuries in a skiing accident.[4]