Bill Beck
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 3, 1900 Everett, Massachusetts |
| Died |
March 5, 1965 (aged 65) Burlington, Vermont |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1941, 1946–1949 | Rhode Island football |
| 1954-1959 | Rhode Island baseball |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall |
12–22–2 (football) 40-56-1 (baseball) |
William M. H. "Bill" Beck[1] was the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team in 1941 and then again from 1946 through 1949. He compiled a 12–22–2 record.[2]
Beck also coached the Rhode Island baseball program from 1954–1959. As head baseball coach, Beck's overall record was 40-56-1.[3] In 1966, the school honored Beck by naming its newly constructed baseball stadium Bill Beck Field.[4]
He died after sustaining injuries in a skiing accident in 1965.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island Rams (Independent / Yankee) (1941–1941, 1946–1949) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Rhode Island | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1946 | Rhode Island | 2–4 | |||||||
| 1947 | Rhode Island | 3–4 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1948 | Rhode Island | 2–4–1 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1949 | Rhode Island | 0–8 | 0–4 | 4th | |||||
| Total: | 12–22–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
Baseball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island (Yankee Conference) (1954–1959) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Rhode Island | 4-12 | |||||||
| 1955 | Rhode Island | 10-8 | |||||||
| 1956 | Rhode Island | 10-7 | |||||||
| 1957 | Rhode Island | 7-9-1 | |||||||
| 1958 | Rhode Island | 7-9 | |||||||
| 1959 | Rhode Island | 2-11 | |||||||
| Total: | 40-56-1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ Biography at GoRhody.com
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse Bill Beck records
- 1 2 "2005 Rhode Island Rams Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Rhode Island Sports Information. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ↑ Go Rhody Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rhode Island Rams Sports website
- ↑ "William Beck, Was URI Coach", Newport Daily News, Saturday, March 06, 1965, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Of America
