| R. W. Bechtel | |
| Death Date: | 1955 |
| Death Place: | Milwaukie, Oregon, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1914–1916 |
| Player Team2: | Wittenberg |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1922–1923 |
| Coach Team2: | Baldwin–Wallace |
| Coach Years3: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team3: | Albion |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1922–1924 |
| Coach Team5: | Baldwin–Wallace |
| Coach Years6: | 1924–1927 |
| Coach Team6: | Albion |
| Overall Record: | 22–17–4 (football) 56–28 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Basketball 1 MIAA (1927) |
Reuben William "Rube" Bechtel (? – 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Baldwin–Wallace College—now known as Baldwin Wallace University—from 1922 to 1923 and at Albion College from 1924 to 1926, compiling a career college football coaching record of 22–17–4. Bechtel was also the head basketball coach at Baldwin–Wallace from 1922 to 1924 and Albion from 1924 to 1927, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 56–28.
Bechtel graduated in 1917 from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He died in 1955, in Milwaukie, Oregon.[1] [2]