Bill Beck

Bill Beck
Sport(s) Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1900-01-03)January 3, 1900
Everett, Massachusetts
Died March 5, 1965(1965-03-05) (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

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

[3]

References

  1. ↑ Biography at GoRhody.com
  2. ↑ College Football Data Warehouse Bill Beck records
  3. 1 2 "2005 Rhode Island Rams Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Rhode Island Sports Information. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ Go Rhody Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rhode Island Rams Sports website
  5. ↑ "William Beck, Was URI Coach", Newport Daily News, Saturday, March 06, 1965, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Of America


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