Bill Beck (coach) explained

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]

Head coaching record

Baseball

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gorhody.com/information/hall_of_fame/bios/beck_william_m.h.00.html Biography at GoRhody.com
  2. Web site: 2005 Rhode Island Rams Baseball Media Guide. Rhode Island Sports Information. December 19, 2012. January 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172112/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/uri/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2005MediaGuide.pdf. dead.
  3. http://www.gorhody.com/facilities/uri-bill-beck-field.html Go Rhody
  4. News: . William Beck, Was URI Coach . . . March 6, 1965 . 2 . April 11, 2017 . .