Ben Ticknor

Ben Ticknor

Ben Ticknor, 1930 Harvard Official Team Photograph
Harvard Crimson No. 55
Position	Center
Class	1931
Career history
College	Harvard (1928–1930)
High school	Milton Academy
Personal information
Date of birth	January 9, 1909
Place of birth	Canton, Massachusetts
Date of death	September 12, 1979
Place of death	Peterborough, New Hampshire
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	193 lb (88 kg)
Career highlights and awards
All-American (1929, 1930)

Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Ticknor was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense.^[1][2] He was captain of the 1930 team.^[3][4] Harvard did not see its success of old during Ticknor's era, but he relished the beatings of rival Yale.^[1]

Ben Ticknor was the son of William Davis Ticknor, Sr. (1881–1938) and Ella Frances Wattles (1880 –1963). Thus his grandfather was another Benjamin Holt Ticknor and his great-grandfather another William Davis Ticknor (of Ticknor and Fields).

References

1. http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=20017
2. "Class of '31 Finishes College in Building Era".
3. "Harvard Football".
4. "Horween Stays at Harvard". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. December 3, 1929.

External links

• Ben Ticknor at Find a Grave